Pinkshift are a month away from releasing their debut album, Love Me Forever. The Baltimore-based Best New Band has shared three singles from it already — “Nothing (In My Head),” “I’m Not Crying You’re Crying,” and “Get Out.” Today, they’re back with another one, “In My Breath,” which is an outlier for the typically revved-up […]
LIES – “Corbeau”
The Illinois cousins Nate and Mike Kinsella have a long, long history in underground music. These days, the Kinsellas are probably best-known for playing in American Football together. But both together and separately, the Kinsellas have also been in a whole mess of other big-deal projects, including Cap’n Jazz, Joan Of Arc, Make Believe, and […]
Wild Pink – “See You Better Now” (Feat. J Mascis)
Next month, Wild Pink are releasing a new album, ILYSM. Both of its singles, the title track and the Julien Baker-featuring “Hold My Hand, made our best songs of the week lists when they came out. Today, the band is sharing one last single, a rousing cut called “See You Better Now,” which boasts some […]
Broken Bells – “Love On The Run”
Next month, Broken Bells — the team-up between Danger Mouse and the Shins’ James Mercer — are releasing a new album, Into The Blue, their first since 2014’s After The Disco. They’ve shared a couple of tracks from it already — “We’re Not In Orbit Yet…” and “Saturdays” — and today they’re back with one […]
Daniel Bachman – “Flood Stage” & “Inundation (The Blackout)”
In the past year or so, the Virginia guitarist Daniel Bachman has released a full-length, a covers album, and a short story collection that was accompanied by a 45-minute drone track. Today, Bachman is announcing his next project, an album called Almanac Behind (an anagram of his name) which is meant as an extended meditation […]
Calexico – “Rambler”
Earlier this year, the long-running Southwest band Calexico released another album, El Mirador. They’re about to head out on tour in a couple weeks, and today they’ve returned with the one-off track, “Rambler,” which was inspired by their previous times on the road. “Throughout these travels I kept seeing ghosts looking for someone to sing […]
Disq – “The Hardest Part”
Wisconsin indie rockers Disq have already released a bunch of good songs from their forthcoming album Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet, including “Cujo Kiddies,” “If Only,” and “(With Respect To) Loyal Serfs.” Today they’ve got one more. “The Hardest Part” is a catchy and propulsive rocker that starts out sounding like Idlewild track and builds to […]
Big Joanie – “Confident Man”
This fall, London punks Big Joanie will release their sophomore album Back Home. We’ve posted the early singles “Happier Still” and “In My Arms,” and now they’ve also shared a new song called “Confident Man.” It’s a soulful, synth-heavy track about trying to psych yourself up to present yourself for validation from strangers: “Am I […]
Lande Hekt – “Cut My Hair”
Later this week, the Muncie Girls leader Lande Hekt will release House Without A View, her second solo album. Thus far, Hekt has already shared the early tracks “Gay Space Cadets” and “Backstreet Snow.” With only a few days left before the album arrives, Hekt has dropped a final song, the pretty and bittersweet “Cut […]
isomonstrosity – “careful what you wish for” (Feat. Danny Brown & 645AR)
The new music collective isomonstrosity is led by producer Johan Lenox (who has worked with the likes of Travis Scott, 070 Shake, and Lil Nas X), composer Ellen Reid (winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Music), and conductor/computer engineer Yuga Cohler. Their self-titled debut album is dropping in November on Brassland. According to a […]