Local Natives popped up in yesterday’ episode of Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door, which stars Paul Rudd as Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf, a psychiatrist who, over 30 years, does horrible things to one of his patients, played by Will Ferrell. (It’s a true story, adapted from the hit podcast.) In episode four, Local Natives play […]
Thank You Thank You – “Undiminished Life” & “Look Alive”
Thank You Thank You is the solo project of Tyler Bussey: guitarist for Strange Ranger, bassist for Self Defense Family, formerly of The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die. He’s got a couple great new songs out today in the form of a new EP called Undiminished Life. […]
Negative Gemini Changes Name To Neggy Gemmy, Shares “California”
Negative Gemini, last seen “Fucking Up My Life” with her partner and 100% Electronica label co-founder George Clanton, has now officially changed her project’s name to “Neggy Gemmy.” As the artist born Lindsey French explains in a statement: I have a friend Brad who is very good with words. When I toured with his band […]
Saba – “Stop That”
Chicago rapper Saba recently announced the new album Few Good Things, the follow-up to his heavy 2018 opus CARE FOR ME. It now has a concrete release date: February 4. And today, he’s chasing the upbeat, funky lead single “Fearmonger” with a harder new song called “Stop That,” produced by Saba himself alongside Daoud and […]
Kavinsky – “Renegade”
Kavinsky — the French producer still probably best known for “Nightcall,” the opening theme from the iconic Drive soundtrack — has just shared his first new song in eight years. Kavinsky worked on “Renegade” with Victor Le Masne and Justice’s Gaspard Augé, and featured vocalist Cautious Clay co-wrote the song with them. Listen below and […]
Ted Leo & Jeppeson Airplane – “Into The Conquering Sun”
It’s been more than four years since Ted Leo released his solo album The Hanged Man, and in a new update today he says not to expect another one anytime soon, though he does have ideas. “I’m a bit adrift with no real time or goals or visible future for my life/career as an artist, […]
Stream Scowl’s Ripshit 15-Minute Debut Album How Flowers Grow
Right now, Santa Cruz’s Scowl are one of the leading lights of an insanely hot Bay Area hardcore scene. This past summer, for instance, the Bay announced the return of live music when Gulch, Drain, Sunami, and Xibalba played to thousands of people on a strip-mall parking lot, taking a stage that the band members […]
Spice – “Everyone Gets In”
In 2018, two members of the great punk institution Ceremony, singer Ross Farrar and drummer Jake Casarotti, started Spice, a new band that also features members of Creative Adult and Sabertooth Zombie. Last year, Spice released their self-titled debut album, and it was awesome. In September, Spice announced a new two-song single, and they shared […]
R.A.P. Ferreira – “East Nashville”
On the first day of 2021, R.A.P. Ferreira, the restlessly smart and inventive rapper previously known as Milo, released his loose and poetic album bob’s son: R.A.P. Ferreira in the garden level cafe of the scallops hotel. Before the year is over, we’ll get another R.A.P. Ferreira album. Today, the man announces the excellently titled […]
Cardi B – “Bet It”
Earlier this year, great American Cardi B released “Up,” her last proper single. It’s also her most recent #1 hit. Since then, Cardi has appeared on tracks from artists like Normani, Lizzo, and Summer Walker. Today, Cardi has come out with a new solo track, but it’s not a proper single. Instead, it’s the opening […]