A Love You Cannot Shake, the sophomore album from Fashion Club, starts with a lumbering, stuttering synth impossible to place. Pascal Stevenson tells me the synth is a vocoded, time-stretched kick drum, manipulated and looped in Ableton. That’s just one of many instances I could ask about. Not a moment goes by without something distorted […]
Zach Bryan Shares “Oak Island” Video Starring Casey Affleck
Arena-conquering country-rock phenom Zach Bryan has an interesting approach to music videos. He doesn’t make them often, and when he does, they tend to be dramatic mini-movies with Oscar-winning stars. Earlier this year, Matthew McConaughey showed up in Bryan’s “Nine Ball.” Now, Bryan has a new clip for his Great American Bar Scene song “Oak […]
Trace Mountains – “Hard To Accept”
Trace Mountains, the solo project of LVL UP’s Dave Benton, will release the new album Into The Burning Blue in a few weeks. Benton recorded the LP with Japanese Breakfast’s Craig Hendrix, and it’s inspired by a bad breakup. We’ve posted the early songs “In A Dream” and “Friend,” and now Benton has shared the […]
Soccer Mommy – “Driver”
Sophie Allison will release Evergreen, her latest album as Soccer Mommy, next month. She’s so far shared the singles “Lost” and “M,” which were both very good, and today she’s sharing the grungy anthem “Driver,” which is also very good. “I’m a five-foot-four engine waiting to move,” Allison sings in the opening lines, marking the […]
Allegra Krieger – “Roosevelt Ave”
Later this week, the New York singer-songwriter Allegra Krieger will release her new album Art Of The Unseen Infinity Machine. We’ve already posted the early tracks “Never Arriving,” “Into Eternity,” and “Came.” Today, Krieger has also shared “Roosevelt Ave,” the new LP’s blissfully tranquil title track. In a press release, Allegra Krieger says, “I wrote […]
Stereogum Presents Fantasy Of A Broken Heart’s Album Release Show In Brooklyn Next Month
On Friday October 4, Stereogum will present fantasy of a broken heart’s album release show at Baby’s All Right in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The NYC experimental duo, who we recently named a Band To Watch, is celebrating its first full-length Feats Of Engineering, which arrives September 27 via Dots Per Inch. The gig has Godcaster and […]
Watch Mk.gee Cover The Titanic Theme And Bring Out Dijon In LA
Mk.gee was probably not one of the musicians on the Titanic who allegedly played “Nearer, My God, To Thee” while the ship was sinking. That happened in 1912. But he did cover “Rose,” aka James Horner’s theme from Titanic, during his two-night stand in Los Angeles over the weekend, during which he also brought out his […]
Field Music – “The Waitress Of St Louis’”
Next month, Field Music will unveil their new album Limits Of Language, the follow-up to 2021’s Flat White Moon. So far the English rock band has released “Six Weeks, Nine Wells” and “The Limits Of Language,” and today they’re back with “The Waitress Of St Louis’.” About the track, Peter Brewis explained: The Waitress of […]
Men I Trust – “Husk”
Men I Trust haven’t shared much music since their 2021 release Untourable Album, whose title was a reference to COVID lockdown. The dream-pop band have unveiled a few songs, including last year’s wonderful “Ring Of Past.” Today, they’re back with the phenomenal new tune “Husk.” In typical Men I Trust fashion, “Husk” is immersive and […]
Billy Corgan Opens Up About The Birthmarks He’d Tried To Hide His Entire Life
If you look through pictures of Smashing Pumpkins, you’ll find that Billy Corgan is not often photographed in short sleeves. There’s a reason he tends to favor long sleeves, and it’s not just because that was part of the de facto uniform for grungy bands in the ’90s. The musician went viral last week after […]