Hilary Saunders

South Africa's Givan Lötz releases 'SNARLING,' his first album on Miami’s independent Other Electricities, tomorrow (Dec. 16). A visual artist as well as a musician, the Johannesburg-based multi-disciplinarian has created and participated in gallery exhibits, design project and live performance works.

When Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. checked in recently with Diffuser.fm, they were on their way to Toronto, touring in support the new album 'The Speed of Things,' which dropped Oct. 8 on Warner Bros. Daniel Zott, one-half of the electro-pop duo, was at home in Detroit for the day, hanging out with friends and family before returning to a packed schedule of gigs, DJ sets, press calls and more.

London’s Noah and the Whale are often compared to folksy contemporaries Mumford and Sons and Laura Marling, but while all three came up in the same circuit, they've taken different paths to reach their respective levels of success. With each release, Noah and the Whale have explored a different style -- everything from blithe folk-pop to crushing, droning heartache -- almost to the point of making

Max Bloom, Yuck’s guitarist-turned-lead singer, is sitting at a coffee shop in London. The band just got back from playing a festival in the Netherlands and has a week off before starting a tour of the United Kingdom. The shoegaze-leaning British indie faves have been under scrutiny lately, as original frontman Daniel Blumberg quit in April to pursue his Hebronix solo project, and his departure ha