Tune-Yards: Better Dreaming - Spectrum Culture

Tune-Yards: Better Dreaming - Spectrum Culture

Tune-Yards occupied a central place in the early ‘10s indie scene, back when the quasi-genre was at its Billboard charting peak. Alongside a glut of earnest rockers (Arcade Fire, Florence + the Machine), Monsters of Vaguely Alternative Folk Rock (Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver) and synth-driven nostalgia bait (M83, LCD Soundsystem), they managed to both fit in on blog playlists and also stick out like a bent nail. They were never anywhere near as straigh…

Tune-Yards end hibernation with their "Better Dreaming" record

After a four-year hiatus, the Oakland, California-based art-pop family Tune-Yards released their sixth studio album. Better Dreaming dropped last week with listening parties in New York and L.A. and a show at Billy Jones and Tom Moore’s(Baby’s All Right) new project, Night Club 101, located in the classic Manhattan Pyramid Club (scroll for upcoming tour dates). The duo-turned-trio’s sixth studio effort captures many of the strengths fans have co…