Just over three years ago, the War On Drugs released their fourth album A Deeper Understanding, a monumental work that felt like the culmination of the band’s sonic trajectory as well as their steady ascension. Drugs mastermind Adam Granduciel has popped up a couple times this year, remixing the Rolling Stones and previewing new material. […]
The Antlers – “Wheels Roll Home”
This year has been full of surprises — most of them, it goes without saying, being pretty shitty ones. But perhaps you will feel more positively about this one: The Antlers have released a new song. For a long time, this didn’t seem like a possibility. The Antlers’ last album, Familiars, came out all the […]
Jay Electronica Finally Releases His Long-Shelved Album 'Act II: The Patents Of Nobility': Stream
For many, many years, it looked like Jay Electronica would never release an album. This year, we’ve got two. Allah works in mysterious ways. In 2010, following the success of his 2007 mixtape Act I: Eternal Sunshine: The Pledge and his monstrous 2009 single “Exhibit C,” the hyped-up rap mystic Jay Elec signed with Jay-Z’s […]
BlessedKingTheArtist Impresses On Debut Single And Music Video “Tennessee”
Franck Yvan Njonkou Seudio, known as BlessedKingTheArtist, has just released his new song and music video “Tennessee,” recorded in Baltimore at Wright Way Studios. Frank was born and raised in Yaounde, Cameroon, and moved to the United States in 2017, as soon as he graduated from University in Cameroon. He then transferred to the University […]
The Kills – "Raise Me (Demo)"
The Kills have announced that they’re releasing a career-spanning B-sides/rarities collection at the end of the year. It’s called Little Bastards, named in part because of the nickname for the drum machine Allison Mosshart and Jamie Hince used during the first half of their career. “It was a Roland 880 which isn’t strictly a drum […]
Stream Lorne Malvo's Blistering Self-Titled Screamo EP
Lorne Malvo is the name of Billy Bob Thornton’s character in the first season of the Fargo TV show, a sociopathic killer who serves as the story’s big bad. Lorne Malvo is also the name of a French screamo band who apparently have great taste in television. Their musical preferences are pretty awesome as well, […]
Lil Wayne – "NFL" (Feat. Gudda Gudda & Hoodybaby)
Lil Wayne is the sort of voracious sports fan for whom a song called “NFL” might come about organically. He goes hard for the Green Bay Packers and has been dropping references to athletes into his raps for years. One of my favorite lines on Da Drought 3 is a reference to former Philadelphia Eagles […]
TRAAMS – “Intercontinental Radio Waves”
Back in August, the UK indie rock trio TRAAMS returned from a five-year hiatus with a stark, propulsive, confident 10-minute banger of a single called “The Greyhound.” A song like that is a great way to announce to the world that you’re back in business. Today, TRAAMS have followed up on that announcement with another […]
Pearl Jam – "Get It Back"
Pearl Jam had a new song called “Get It Back” featured on the second volume of Good Music To Avert The Collapse Of American Democracy, which was available for a brief period of time on Friday. The band released their first new album in seven years, Gigaton, at the beginning of 2020, and presumably this […]
Thunder Dreamer – “Of A Million”
Thunder Dreamer are following up their 2017 debut Capture next month with a new EP called Summer Sleeping. The Indiana Band To Watch recorded it with Tyler Watkins of Margot & The Nuclear So & So’s, and its songs are quieter and dreamer than Capture. We’ve already heard opening track “House And Garden,” and today […]