Earlier this month, Widowspeak announced they’d be following up their 2020 album Plum with a new collection called The Jacket. They also shared lead single “Everything Is Simple,” which landed amongst our favorite songs that week. Today, they’re back with another one. The latest preview of The Jacket arrives in the form of “While You […]
Maneka – “Winner’s Circle”
Maneka is the project of former Speedy Ortiz/Grass is Green guitarist Devin McKnight. Today, he’s announcing a new album called Dark Matters, the follow-up to his 2019 debut Devin. “With dark matter, it’s there but it’s not: Just like our history with race,” McKnight explains. “A lot of people are aware of its existence, but […]
Taj Mahal And Ry Cooder Reunite For First New Album In 57 Years
Slide guitar virtuoso Ry Cooder and blues musician Taj Mahal started their careers together. They formed the Rising Sons and signed to Columbia in 1965 but disbanded a year later, and the group’s sole album didn’t end up seeing the light of day until 1992. But now, the two icons are reuniting after nearly 60 […]
NOBRO – “Bye Bye Baby”
An album title like Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar tells you a lot about a band. It suggests loud, catchy, extremely fun rock ‘n’ roll, which is exactly what NOBRO are serving up. The Montreal quartet spent last fall trickling out singles leading up to today’s announcement of their latest EP, which, yes, is […]
Stream Steve Gunn’s Surprise New Nakama EP
Last August, Steve Gunn returned with his latest album, Other You. He’s taking that new music on the road in the spring, but first he’s back with something else. Today, Gunn has surprise released an EP called Nakama, which works as a sort of extension or addendum for Other You, featuring remixes and remakes of […]
Japanese Breakfast – “Nobody Sees Me Like You Do” (Yoko Ono Cover)
Japanese Breakfast leader Michelle Zauner had an insanely busy 2021: A great album, a bestselling memoir that’s being adapted into a film, a video-game soundtrack, a couple of big Grammy nominations. It doesn’t look like she’s about to slow down anytime soon, either. Today, Japanese Breakfast have shared a new song. It’s a lovely, stripped-down […]
Your Old Droog & Tha God Fahim – “Wall St With Briefcase”
Together or separately, New York’s Your Old Droog and Atlanta’s Tha God Fahim are two of the most prolific artists on the entire rap underground. Fahim and Droog have made a lot of songs together over the years, and they kicked their partnership into another gear last year. In 2021, Droog and Fahim both released […]
Warpaint – “Champion”
Warpaint back, baby! It’s been nearly six years since the shimmery, harmony-rich Los Angeles quartet released Heads Up, their last album. The band has never fully gone away. Last year, for instance, Warpaint released a couple of one-offs, covering Gang Of Four on a tribute album and writing a new song for an HBO show. […]
LEYA – “Glass Jaw” (Feat. Julie Byrne)
LEYA, the NYC-based duo of harpist Marilu Donovan and violinist/vocalist Adam Markiewicz, have collaborated with artists like Eartheater, Actress, Liturgy, and Brooke Candy. And now they’re announcing an upcoming tour and dropping a new track with singer-songwriter Julie Byrne, the watery “Glass Jaw.” Byrne shared the following statement/poem she wrote the day the collaboration took […]
Franz Ferdinand – “Curious”
Franz Ferdinand are releasing a 20-track greatest hits album called Hits To The Head in March. It includes some new songs, one of which — “Billy Goodbye” — dropped last fall. Today they’re sharing another one of the fresh tracks, a danceable and romantic number called “Curious.” Alex Kapranos explains the song’s premise: What’s the […]