Fucked Up have kept busy these last few years with a new entry in their Zodiac series and a couple of EPs, but they haven’t released a proper full-length album since 2018’s Dose Your Dreams. They have a new one coming early next year, though, and they previewed it last month with “One Day,” the […]
Chat Pile – “Tenkiller” & “Lake Time (Mr. Rodan)”
In July, the Oklahoma City noise-rock band Chat Pile released their full-length debut God’s Country, a grimy and splenetic sludge-attack that stands tall as one of the year’s best albums. In a few days, Chat Pile will follow that album with another new LP, though this next one is a little different. The band recorded […]
James Blake Contributes New Song “When You Put It Like That” To Neal Brennan Netflix Special Blocks
Back in fall 2020, comedian Neal Brennan posted to Instagram about how he got to perform prior to a December 2019 James Blake show in Los Angeles. Blake and Brennan are actually big fans of each other: the following October, Blake returned the favor by performing at a socially distanced Brennan show where the guys […]
Stream Italian Mathcore Marauders Infall’s Crushing New Album Far
The Italian band Infall bill themselves as mathcore, but the music feels less like straining your brain in algebra class than getting clobbered on the football field. The time signatures on some of their songs are, admittedly, quite complicated, but in a ballerina-firing-machine-guns-while-pirouetting capacity. Far, Infall’s first album in five years, is out today. It’s […]
Romy – “Strong”
Back in 2020, the xx’s Romy Madley-Croft released her debut single, the excellent “Lifetime.” Since then, she’s put out some covers and popped up on a track by Fred again.. She’s teamed up with Fred again for her new single “Strong,” out today. “‘Strong’ came from a moment in my life when I was processing […]
Bodysync – “this edible ain’t shit”
The electronic dance duo Bodysync — aka Ryan Hemsworth and Giraffage — released their BIG WOOF EP in September, and they teamed with Tinashe on the single “Body” early this year. Today they’ve got another contagious blog-house-ish bop called “this edible ain’t shit.” Over the course of two minutes, it rides increasingly harried synth riffs […]
Stream Lunar Vacation’s A Living Room Christmas EP
Last year, the Atlanta indie rockers Lunar Vacation released their full-length debut Inside Every Fig Is A Dead Wasp. Today, they’ve followed that album with something a little more seasonal and low-stakes. Lunar Vacation have just released the new holiday EP A Living Room Christmas, a pleasant and amiable collection of three covers. A Living […]
Weeping Icon – “Two Ways”
This week, Weeping Icon are releasing a new EP, Ocelli, the Best New Band‘s follow-up to their 2019 self-titled debut. We heard “Pigs, Shit & Trash” from it a little bit ago, and today the New York group is sharing another single, “Two Ways.” Two Ways’ is about people who want to appear virtuous in […]
Tkay Maidza – “Nights In December”
In 2021, the Australian pop experimentalist Tkay Maidza wrapped up her Last Year Was Weird series, which rolled out as three EPs over the course of a few years. Today, she’s back with a new song, a groovy holiday-themed track called “Nights In December.” “I thought it would be cool to make a song that […]
Andy Shauf – “Wasted On You”
Canadian troubadour Andy Shauf has announced a new album, Norm, his follow-up to last year’s Wilds. It comes with an oblique storyline yet to be revealed, but centered around someone called Norm. “The character of Norm is introduced in a really nice way,” Shauf said in a statement. “But the closer you pay attention to […]