Less than a year ago, the woozy Montreal trio Men I Trust released Untourable Album, an LP that they recorded under lockdown, figuring that they’d never get to play the songs live. Since then, Men I Trust have done plenty of touring, which is one rare sign that at least some things are going right […]
Broken Bells – “We’re Not In Orbit Yet…”
Broken Bells, the duo of Danger Mouse and the Shins’ James Mercer, has been intermittently active in the years since 2014’s After The Disco, releasing one-off songs including “It’s That Talk Again,” “Shelter,” and “Good Luck.” But that last one emerged way back in September 2019, and since then both artists have been busy with […]
Snail Mail – “Feeling Like I Do” (Superdrag Cover)
Snail Mail has released a cover of Superdrag’s “Feeling Like I Do,” off the band’s 2002 album Last Call For Vitriol. Lindsey Jordan has been performing the track live for the past few months while on tour in support of her sophomore album Valentine — that tour kicked off earlier this year after being delayed […]
Sampa The Great – “Never Forget” (Feat. Chef 187, Tio Nason, & Mwanjé)
Sampa The Great was born in Zambia and mostly raised in Botswana, but she started her music career in Australia. That’s where Sampa was living when she released her debut album The Return in 2019. Since then, though, Sampa has moved back to Zambia, and she’s announced plans to follow The Return with her new […]
Jim James – “Read Between (Begin Again)”
My Morning Jacket leader Jim James is readying a deluxe reissue of his debut solo album, 2013’s Regions Of Light And Sound Of God. The reissue packages the original nine-track album with a bonus disc featuring “12 rare B-sides, previously unreleased demos, and alternate takes.” One of the unreleased songs, “Read Between (Begin Again),” is […]
NNAMDÏ – “I Don’t Wanna Be Famous”
The Chicago musician Nnamdi Ogbonnaya released music at a frantic clip for a while there in 2020, but has slowed down a bit as of late. Today, though, he’s announcing a new NNAMDÏ album called Please Have A Seat, his first in partnership with Secretly Canadian. “I realized I never take time to just sit […]
Ty Segall – “Don’t Lie” (The Mantles Cover)
Next month, the prolific rocker Ty Segall will follow his 2021 album Harmonizer and his 2022 score for the documentary Whirlybird with the new album Hello, Hi. Segall has already shared two early singles, “Hello, Hi” and “Saturday Pt. 2.” Today, he’s released a third. Thus far, it’s hard to say how Hello, Hi will […]
Superorganism – “Into The Sun” (Feat. Stephen Malkmus, Gen Hoshino, & Pi Ja Ma)
Superorganism are still a couple weeks out from the release of their sophomore album World Wide Pop. They’ve shared four singles from it already — “Teenager,” “It’s Raining,” “crushed.zip,” and “On & On” — and today they’re back with a fifth and final one, “Into The Sun.” It features actor and musician Gen Hoshino and […]
Valerie June – “Godspeed” (Frank Ocean Cover)
Valerie June has announced a follow-up to her 2021 album, The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers. Out August 26 via Fantasy Records, the Americana/soul singer’s new project is called Under Cover and features eight reimaginings including Joe South’s “Don’t It Make You Want To Go Home,” Gillian Welch’s “Look At Miss Ohio,” Nick Cave […]
Brutus – “Dust”
New Brutus. NEW BRUTUS! Get stoked. The Belgian heavy rock trio, one of the greatest bands in the world in any genre, has not been heard from since the 2020 standalone track “Sand.” But they’ll soon announce the details of their first album since 2019’s brutally majestic Nest. In the meantime they’re giving us access […]