For the past few years, Hudson Valley rockers Soul Blind have been getting up onstage at hardcore shows, cranking their amps up to dangerous levels, and playing heavy-ass fusions of shoegaze and grunge. They started out strong, and they’ve been progressively getting better as they’ve been touring hard, opening for bands like Drug Church and […]
Black Belt Eagle Scout – “Don’t Give Up”
Black Belt Eagle Scout’s most recent album, At The Party With My Brown Friends, came out in 2019. Since then, she’s offered up a couple covers, but today she’s back with her first new track in 3 years, “Don’t Give Up,” which is warm and hushed and contains some big, gorgeous, billowing melodies. “‘Don’t Give […]
Westerman – “Idol; RE-run”
It’s been a little over two years since the endlessly intriguing South London artist Westerman released his debut album, Your Hero Is Not Dead, which came on the heels of a string of singles that led us to name him an Artist To Watch back in 2018. Today, he’s back with a new single, “Idol; […]
MUNA – “August” (Taylor Swift Cover)
Back in June, pop standouts (and onetime Band To Watch!) MUNA released their self-titled third album via Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records. It was good. Since then, Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson, and Josette Maskin have been touring the US; last week, they did a three-night residency at the New York venue Irving Plaza, where they […]
Plains – “Hurricane”
Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson are releasing their collaborative album as Plains, I Walked With You A Ways, at the end of this week. They’ve gifted us with two tracks from it so far — “Problem With It” and “Abilene,” both best song of the week honorees — and today we get one more advance […]
Lil Yachty Shares A New Video For His Much-Memed Viral Hit “Poland”
We need to talk about “Poland.” By the time Lil Yachty’s new single hit DSPs today, it was already a hit. The F1LTHY-produced track, released on SoundCloud a week ago after a leak, became instant meme fodder. Social media users have been matching Yachty’s spookily crooned hook — “I took the wock to Poland” — […]
Oozing Wound – “The Good Times (I Don’t Miss ‘Em)”
Chicago’s Oozing Wound play violently abrasive music steeped in punk, metal, and noise. They’ll have another album of it this winter: We Cater To Cowards, out in January on Thrill Jockey, is preceded today by lead single “The Good Times (I Don’t Miss ‘Em).” It’s gruesome and intense, like In Utero if Nirvana had taken […]
JFDR – “The Orchid”
JFDR — the project of prolific Icelandic multi-hyphenate Jófríður Ákadóttir — is announcing her official signing to Houndstooth today. In addition to releasing 12 solo albums, the singer, songwriter, and composer has collabed with Ólafur Arnalds and Damien Rice and scored Icelandic films like Backyard Village (2021). Björk is also apparently a big fan, which […]
The A’s – “Lonesome L.A. Cowboy” (New Riders Of The Purple Sage Cover)
Back in July, the A’s — Sylvan Esso’s Amelia Meath and Daughter of Swords’ Alexandra Sauser-Monnig — released their debut album, Fruit. Soon, the duo will play a bunch of dates with Marcus Mumford, including a night at NYC’s Beacon Theatre and the second annual Psychic Hotline Block Party. In the lead-up to those dates, […]
Weyes Blood – “Grapevine”
Next month, Weyes Blood will release the new album And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow. Natalie Mering has said that the new LP is the second album in a “special trilogy” that started with her last one, 2019’s Titanic Rising. Mering produced And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow with Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado, and it features […]