When Fleet Foxes released their amazing 2020 album Shore, it was obvious many of its songs were going to be ridiculously strong additions to the band’s live repertoire. The circumstances of 2020 being what they were, though, Robin Pecknold wasn’t able to take those songs on the road quite yet. Instead, he promoted the album […]
Earl Sweatshirt – “Tabula Rasa” (Feat. Armand Hammer)
For the past few years, Earl Sweatshirt has rapped a lot of head-spinning verses on a lot of other rappers, but he hasn’t released a record of his own since the 2019 EP Feet Of Clay. That’s about to change. Last month, Earl released the Black Noi$e-produced solo single “2010.” Today, he’s announced that he’ll […]
Elvis Costello – “Paint The Red Rose Blue”
Elvis Costello and his band the Imposters are back with a new song, “Paint The Red Rose Blue,” the second single from their upcoming album The Boy Named If. (We heard lead single “Magnificent Hurt” last month.) Costello says that the new track is “the account of someone who has long-courted theatrical darkness, only for […]
Bon Iver – “Second Nature”
Bon Iver have a new song, “Second Nature,” on the soundtrack for the Adam McKay-directed film Don’t Look Up, which hits select theaters today and will arrive on Netflix on December 24. The soundtrack is out now, though, featuring songs from the film’s composer Nicholas Britell, who you might know through Succession or his other […]
Age Of Apocalypse – “Ghost (Hart Island)”
Last month, the New York hardcore band Age Of Apocalypse announced their full-length debut, Grim Wisdom, which comes on the heels of a cathartic demo and a split EP. Its lead single, “The Patriot,” was highlighted in our latest monthly hardcore roundup, and today they’re back with another track from it, “”Ghost (Hart Island).” Check […]
Stream Tierra Whack’s New Pop? EP
Last week, Tierra Whack released her three-song Rap? EP, and she isn’t stopping there. Today, she’s released a sister EP, Pop? In an Apple Music interview, Whack explained the genesis of the Pop? EP: So Pop? is — honestly, it happened by a mistake. My manager Kenete, every time we’re in the studio he’s like, […]
St. Vincent – “Pay Your Way In Pain (IDLES Remix)”
St. Vincent and IDLES both released albums this year, and we saw both of them perform at the Shaky Knees festival in Atlanta recently. Now, Annie Clark has enlisted the UK post-punk band for an industrial-tinged remix to her Daddy’s Home opening track and lead single “Pay Your Way In Pain.” “What I really enjoy […]
Porches – “Adore You” (Harry Styles Cover)
Earlier in the year, Porches — aka Aaron Maine — released his fifth studio album, All Day Gentle Hold !. To wrap up the year, Maine has released an eerie, bare-bones cover of Harry Styles’ “Adore You.” “I thought it would be interesting to strip down ‘Adore You,” this huge pop song, and see what […]
Girlpool – “Faultline”
Girlpool are back with a new single, “Faultline,” the first material we’ve heard from them since last year’s one-off “Like I’m Winning It.” The duo’s most recent album was 2019’s What Chaos Is Imaginary, one of the best albums from that year. “Faultline” is a Harmony Tividad-led joint, a shimmering music box filled with poignant […]
Tyondai Braxton – “Dia” & “Phonolydian”
It’s been a bit since we’ve heard from Tyondai Braxton. The experimental producer hasn’t released any new music in five years, though his most recent album (2015’s HIVE1) also came after an extended silence. Braxton is breaking his silence this time around with a pair of new tracks, his first songs since 2016’s Oranged Out […]