Channel Tres has a new album on the way called Real Cultural Shit — it’ll be his first for RCA Records (still in partnership with Godmode), and is due out in the fall. He’s spent this year casually dropping singles from it. First came the pairing of “Acid In My Blood” and “Ganzfield Experiment” back […]
µ-Ziq – “Hello”
Mike Paradinas, the Planet Mu founder who has long put out music under the name μ-Ziq, has had a productive year. In April, he put out an EP called Goodbye, in June he released n album called Magic Pony Ride, and that was all leading up to a 25th anniversary reissue of his 1997 album […]
Raavi – “No Bodies”
Raavi, the Boston-bred and Brooklyn-based band led by queer-desi indie-rocker Raavi Sita, caught my attention with the singles from her recent EP. Apparently they also caught the attention of the Sub Pop subsidiary Hardly Art, who are releasing a new Raavi song as part of their 15th anniversary singles series. It’s another melodically rich guitar-driven […]
Alvvays – “Very Online Guy” & “Belinda Says”
It’s been five years since we’ve gotten a new Alvvays album, but we won’t have to wait much longer now. Next month, the great Toronto indie-pop crew will follow their 2017 LP Antisocialites with their new long-player Blue Rev. Thus far, Alvvays have shared two early singles, “Pharmacist” and “Easy On Your Own?,” and both […]
Stream Weezer’s New EP SZNZ Autumn
Weezer: They’re still going through with it! That statement could refer to any number of things related to Weezer’s continuing existence, but in this case, we’re talking about the band’s whole plan to release four new EPs this year. The four SZNZ records are all named after different seasons, and they’re all timed to come […]
New Pagans – “Better People”
The Belfast indie rock Band To Watch New Pagans are back with their first new song of 2022 (though not the first since 2021’s great The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots And All; that’d be last November’s “Find Fault With Me”). On the epic and emotive rocker “Better People,” Lyndsey McDougall beams gorgeous melodies into […]
Miss Grit – “Like You”
Miss Grit, the project led by Margaret Sohn, has released two EPs over the past few years, 2019’s Talk Talk and 2021’s Impostor. Today, they’re putting out a new single, “Like You,” over at their new home of Mute Records. ““Mute is one of the labels I put on a pedestal in my mind, so […]
Dungen – “Skövde”
Dungen are putting out their first new album in seven years, En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog, in a couple weeks. The Swedish band has shared “Nattens sista strimma ljus” and “Om Det Finns Något Som Du Vill Fråga Mig” from it so far, and today they’re back with another one, the shaggy […]
Pinkshift – “In A Breath”
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 […]