Last year, the Texan musician Bobbie Nelson died at the age of 91. Bobbie was Willie Nelson’s older sister, and she was also the longtime pianist for Willie’s band. Before she passed away, Bobbie Nelson recorded Loving You, a collaborative album with the great Texan country-folk singer-songwriter Amanda Shires. That album is coming out next […]
Jeff Rosenstock – “LIKED U BETTER”
Last we heard from Jeff Rosenstock in February, he was joining fellow ska revivalist JER in a ska-reimagining of Vampire Weekend’s “A-Punk.” Last fall, he and Laura Stevenson released their second EP of Neil Young covers. Prior to that, we got 2020’s NO DREAM and its ska reinterpretation SKA DREAM — not to mention the […]
Marci – “KITY”
Marci is Marta Cikojevic, keyboardist for the excellent Montreal indie band TOPS. Last year, Marci relased her self-titled solo debut. Today, she’s followed up that LP with a new song that appears to be a one-off single. “KITY,” Marci’s latest, is a woozy and slightly funky two-minute jam that carries some serious yacht-rock flavor. The […]
Stream Perfumed Saturnine Angels’ New Album Saccharine Curses Exhaled In The Wind
“This album is dedicated to Brandon Nurick. RIP. You’re forever loved.” So goes the transcription on Perfumed Saturnine Angels’ new album Saccharine Curses Exhaled In The Wind. Nurick, the Dallas band’s original vocalist, died of an overdose late last year. Co-founder Garry Brents wrote this album in response, with lyrics and vocals added a couple […]
Kassa Overall – “Going Up” (Feat. Lil B, Shabazz Palaces, & Francis And The Lights)
At the end of the week, the jazzy jack-of-all-trades Kassa Overall is releasing ANIMALS, his first album for Warp Records. He’s shared a handful of tracks from it already — “Ready To Ball,” “Make My Way Back Home,” and “The Lava Is Calm” — and today he’s back with one final advance single from the […]
Foo Fighters Reveal Josh Freese As New Drummer
Foo Fighters have revealed that Josh Freese is their new drummer, taking over for Taylor Hawkins, who passed away last year. The news was officially announced in a livestream event that took place on Sunday ahead of Foo Fighters’ extensive run of live dates that are planned for the rest of the year. At the […]
Watch Foo Fighters’ Free Livestream Preparing Music For Concerts
Foo Fighters are releasing a new album, But Here We Are, in a couple weeks, and they’re getting ready to embark of a full-fledged tour, both firsts since the death of their longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins last year. The band has performed a couple times since Hawkins’ death, at tribute shows in Los Angeles and […]
Watch Father John Misty Cover Scott Walker With Jules Buckley & The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Tonight at the Barbican Centre in London, Father John Misty is teaming up with Jules Buckley and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on a one-time-only performance. Together, they’re doing orchestral renditions of Scott Walker songs. Highlights from the show will air this coming Thursday, May 25 at 4PM ET on BBC Radio 6 Music, […]
The NBA YoungBoy Conundrum
Baton Rouge rapper YoungBoy NeverBrokeAgain — known as NBA YoungBoy to hip-hop fans in the know — doesn’t usually enjoy speaking to other human beings. As he told the writer Meaghan Garvey in Billboard, “I’m not big on people.” YoungBoy’s a quiet soul — deeply intense and deeply sensitive — with an unfiltered abundance of […]
Landowner – “Witch Museum”
The Holyoke, MA band Landowner play tight and nervy post-punk that races along like the bus in Speed (i.e. it cannot go below 50 MPH or it will explode). “Witch Museum,” the opening track and lead single from their next album Escape The Compound, is like Parquet Courts if they were approximately 75% more jittery […]