In 2021, PJ Harvey reissued a bunch of earlier work on vinyl, including 2000’s Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea, 2004’s Uh Huh Her, and 2007’s White Chalk. Last month, she announced a reissue of 2011’s Let England Shake, coming January 28. And in April, she’ll publish a book-length narrative poem called Orlam […]
Saba – “Come My Way” (Feat. Krayzie Bone)
Chicago rapper Saba recently announced the new album Few Good Things, coming next month. We’ve already heard lead single “Fearmonger” and “Stop That,” and now we’re getting the breezy “Come My Way” featuring Krayzie Bone. In a statement about “Come My Way,” Saba says: Poverty song was a concept I considered for this one. “All […]
The Microphones Announce 10xLP Vinyl Box Set
Last year, Phil Elverum released a vinyl-only album of background noise as the Microphones. Now, he has announced a “humungous box” set that contains “everything from the Microphones.” As in, pretty much everything the Microphones have ever done, from the mid-90s through last year, including the STEMS. The comprehensive box set is titled: The Microphones […]
Buke And Gase & RahRah Gabor – “Taste Up”
Long-running experimental pop duo Buke And Gase are teaming up with rising Newark rapper Rahrah Gabor, the moniker of former schoolteacher Mariella “Lala” Jimenez, for a collaborative EP aptly entitled Buke and Gase + Rahrah Gabor EP. “This EP with Rahrah Gabor is an experimental collaboration between three individual creators, like a Tinder throuple date […]
Carson McHone – “Still Life”
Austin singer-songwriter Carson McHone announced her signing to Merge last fall with the release of the single “Hawks Don’t Share.” And today, she’s back to share more details about her upcoming third album, Still Life, which was recorded in Ontario with prolific Canadian guitarist and producer Daniel Romano. “Daniel is a perceptive player, and his […]
Sun June – “Reminded”
Sun June are releasing an expanded edition of their 2021 album Somewhere tomorrow, which includes a handful of new tracks, including the previously shared “Easy.” Today, the Austin band has put out another one of those new songs, “Reminded,” a shimmering sway about falling hard for someone. “‘Reminded’ is about being captivated by someone you […]
CHAI – “WHOLE”
Japanese experimental pop band CHAI are back with a brand new single, “WHOLE,” which will serve as the theme song for Japan’s public broadcaster NHK’s new romantic comedy-drama series Koi-senu Futari. The track was inspired by the show’s storyline about an aromantic/asexual couple in addition to songs from ’90s Japanese TV dramas. “Sometimes, no one […]
Jacques Greene – “Taurus”
Jacques Greene has announced a new EP, Fantasy, which is out digitally at the end of the month and also now as an NFT. (Greene has a history with crypto stuff.) He’s shared a new track called “Taurus” today. “In my mind there’s a real soothing, meditative core to this,” he said in a statement. […]
Molly Nilsson – “Sweet Smell Of Success”
Molly Nilsson is releasing a new album, Extreme, tomorrow. She’s shared “Absolute Power” and “Pompeii” from it already — the latter was a pop banger that landed on our best songs of the week list — and today she has one more single for us, “Sweet Smell Of Success,” which also rocks but in a […]
Tears For Fears – “Break The Man”
Tears For Fears are releasing The Tipping Point, their first new album in 17 years, next month. And today, following the title track and “No Small Thing,” the British synth-pop greats are back with a third single called “Break The Man,” which was co-written and co-produced by Charlton Pettus. “‘Break The Man’ is about a […]