A few months back, SASAMI released a chaotic cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Sorry Entertainer,” the first preview we got of the Artist To Watch‘s sophomore album. Today, she’s officially announcing that album, which is called Squeeze and will be out on February 25. SASAMI recorded some of the tracks at Ty Segall’s studio, and Segall […]
Wilco – “Don’t Let Me Down” & “Dig A Pony” (The Beatles Covers)
Yesterday, at the behest of a giant corporation, Katy Perry covered the Beatles. Today, Wilco are doing something similar. Perry’s version of “All You Need Is Love” is part of a Gap ad campaign. You might not hear Wilco’s versions of “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Dig A Pony” in any TV commercials, but their […]
Katy Perry – “All You Need Is Love” (The Beatles Cover)
The Beatles’ starry-eyed 1967 single “All You Need Is Love” is almost certainly the worst of that band’s 20 #1 hits. Today, the song reaches a sort of logical conclusion. Katy Perry, someone with a whole lot of #1 hits herself, has covered “All You Need Is Love” for a Gap ad campaign. Perry is […]
Hear Two Jonny Greenwood Songs From The Power Of The Dog
Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood has shared two new songs, “West” and “25 Years,” from his forthcoming soundtrack to the Jane Campion-directed film The Power Of The Dog. “The main thought I kept returning to was that this film is set in the modern era,” Greenwood said in a statement about The Power Of The Dog, which […]
Aminé – “Charmander”
Portland rapper Aminé has a new single and video out today called “Charmander.” Visually, “Charmander” (co-directed by Aminé and Jack Begert) is Very Relatable Content, with Aminé holing up in a wooded cabin with only a partner and the rapper’s IRL dog Oliver (blown up a few sizes) for company. It’s also the first new […]
Lady Dan – “Just The Two Of Us” (Bill Withers Cover)
Lady Dan, the project of Austin-based musician Tyler Dozier, released their debut album I Am The Prophet earlier this year. Today, Dozier is back with a cover of Bill Withers’ “Just The Two Of Us.” It’s a plodding and ominous take on the track, and it comes with a horror-inspired music video just in time […]
Bat Fangs – “Talk Tough”
Bat Fangs, the duo of Ex Hex’s Betsy Wright and Flesh Wounds’ Laura King, make a form of hard-stomping power-pop, uniting garagey indie-pop aesthetics with rip-snorting Cheap Trick swagger. Four years ago, the duo released a whomp-ass self-titled debut album. On Friday, Bat Fangs return with their sophomore LP Queen Of My World, and more […]
Midlake – “Meanwhile…”
Midlake’s last album, Antiphon, was released in 2013, and it saw guitarist Eric Pulido stepping up into a new role as lead singer after the departure of the band’s first singer. The members of the band have had some excursions since then, but went on hiatus and haven’t released another album since. But today they’re […]
Stream Parannoul’s New Split LP With Asian Glow & sonhos tomam conta
Parannoul, a semi-anonymous college student from Seoul, became a minor underground sensation with this year’s sophomore album To See The Next Part Of The Dream, a blown-out lo-fi shoegaze-emo hybrid of epic proportions. The album cracked our midyear best albums list and made Parannoul’s Bandcamp account a must-follow. Today that follow has paid dividends. The […]
Here’s Big Sean Covered In 65,000 Bees
Big Sean has a new collaboration out with Hit-Boy today called “What A Life.” But the most interesting part about this is that in the video (also out today and directed by Joe Weil), Big Sean is literally covered in thousands of bees. “In the song I said 100 B’s, but it was really 65,000 […]