Last November, Rostam teased a new era. His new album American Stories, the follow-up to 2021’s Changephobia, is coming out sometime this year. But before he’s moving forward, he’s looking back. Today the former Vampire Weekend member officially shared the original version of “Campus,” from VW’s 2008 self-titled debut album. (We posted about it back […]
Charli XCX Responds To Backlash Over Russia-Linked The Moment Party
Right now, two different Charli XCX-related movies are playing in multiplexes. Last week, she released her album Wuthering Heights, the soundtrack for the film of the same title. She’s also got her Brat mockumentary The Moment, which is in the midst of a big European rollout. While promoting The Moment in Berlin, Charli pissed off […]
Bedelia – “Tightrope” & “Valley Sadness”
Marisa Shirar is the lead singer for the heavy shoegaze band Fleshwater, and those guys are doing great for themselves right now. Last year, Fleshwater released their sophomore album 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky, and I saw them headline an extremely sick show with Chat Pile and Balmora. Since then, my daughter has […]
Joe Pernice – “Deep Into The Dawn” (Feat. Aimee Mann)
A few months ago, the Pernice Brothers frontman Joe Pernice shared his cover of Aimee Mann’s Magnolia soundtrack classic “Save Me.” Now, Pernice has a new Aimee Mann duet of his own. This spring Pernice will release his new solo album Sunny, I Was Wrong. Pernice recorded the LP with a backing band that includes […]
Sony Develops Tool To Identify Copyrighted Music In AI Songs But Hasn’t Solved Its Toilet Paper Problem
The term “generative AI music” is a bit of a misnomer, since AI doesn’t actually generate any music. Instead, these programs “train” themselves by scraping information from all the actual, human-created music that exists out in the world and spitting out some approximation of whatever sounds the prompters want. Plenty of times, these AI programs […]
Former Chromatics & Smashing Pumpkins Members Launch New Project Inner Magic With “Underground” & Spacemen 3 Cover
Guitarist Adam Miller was a founding member of Johnny Jewel’s great and frustrating Italo-disco crew Chromatics, and he spent two decades in that band. His tenure ended in 2021, when the non-Johnny Jewel members announced that Chromatics were done. Jeff Schroeder, another guitarist, had a 16-year run as a member of Smashing Pumpkins, and it […]
Foo Fighters Announce New Album Your Favorite Toy: Hear The Title Track
Last week, Foo Fighters previewed 11 songs from their new album. Now, the band is finally announcing Your Favorite Toy, arriving in April. It’s their 12th studio LP and first with new drummer Ilan Rubin. The second single “Your Favorite Toy” is out today. “‘Your Favorite Toy’ really was the key that unlocked the tone […]
Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten Covers Massive Attack And Collabs With Lankum On Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Soundtrack
The Paykay Fookin’ Bloyndaz! They’re fookin’ back! Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight’s extraordinarily entertaining Netflix show where Cillian Murphy played the guilt-stricken head of a Birmingham crime family in the early 20th century, aired its last season in 2022. Next month, the series will return with a new one-off Netflix spinoff film, directed by Tom Harper […]
Max Winter – “Candlelight” (Feat. Asha Lorenz, Rael, & Will Lister)
Last year, Max Winter released his debut solo EP Mourning Routine, played in Nourished By Time’s live band, and unveiled his first album with his band thredd. Now the experimental-pop musician is joining forces with Sorry’s Asha Lorenz, London rapper Rael, and his bandmate Will Lister for a cool new track called “Candlelight.” “Candlelight started […]
DJ Seinfeld – “Of Joy” (Feat. ARY)
DJ Seinfeld is back with his second release of the year. On the heels of last month’s buoyant “Plush,” the Swedish electronic artist is joining forces with Norweigian singer-songwriter ARY for a cathartic tune called “Of Joy.” “This was the first song that I wrote for an upcoming new project, which has also been a […]