Philadelphia DIY band the Ire have really figured out their own take on classic cinematic death-rock churn. On their 2019 demo and their 2021 EP-length cassette release CS, the Ire conjured the sweeping gloom of the early-’80s British bands that clearly inspired them. Today, the Ire have taken that sound a step further, and they’ve […]
Post Malone Drops Two Twelve Carat Toothache Bonus Tracks
Last week, Post Malone returned with his new album Twelve Carat Toothache. (We took a closer look at it yesterday.) Like many pop artists these days, Post’s albums are often quite long, but in the lead-up to Twelve Carat Toothache he talked about paring it down, prizing artistic statements over streaming numbers. At the same […]
Healing Potpourri – “Wind”
In August, Oakland indie-pop luminary Simi Sohota will release his new album as Healing Potpurri, Paradise. Co-produced by Sohota and Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas, Stereolab), Paradise also features production by engineer Jason Kick. It follows Healing Potpurri’s previous effort, 2020’s Blanket Of Calm. Sohota has also shared the album’s first single, “Wind,” which also […]
Kacey Musgraves Filing “Massive Complaint” Over “Hostile” American Airlines Employee
Kacey Musgraves has filed a “massive complaint” against a male American Airlines flight attendant, whom she says she felt “unsafe” around due to his alleged “shockingly hostile behavior.” “I know there are way bigger things going on in the world at the moment,” she wrote on social media. “But I truthfully just don’t want anyone […]
Rosie Thorne – “You’re My Future”
Back in 2018, Mannequin Pussy’s Marisa Dabice unveiled a synth-pop side project called Rosie Thorne with newer MP member Max Steen. They had plans to release a new song every month throughout that year, but only one of those, “Slick,” ever materialized. But today Rosie Thorne has been resurrected with a new single, the glistening […]
Gillian Carter – “Terminal Brain” & “Quit trying. You failed.”
Prolific Florida screamo greats Gillian Carter — a band, not a person — have been putting out records for 15 years, and they never seem to stop. Gillian Carter have made five full albums, and they’ve also got a ton of other miscellaneous releases. The band’s last album was 2018’s …This Earth-Shaped Tomb, and their […]
PHONY – “Summer’s Cold”
PHONY, the not-so-new-anymore project of former Donovan Wolfington leader Neil Berthier, has announced a new album, AT SOME POINT YOU STOP, the follow-up to 2020’s Knock Yourself Out. It includes last year’s stray single “Great White” and today’s newly-released track “Summer’s Cold,” which builds to a chiming and hooky chorus that sounds like some peak […]
Katie Alice Greer – “Captivated”
Later this month, Katie Alice Greer is releasing her debut solo album, Barbarism. She’s shared “FITS/My Love Can’t Be” and “Dreamt I Talk To Horses” from it so far, and today the former Priests member is back with another new track, the atmospheric “Captivated.” “This is a creepy song, in my mind, and I wanted […]
Martin Courtney – “Sailboat”
New Jersey indie rockers Real Estate are still going strong; they dropped a Television cover last year. Frontman Martin Courtney has also been steadily cranking out solo records ever since 2015. Later this month, Courtney will release the self-produced Magic Sign, his fourth solo LP. Courtney wrote the songs on the album in 2020 and […]
Jeff Tweedy – “Big Time” (Angel Olsen Cover)
On Friday, Angel Olsen released her excellent new album Big Time. Wilco’s new album Cruel Country also came out recently — just last month — so it’s a nice cross-promotional move to see Jeff Tweedy covering Olsen’s title track. Sharing the cover via a post on his Substack, Tweedy wrote: “Here’s a song I learned […]