Later this year, Bonny Light Horseman — the project consisting of Anaïs Mitchell, Josh Kaufman, and Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson — will release their sophomore album, Rolling Golden Holy, the follow-up to their 2020 Grammy-nominated debut. We’ve already heard “California” from it, which landed on our best songs of the week list, and today […]
Nicholas Craven – “Death & Taxes” (Feat. Boldy James)
In his own words, the Montreal hip-hop producer Nicholas Craven has been serving up “Soulful Gritty Beats from the North Since 2006.” Today one of those beats goes to the Detroit veteran Boldy James. On “Death & Taxes,” Boldy rides Craven’s weightless soul loop with a casual command. The song features no drums at all, […]
Jawbox Surprise Release First New Music In 26 Years
Jawbox, the great DC post-hardcore band fronted by indie super-producer and future Burning Airlines member J. Robbins, just put out their first new music since 1996. Technically, I guess it’s new old music. Jawbox’s surprise-released The Revisionist EP includes two reworked Jawbox classics, “Grip” and “Consolation” (both from their 1991 debut album Grippe), plus a […]
Stream Baltimore Hardcore Warriors End It’s Brain-Stomping Unpleasant Living EP
In the past year or so, Baltimore’s End It have gone a long way towards becoming one of the biggest and best bands on the current hardcore landscape, and they’ve done it while releasing barely any new music. End It released their last EP One Way Track early in 2020, just before the pandemic hit. […]
Margo Price – “Fight To Make It” (Feat. Mavis Staples & Adia Victoria)
Margo Price has shared a poignant new song called “Fight To Make It.” It features guest vocals from Mavis Staples and Adia Victoria, and all proceeds from Bandcamp sales will benefit Noise For Now, a national initiative that enables artists and entertainers to connect with and financially support grassroots organizations that work in the field […]
Stream Westside Gunn’s Hard New Mixtape Peace “Fly” God
Last year, the prolific Buffalo rap overlord Westside Gunn released his massive double album Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf, which will hopefully be the last entry in that whole questionably titled series. Today, Gunn has released another new project, his first of 2022. In the past few years, Gunn has used his platform to […]
Stream Brent Faiyaz’s Gorgeously Gross New Album Wasteland
The great Maryland R&B singer Brent Faiyaz has been on the brink of something big ever since he showed up on GoldLink’s perfect summer jam “Crew” five years ago, and he may have finally arrived. For about a year, Faiyaz has been releasing spacey, self-assured, vaguely experimental singles, including the Neptunes-produced Drake collab “Wasting Time” […]
Ciara – “Jump”
Just a few days ago, Ciara announced a new record deal with Republic Records and Uptown Records in partnership with her label, Beauty Marks Entertainment. Through this new partnership, the pop titan and dancer is set to release her eighth studio album, the follow-up to 2019’s Beauty Marks. Today, we’re getting her first new single […]
King Princess – “Change The Locks” (Prod. Aaron Dessner)
When Mikaela Straus announced her new King Princess album Hold On Baby, one of the hooks was the eye-popping list of collaborators who co-produced the album with Straus. One of those names was the National’s Aaron Dessner, who has seen his star rise thanks to ongoing collaborations with Taylor Swift over the past two years. […]
Watch The Killers Debut New Song “Boy” At Mad Cool Festival
Last August, the Killers talked about recording a “heavier” new album, the follow-up to 2021’s Pressure Machine and their first album all back together since 2017’s Wonderful Wonderful. (Pressure Machine didn’t feature bassist Mark Stoermer, who sat that one out due to the pandemic.) Well, now we appear to be getting a first taste of […]