Saddle Creek’s newest artist is Shalom, one of those artists whose music is accessible but hard to pin down. The mercurial spirit only makes sense given her biography: Born in Maryland, raised in South Africa, and coming of age as a Black woman in a predominantly white and male New Brunswick DIY scene, she’s now […]
beabadoobee – “10:36”
Back in March, beabadoobee announced her sophomore album Beatopia. We’ve heard several songs from it so far, including “Talk,” “See You Soon,” and “Lovesong.” Today, she’s back with another one. beabadoobee’s latest is called “10:36.” “’10:36′ was written after Fake It Flowers and just before Our Extended Play, and I had envisioned it to be […]
Santigold – “Ain’t Ready”
Last month, Santigold shared her first new single since 2018’s I Don’t Want: The Gold Fire Sessions: “High Priestess.” Now, the art-pop visionary has announced a new album, Spirituals, out Sept. 9. Along with the news is another single, “Ain’t Ready,” which also has a video. Primarily recorded during the 2020 lockdown, Spirituals features virtual […]
Jennifer Vanilla – “Take Me For A Ride”
A few years ago, Becca Kauffman started performing as the alter ego Jennifer Vanilla while they were still in the art-rock band Ava Luna. JV has become Kauffman’s main concern over the past couple years, resulting in a lot of stray singles and 2019’s J.E.N.N.I.F.E.R. EP. Last month, they shared a single, “Body Music,” and […]
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – “Is it Me Or Is It You?”
Just last month, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith teamed up with Emile Mosseri for a collaborative album, and today the composer is back with news of a new solo album, her first since 2020’s The Mosaic Of Transformation. The new album is called Let’s Turn It Into Sound, and Smith recorded it alone at her home studio. […]
Fresh Pepper – “Seahorse Tranquilizer” (Feat. Destroyer)
A few months ago, wordy indie rock cult hero Dan Bejar returned with his new Destroyer LP Labyrinthitis, one of our favorite albums of the year thus far. Today, Bejar has resurfaced in a different guise. He’s one of two voices on “Seahorse Tranquilizer,” a single from the new Toronto duo Fresh Pepper. Fresh Pepper […]
Röyksopp – “Unity” (Feat. Karen Harding)
A few months ago, the Norwegian duo Röyksopp came back with Profound Mysteries, their first album in eight years. But according to the group, Profound Mysteries is not really an album. Instead, it’s a sort of ever-expanding creative universe. That seems pretty goofy, but sure enough, Röyksopp are already teasing a second installment of Profound […]
Camp Trash – “Lake Erie Boys”
The immaculately poppy emo upstarts Camp Trash are nearing the release of their debut album The Long Way, The Slow Way, and today they’re sharing a fourth song from the LP to go along with “Weird Florida,” “Let It Ride,” and”Pursuit.” This one is called “Lake Erie Boys,” and it finds Bryan Gorman bringing his […]
Ghostface Killah & Raekwon – “We Ain’t Came To Lose”
If you were a kid in the ’90s, then there’s a very good chance that the Wu-Tang Clan and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games were both important to your development as a human being. Today, both of those things have come together. The new game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is an old-school […]
LSDXOXO – “Demons” (Feat. Eartheater)
LSDXOXO and Eartheater are two artists who push pop music into strange, dreamlike new places. The Berlin-based LSDXOXO specializes in wildly raunchy dance music and just recently released the collection Dedicated 2 Disrespect, anchored by the single “SMD.” New York’s Eartheater came out with the bugged-out single “Mitosis” last month. Now, both of them have […]