We’ve already got a new Drug Church song today, and now we’ve also got another song from one of the many other bands playing around in that same tough, bracing, hardcore-adjacent alt-rock space. Secret World come from Sydney, and their members are Australian hardcore veterans from bands like Speed, Trophy Eyes, and Downside. They’re very […]
Drug Church – “Pynch”
Drug Church have answered your prayers. The post-hardcore favorites are back with “Pynch,” their first new music since 2024’s Prude, which was our Album Of The Week. “It’s as close as we’ve ever come to a love song,” frontman Patrick Kindlon says. “This one is about meeting someone who won’t allow you to be a loser […]
Lord Sear Dead At 53
The endlessly charming DJ, radio personality, and underground rap staple Lord Sear has passed away. As TMZ reports, Sear’s friends and collaborators, including Eminem, shared the news of his passing on Wednesday night. No cause of death has been reported. Sear was 53. Lord Sear was born Steve Watson in Harlem, and he first broke […]
Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti Announce New Album Almost Waking: Hear Two Tracks
All-star team-up alert! Or at least they’re stars if you have the good taste and decency to recognize them as such. Two prolific experimental musicians, American guitarist Bill Orcutt and Guatemalan cellist/vocalist Mabe Fratti, have joined forces for a new album called Almost Waking. That’s cool. That’s very cool. The album is coming in May, […]
Broken Social Scene – “Hey Amanda”
Broken Social Scene made a big announcement last month: This spring they are releasing their first album in nine years, Remember The Humans, and this summer they’re heading out on tour with fellow Canadian indie rock legends Metric and Stars. Today, following the release of lead single “Not Around Anymore,” we’re hearing another track from […]
Maria Taylor – “Sorry I Was Yours” (Feat. Conor Oberst)
Maria Taylor and Conor Oberst way, way back together. Taylor is one half of Azure Ray, and that duo’s story is deeply intertwined with Oberst’s history with Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes took Azure Ray on tour in the early ’00s, and Taylor became a touring member of Oberst’s band and contributed to a bunch of […]
Download Chuquimamani-Condori’s String-Laden Edit Of Lainey Wilson’s “4x4xU”
2025 was the year of Chuquimamani-Condori, and not just because they teamed with their brother Joshua Chuquimia Crampton for a phenomenal debut album as Los Thuthanaka. The artist also known as DJ E also showed out on Edits, which applied some of that reality-altering magic to a bunch of existing hits. There were some pop-country […]
Watch Harry Styles Cover Tears For Fears In The BBC Live Lounge
On Friday, big-deal pop star Harry Styles released his long-awaited new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. The world was really hoping that record would be more interesting than it is. Nevertheless! Styles is in full promo-blitz mode right now. He performed at the BRITs. He played a Manchester show that streamed live on […]
New Shane MacGowan Tribute Album Features Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Jesus And Mary Chain, & More
In late 2023, the music world was shaken by the death of the Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan. Now, Bruce Springsteen, the Jesus And Mary Chain, Primal Scream, and more are teaming up for a tribute album called 20th Century Paddy – The Songs Of Shane MacGowan, out in November. The Boss’ cover of the 1990 […]
Lauren Auder – “no outline”
In January, Lauren Auder announced her new, evocatively titled album Whole World As Vigil. The London-based singer-songwriter and producer shared the super catchy “praxis,” which followed October’s “yes.” Now she’s back with the sprawling, revelatory “no outline.” “‘no outline’ is the most literal track on the record in some regards, when going through a major breakup […]