The soundtrack for the new Amazon-made Christmas movie Oh. What. Fun. is speckled with indie stars like Fleet Foxes, St. Vincent, Jeff Tweedy, Weyes Blood, Sharon Van Etten, Madi Diaz, Uwade, Andy Shauf, and Lorely Rodriguez (Empress Of). A lot of the artists have recorded popular and traditional Christmas songs for the project, but Fleet […]
Robyn Is Playing Brooklyn On New Year’s Eve
Robyn is in album mode: previewing a new LP at Paris Fashion Week, debuting a video for lead single “Dopamine,” performing her first concert in six years. She’ll be doing another gig soon, and it sounds like a party. Today the Swedish alt-pop legend announced a New Year’s Eve show at Brooklyn Paramount. Here’s the […]
Overmono – “Paradise Runner”
In 2023, the UK dance duo Overmono made it into our Album Of The Week column with their full-length debut Good Lies. Overmono, the team of brothers Tom and Ed Russell, haven’t released another LP since then, but they’ve done one-off collaborations with people like Fred again.. and Ruthven. A few months ago, Overmono teamed […]
Bitter Branches – “Basic Karate”
Tim Singer was once the famously intense frontman for Deadguy, the New Jersey hardcore/noise-rock band who broke up when they were just hitting their mid-’90s peak. These days, Singer is once again the famously intense frontman for the reunited Deadguy. Earlier this year, they released Near-Death Travel Services, their first album since the 1995 landmark […]
Westside Cowboy – “Can’t See”
We just named Westside Cowboy one of the Best New Artists Of 2025, and they’re gearing up to start 2026 off with a bang. In January — just in time for their European tour dates supporting Geese — the Manchester indie rockers will release their new EP So Much Country ‘Till We Get There, which […]
Robyn Gives “Dopamine” Its Live Debut At First Show In Six Years
Last week, Swedish pop queen Robyn returned with “Dopamine,” her first new single in seven years. There’s been talk of a new Robyn album, though we don’t know anything concrete about that yet. We don’t know anything about a tour, either, though god knows that would rule. On Wednesday night, however, Robyn played her first […]
addy – “cradle” & “fire, fire”
We get two new songs today from addy, the folksy indie-pop project of Philadelphia-based Ada Paige. Titled “cradle” and “fire, fire,” the two tracks almost bleed together into one, the former’s understated beauty giving way to a bit more oomph in the latter. They’re co-produced by addy and longtime Lucy Dacus collaborators Collin Pastore and […]
Gary “Mani” Mounfield Of The Stone Roses & Primal Scream Dead At 63
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the bassist who helped the Stone Roses define the Madchester era, then joined Primal Scream for some of their most vital works, has died. Mani’s brother Greg announced his death in a Facebook post, writing, “IT IS WITH THE HEAVIEST OF HEARTS THAT I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THE SAD PASSING OF MY […]
Watch The Trailer For Charli XCX’s A24 Movie The Moment
It’s not easy bein’ Brat green. Early this year, as Brat Summer was seemingly simmering down at last, Charli XCX announced she was working on a movie for A24 called The Moment, starring herself and based on her own idea. (It’s just one of many film-related projects she’s been cooking up lately.) Now the teaser […]
Babehoven & Squirrel Flower – “My Life In Art” (Mojave 3 Cover)
In 2000, Neil Halstead’s post-Slowdive band Mojave 3 released Excuses For Travellers, their third LP. That album includes “My Life In Art,” a seven-minute lullaby about a night in a Kansas strip club with a girl named Wendy, who left her abusive husband and who wishes she could move to Las Vegas, where the money […]