Last year, Portland-based electro-pop outfit Chromatics announced that they would be releasing a new album titled Dear Tommy in 2015. But their latest track, “Yes,” won’t be on it. The song was written for Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut, Lost River, which is due out in April and was scored by Johnny Jewe...

Johnny Jewel has been clearing out the Italians Do It Better vaults recently, releasing some stray Chromatics and solo tracks over the past few weeks. He’s just dropped two more: a 31-minute solo track called “The Other Side Of Midnight” which is split up into seven movements, and an unreleased Chromatics track call...

Johnny Jewel has been giving away tons of free singles on his SoundCloud lately, and now his band is back in the albums business. Chromatics will release Dear Tommy, the follow-up to 2012′s amazing narcotic Italo-disco excursion Kill For Love, early next year. Pitchfork reports that the album will be out “in time for Valentin...

Chromatics have kept relatively quiet since dropping their massive synth-pop opus, Kill For Love, on the world in 2012. That still hasn’t changed, but band member Johnny Jewel has spent the last couple of weeks uploading rarities and various odds and ends to his Soundcloud. Today, he’s gifted us with an old demo version of [...]

Yesterday Outside Lands ’13 kicked off in San Francisco, and there’s already been a ton of memorable moments, from food to comedy to many great sets. The first real highlight of the day was the Men. They’ve quickly evolved into such a diverse sounding band in just a few years, and played a nice, rough [...]