Next month, Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra, two long-running and canonical bands who have grand and sweeping emo classics for days, will head out on a North American tour together. It’ll be a true co-headlining affair, with the two groups taking turns closing the shows. In the lead-up to the tour, the two groups […]
Late Primal Scream Keyboardist Martin Duffy’s Son Accuses The Band Of Financial Exploitation
Late last year, the veteran UK rock keyboardist Martin Duffy died after suffering a brain injury from a fall at his home. Duffy was 55. He’d played with bands like Felt and the Charlatans, but he spent most of his career in Primal Scream — first as a contributing musician and then as a full […]
Welcome Interstate Managers Turns 20
Fountains Of Wayne had released three albums and been together nearly a decade before they reached the Top 40 with their 2003 single “Stacy’s Mom.” A zippy new wave throwback indebted to the Cars’ chugging rhythms and keyboard-heavy power-pop, the song features a hormones-raging teenager fantasizing about romancing his friend’s mom. While on some level […]
Vampire Weekend Announce Vinyl-Only Live Album Series
Vampire Weekend have announced a vinyl-only live album series. The first edition of this series, Frog On The Bass Drum Vol. 01 Live In Indianapolis, went on sale today and is already sold out of its 2,500 copy run. It’s made up of recordings from the band’s June 2019 show in Indianapolis, and includes their […]
The Nerves’ Jack Lee Dead At 71
The California musician Jack Lee died last month at 71 from colon cancer, as Pitchfork reports. Lee was the leader of the ’70s power-pop trio the Nerves, and songs he wrote would go on to be covered by Blondie, Paul Young, and Suzi Quatro. Lee formed the Nerves in 1974 while living in San Francisco, […]
Sunbather Turns 10
“Nature Boy” is not only a landmark for being Nat King Cole’s first crossover hit to reach white audiences in America. It also presented this country with the idea of the hippie. Cole got the song from eden ahbez, an American orphan who worked at a health food store in Los Angeles, who’d learned of […]
Lunice – “Last Time” (Feat. Zach Zoya)
The Canadian producer Lunice spent the past few years reviving his TNGHT project with Hudson Mohawke, but he’s preparing to release his second full-length solo album, Open, which he introduced a few weeks back with the propulsive “No Commas.” Today, Lunice is sharing another single from the album, the Zach Zoya-featuring “Last Time.” “I met […]
Glasser – “Vine”
Glasser, the electronic project led by Cameron Mesirow, has announced her first official album in a decade — and her third overall. Following 2013’s Interiors, 2018’s Sextape, and last year’s one-off “New Scars,” crux will be out in October. Along with today’s announcement, Glasser is sharing a lead single, “Vine.” “I wanted to create something […]
PJ Harvey – “I Inside The Old I Dying”
In April, PJ Harvey announced her first new album since 2016’s The Hope Six Demolition Project. The excellently titled I Inside The Old Year Dying will be out next month via Partisan, and we’ve already written about its lead single, “A Child’s Question, August.” Today, Polly Jean Harvey is sharing “I Inside The Old I […]
Fotocrime – “Accelerated”
The Louisville post-punk act Fotocrime started out as a solo project for former Coliseum frontman Ryan Patterson, but it’s now a full-on band, with bassist Will Allard and former Young Widows guitarist Nick Thieneman on board. Later this year, Fotocrime will follow their 2021 album Heart Of Crime and their 2022 covers EP Alcoves with […]