Last year, Jaime Brooks revived her Elite Gymnastics project and performed under the name for the first time in 9 years as part of a virtual fundraiser. At the time, Brooks said that she was working on a proper Elite Gymnastics debut album, and that she was in the process of reworking older songs, many […]
Dazy – “On My Way”
Dazy couldn’t remain a secret for too long. It just wasn’t possible. The songs are too fucking good. The Richmond, Virginia punk rocker and music publicist James Goodson started bashing out solo power-pop gems anonymously on Bandcamp during the pandemic. Now, two years later, Dazy is a Band To Watch with a proper album called […]
Nick Hakim – “Feeling Myself”
In a few days, the genre-agnostic psychedelic soul musician Nick Hakim will drop his new LP Cometa. Hakim recorded the album at a bunch of different studios in different cities, and it features assists from a few prominent friends. Alex G, for instance, plays piano on lead single “Happen,” while DJ Dahi co-produced “M1.” “Vertigo” […]
Frankie Cosmos – “Empty Head”
We’re a few days away from the release of the new Frankie Cosmos album Inner World Peace. Bandleader Greta Kline wrote more than 100 songs during the pandemic, and the band then whittled those songs down to a manageable 15-song tracklist. Thus far, we’ve already posted a bunch of those songs: “One Year Stand,” “Aftershook,” […]
Full Of Hell’s Tour-Only EP Aurora Leaking From An Open Wound Is Now Out Digitally
The abrasive Maryland grindcore experimentalists Full Of Hell put out a lot of music, and they don’t always make that music easy to find. An album is one thing; Full Of Hell released their most recent proper LP Garden Of Burning Apparitions last year, and they gave it a proper rollout. But just as often, […]
Jeff Tweedy – “Pharmacist” (Alvvays Cover)
Like basically everyone with an iota of taste, Jeff Tweedy is a fan of the new Alvvays album. As a public offering on his subscription-based Substack outpost Starship Casual, the Wilco leader recently shared a lo-fi acoustic cover of “Pharmacist,” the opening track from the Toronto indie-pop band’s spectacular Blue Rev. Here’s what he wrote […]
Caroline Polachek – “Sunset”
Since Chairlift broke up a few years ago, Caroline Polachek has been carving out a little alt-pop lane under her own name. Since releasing her debut solo album Pang in 2019, the Connecticut-raised singer has collaborated with musicians like Flume and Hyd and put out two stray singles of her own, “Bunny Is A Rider” […]
Fred again.. – “Delilah (Pull Me Out Of This)”
Next week, Fred again.. is releasing Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022), a new entry in his Actual Life album series in which he collects audio from friends and builds songs around them. So far, we’ve heard “Danielle (Smile On My Face),” “Bleu (Better With Time),” and “Kammy (Like I Do),” and […]
Stream The Screamo Elliott Smith Tribute Album It’s Raining In My Heart
Intense, fraught emotions coursed through Elliott Smith’s music. This is true of screamo as well, more or less definitionally. Still, the prospect of a screamo-based Elliott Smith tribute album feels extremely wild. It’s Raining In My Heart is proof of that particular concept. Curated and released by the screamo-leaning Canadian record label No Funeral, the […]
Guided By Voices – “Queen Of Spaces”
The new Guided By Voices song is not called “Queen Of Spades.” That’s what you might see when you first look at the title. That’s what Google might tell you that you’re trying to find. But no. It’s “Queen Of Spaces.” As in: You know, spaces? Like, areas? Well, this person is the queen of […]