Mountain Man, the harmony-laden North Carolina folk trio made up of Daughter Of Swords’ Alexandra Sauser-Monnig, Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath, and Molly Sarlé, have announced a deluxe 10-year anniversary reissue of their 2010 debut album Made The Harbor. The new version will feature a second LP’s worth of bonus material, including unreleased songs, live sessions, […]
The Dodos – “Annie” & “The Surface”
The Dodos have announced the new album Grizzly Peak, their first full-length since 2018’s Certainty Waves. And today, they’re sharing two tracks from the record, “The Surface” and “Annie.” The former is an updated version of a standalone single that the Bay Area duo released in 2019, while the latter serves as the album’s official […]
Oh Shit, Look At Idris Elba Rapping
Over the years, the way-too-handsome movie star Idris Elba has had a bunch of side hustles in music. He DJs in Ibiza whenever he can, he co-produced the intro track from Jay-Z’s American Gangster album, and every once in a while, he raps. (I liked him on the remix to Skepta’s “Shutdown.”) In a couple […]
ABBA Announce Reunion Album Voyage & Share Two New Songs, Their First In 39 Years
ABBA, the globally beloved Swedish pop titans, basically broke up in 1982, though they never officially announced it. They released The Visitors, their last album, in 1981, and they spent decades denying any speculation that they’d ever get back together. But now it’s happening. ABBA’s reunion has been in the works for a long time […]
Charli XCX – “Good Ones”
Charli XCX is back with big “Sweet Dreams” energy and even bigger hair. Charli’s been teasing her new single “Good Ones” for weeks now, and today it’s finally here in all its blocky-synth glory. At just over two minutes, the song is short and sweet, merging those ’80s new wave and synthpop touchstones with more […]
Jon Hopkins – “Sit Around The Fire” (Feat. Ram Dass & East Forest)
Jon Hopkins has announced a new album called Music For Psychedelic Treatment, his first full-length since 2018’s Singularity. The album was inspired in part by Tayos Caves in Ecuador, where Hopkins visited in 2018 and which are represented on the LP by three tracks featuring field recordings by Mendel Kaelen. “It felt like time for […]
Silverbacks – “Wear My Medals”
Band To Watch alumni Silverbacks released their great debut album Fad a little over a year ago. Not being able to tour it had a silver lining, with the group forging ahead with writing sessions for a second album starting in the early months of 2020. Today, they’ve returned with a new single — their […]
David Crosby Announces If I Could Only Remember My Name 50th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue With A Dozen Previously Unreleased Tracks
The folk-rock legend David Crosby was already an established figure when he released his first solo album, 1971’s If I Could Only Remember My Name. At that point, Crosby had been a member of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and sometimes Young. For his solo debut, Crosby drew on his considerable circle of friends. […]
Beak> – “Ah Yeh”
Beak>, the Bristol kosmische trio featuring Portishead’s Geoff Barrow, released a phenomenal new song called “Oh Know” last spring via NRMAL CAMARADA TV, a YouTube series run by Mexico City’s NRMAL Festival. At the time, a press release explained, “It is not being released as a single, they just want you to know that they’re […]
Stream Memphis Rapper Big30’s Debut Mixtape King Of Killbranch, Feat. Future, Lil Durk, Pooh Shiesty, More
At the beginning of 2021, already bubbling thanks to the massive Lil Durk collab “Back In Blood,” released the debut mixtape Shiesty Season. That tape immediately made Shiesty a star, though he hasn’t gotten much of a chance to enjoy it. Right now, Shiesty is in jail, facing various federal charges related to armed robbery […]