Flying Lotus is now an auteur in every sense of the word. 2025 saw the release of Ash, the sci-fi movie that FlyLo directed. (Naturally, he also scored his own movie.) It takes a whole lot of work to put a movie together. When he finished with Ash, FlyLo immediately went to work on a […]
The Black Keys Announce New Covers Album Peaches!: Hear “You Got To Lose”
Last August, after owning up to their pretty disastrous 2024, the Black Keys released their 13th studio album No Rain, No Flowers. Around the same time, behind the scenes, Dan Auerbach was also taking care of his late father after an esophageal cancer diagnosis. Patrick Carney decided the best way to help his bandmate and […]
Shabaka – “Eyes Lowered”
Last month, Shabaka announced his new album Of The Earth and released the singles “A Future Untold” and “Marwa The Mountain.” Now, he’s back with “Eyes Lowered.” “Within the process of compiling my beats, I had this idea that it would be cool to rap, but I hadn’t done it before,” the British musician said, continuing: […]
Lily Konigsberg – “Is It Over?”
Today, Brooklyn’s Wharf Cat Records announced the Scribble Benefit Compilation, whose proceeds go to Scribble, a Los Angeles organization that provides sliding-scale psychotherapy while also serving as a music venue and creative hub. The lead single is out now, and it’s Lily Konigsberg’s first new music since her 2021 LP Lily We Need To Talk Now […]
Record Store Day 2026 Exclusives Include Previously Unreleased Music From Weezer, Slipknot, Carly Rae Jepsen, & Ween
Record Store Day 2026 goes down on April 18, and today the list of exclusive titles has been announced. The highlights include newly unearthed recordings from Weezer’s first-ever sessions, unreleased music from Slipknot (in the form of 2006 recordings they’ve been teasing for years), a “long lost” Christmas recording from Ween, Carly Rae Jepsen’s unreleased […]
Cadence Weapon Announces New Album Forager: Hear “Alpenflage”
Back in November, the Polaris Prize-winning rapper, music critic, and former Edmonton poet laureate Rollie Pemberton — better known as Cadence Weapon — dropped “Step Out,” a synth-powered track about his fly wardrobe. Today he’s revealed that the song will be part of Forager, a new Cadence Weapon album coming in April, produced by Junia-T. […]
Punchbag Announce New EP I Am Obsessed: Hear The Title Track
Punchbag, the duo of London siblings Clara and Anders Bach, make fired-up, anthemic electro-pop, and they seem to be aiming for global festival omnipresence. Last year, Punchbag signed to Mute and released their debut EP I’m Not Your Punchbag. Now, they’re unveiling the follow-up EP I Am Obsessed. In the UK, it’ll also be available […]
As The Guess Who Begin Reunion Tour, Former Members Launch New Legal Fight
Over the weekend, Guess Who’s classic lineup played their first show in 23 years, commencing their Takin’ It Back reunion tour in Ontario. Now that frontman Burton Cummings and guitarist Randy Bachman are back on the stage, their former bandmates Jim Kale and Garry Peterson are launching a legal battle against performing rights management firm […]
Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, & Macie Stewart Announce Debut Album BODY SOUND
Last summer the Chicago multi-disciplinary musicians Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, and Macie Stewart teamed up on a gorgeous, mournful two-part string composition called BODY SOUND [STONE PIECE]. At the time, a full-length album was teased; today, it’s officially announced. The trio will release their collaborative debut LP BODY SOUND in March, preceded today by opening […]
Evelyn Gray – “Clotheslines”
Up until last year, Evelyn Gray led Tapir!, the arty UK indie band. Tapir! broke up last year, and now Grey is working on new music with Yuri Shibuichi and Hywel Pryer, the same producers who worked on Tapir!’s 2024 swan song The Pilgrim, Their God And The King Of My Decrepit Mountain. Gray’s new […]