At the beginning of September, British producer Orlando Higginbottom is releasing a new studio album as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, When The Lights Go, only his second full-length overall and first in a decade. He’s shared a bunch of tracks from it already — “Forever,” “Blood In The Snow,” “Crosswalk,” “The Sleeper” — and today […]
Plains (Katie Crutchfield & Jess Williamson) – “Problem With It”
Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson have teamed up for a new collaborative album under the name Plains. It’s called I Walked With You A Ways, and the pair recorded it at Brad Cook’s studio in Durham with a backing band that included Spencer Tweedy and Phil Cook. The project, which is being billed as […]
U.S. Girls – “So Typically Now”
U.S. Girls’ Heavy Light was one of those albums announced before the pandemic and released into it. Now the group seems ready to launch its next era. Meg Remy and friends are back today with an addictive new single called “So Typically Now.” Amidst a funky foundation of synths, gated drums, and screaming soulful backing […]
Foyer Red – “Pickles”
In recent months we’ve been tracing the progress of Brooklyn combo Foyer Red by posting their early singles “Blood” and “Flipper.” Today that progress continues with a new track called “Pickles.” The band — which seems to have expanded from a trio to a quintet — embraces a tightly wound and spunky sound here, Elana […]
Palm – “Feathers”
It’s been a good long while since we heard from Palm, but the Philly experimental indie rock band is far from defunct. In fact, they’re about to release a new album for a new record label. Palm have linked with Saddle Creek for Nicks And Grazes, their first album since 2018’s Rock Island. Today they […]
Gel – “Predominant Mask”
The New Jersey band Gel make a furiously fun form of squalid, basement-ready hardcore punk. If you see Gel live, they’re absolute destroyers; they had one of my favorite sets at Richmond’s Big Takeover fest a couple of months ago. But Gel also get it done on record. They slather their sound in reverb, which […]
Preoccupations – “Death Of Melody”
Later this summer, Preoccupations, the Calgary post-punk band once known as Vietnam, will release their new album Arrangements. Bandleader Matthew Flegel has said that the new LP is “basically about the world blowing up and no one giving a shit.” Preoccupations already shared the early single “Ricochet,” and now they’ve also dropped a new one […]
Dry Cleaning – “Anna Calls From The Arctic”
Last month, UK post-punk collective Dry Cleaning announced their follow-up to last year’s New Long Leg. Coming October 21, Stumpwork has a lead single, “Don’t Press Me,” and now the band has shared another song from the project: “Anna Calls From The Arctic,” which also has a video featuring Dry Cleaning’s drummer, Nick Buxton, ice […]
Stream World Of Pleasure’s Fearsome New EP World Of Pleasure & Friends
Jess Nyx, leader of the Calgary band Mortality Rate, is one of the great screamers in all of hardcore; listening to her voice feels like getting an adrenaline needle straight to the eye. A couple of years ago, Nyx got together with Colter, a member of the Calgary metalcore band Serration, to start a militant […]
PHONY – “The Middle”
This week, Joyce Manor touring guitarist Neil Berthier is releasing AT SOME POINT YOU STOP, his latest album under the name PHONY. We’ve heard “Kaleidoscope” and “Summer’s Cold” from it already, and today he’s back with another new single, “The Middle.” “I had a tough time dealing with my father’s dementia conceptually,” Berthier shared in […]