Masked country enigma Orville Peck released his debut album Pony almost exactly a year ago. Last week, he livestreamed a concert on YouTube and paid tribute to the late Kenny Rogers with a cover of “Islands In The Stream.” And today, he’s sharing “Summertime,” his first new music since releasing Pony and making the leap […]
Phish Are Debuting Their New Album 'Sigma Oasis' Via Livestream Tonight
Phish haven’t released a proper studio album since 2016’s Big Boat. Partially that’s because in the world of Phish, studio albums are nearly beside the point. The Phish experience is allegedly predicated on the live experience, and indeed the polarizing jam-band luminaries — who’ve been enjoying a bit of an indie-rock renaissance in recent years […]
Roger Waters Covers Victor Jara's "The Right To Live In Peace": Listen
Peace is one of Roger Waters’ favorite subjects. He’s one of the most outspoken celebrity supporters of Palestine, he regularly speaks up for political causes. So it makes sense that he’d use his downtime — he had to postpone his upcoming tour until next year due to coronavirus — to do his own rendition of […]
Bad History Month – "A Survey Of Cosmic Repulsion"
Last month, Boston mainstay Sean Sprecher announced his latest album as Bad History Month, Old Blues, with the rambling and impressive 13-minute single “Waste Not.” Today, he’s back with another song from it, “A Survey Of Cosmic Repulsion,” that has the same galaxy-brain scope and manages to fit into half the time. Sprecher places his […]
Amber Mark Covers Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" As A Lush, Funky R&B Jam: Listen
Right now, a lot of people are covering other people’s songs. They’re sitting home on quarantine, they’re messing around with acoustic guitars, and they’re staring soulfully into their webcams, sharing their own versions of their favorite tunes. But Amber Mark’s new single isn’t that. Instead, it’s a radical reimagining — a full-studio version of a […]
International Composer Mike Alrue Continues Musical Journey In Style With New Single “Changes”
On his latest single “Changes,” Miguel Alonso, otherwise known as Mike Alrue, is stepping down from his comfort zone to release a beautifully poetic and powerful guitar-ballad to accompany the sublime vocals he performs with grace. The international composer who has composed an incredible amount of musical pieces, among which thousands of jingles for advertisements, […]
The Magnetic Fields – “Kraftwerk In A Blackout”
With his long-running project the Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt loves releasing albums as grand conceptual stunts. The greatest of those stunts, the 69 Love Songs triple album, just turned 20. The latest of those stunts is a five-disc box set of 7″ singles that’ll be out next month. The new project Quickies will feature 28 […]
Eve Owen – "Blue Moon"
London singer-songwriter Eve Owen has spent the past few months rolling out singles from her debut album Don’t Let The Ink Dry, produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner and set for release this spring via his and Justin Vernon’s 37d03d label. First there was a lovely piano ballad called “She Says,” then a low-key folk-rock […]
Chuck D Says Public Enemy’s Split From Flavor Flav Was A Hoax To Promote New Album
It feels like ancient history now, but one month ago, there was a whole saga about the legendary rap group Public Enemy parting ways with longtime court jester and hypeman Flavor Flav. Public Enemy Radio — a side-project group that basically featured all of Public Enemy except for Flavor Flav — were announced as guests […]