What is this year’s Song Of The Summer? Conventional wisdom suggests 2023 has not yielded one undeniable, ubiquitous, season-defining tune, and according to raw statistical data, the default pick would be Morgan Wallen’s long-running #1 smash “Last Night,” a not-particularly-special track that feels like it fell backwards into an historic chart run. But surely we’re […]
Sheer Mag – “All Lined Up”
Sheer Mag back! The Philadelphia retro-punk band has kept up a steady tour schedule, but their most recent album was 2019’s A Distant Call. Today, they’ve returned with a new single, “All Lined Up,” and news that they’ve signed to Third Man Records, who are reissuing the band’s first three EPs on vinyl and putting […]
SPELLLING – “Hard To Please (Reprise)”
Later in August, experimental pop creator SPELLLING — aka Chrystia Cabral — will release SPELLLING & The Mystery School, which was recorded with her touring band and comprises reimagined versions of songs from throughout Cabral’s entire discography. Last month we got to hear Cabral’s double lead single, “Cherry” b/w “Under The Sun,” and today she’s […]
Pelican – “Gasoline” (Karate Cover)
It’s been a few years since we’ve heard from the Chicago instrumental crew Pelican, whose most recent album Nighttime Stories came out in 2019. But today they’re back with a cover as part of Numero Group’s ongoing series, and they’re paying tribute to the beloved Boston band Karate, who reunited in 2022 after spending a […]
Worn – “Entity And Form”
The Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania band Worn makes an absolutely brutal form of hardcore punk — a bit like early Discharge’s primal-scuzz D-beat if that band had discovered the delicate art of the mosh-part breakdown. Worn released their admirably gross full-length debut Human Work in 2021, and they followed it earlier this year with Split Your Skull […]
Glasser – “All Lovers”
Recording under the name Glasser, the musician Cameron Mesirow released two album of spectral, idiosyncratic electronic pop in the early ’00s. Then, she went silent for years. There was a mixtape called Sextape in 2018 and the one-off single “New Scars,” but that was it. This fall, Glasser will return with crux, her first proper […]
Diners – “Someday I’ll Go Surfing”
In June, LA power popper Diners (Blue Broderick) announced a new album, the Mo Troper-produced DOMINO. We’ve already heard melodic lead single “The Power” and its title-track follow-up. Today, Diners has another vintage-rock album track to share called “Someday I’ll Go Surfing,” which comes with a video directed by Emmy Kelly. “‘Someday I’ll Go Surfing’ […]
Speedy Ortiz – “Ghostwriter”
Next month, Speedy Ortiz are set to release their long-awaited Twerp Verse follow up. Rabbit Rabbit features the already released singles “Scabs,” “You S02,” and “Plus One,” and today Speedy are back with another album preview called “Ghostwriter.” It comes with a video directed by Alex Ross Perry and starring a real who’s who of […]
Peter Gabriel – “Olive Tree”
Peter Gabriel’s long-awaited I/O still doesn’t have a release date, but the art-rock veteran did recently wrap the first leg of its supporting tour. He’s also released a whole bunch of singles, “Road To Joy,” “Four Kinds Of Horses,” the title track, and “So Much.” Today, we get another one called “Olive Tree.” “I don’t […]
Spirit Of The Beehive – “tapeworm” & “natural devotion 2”
Philly’s Spirit Of The Beehive have announced a new EP, i’m so lucky, their first project since 2021’s ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH, which made our 50 Best Albums Of 2021 list. Coming September 1 via Saddle Creek, the EP also arrives in the wake of bandmembers Zack Schwartz (frontman) and bassist Rivka Ravede 2022 breakup after 10 […]