Late last year, the Flint, Michigan band Greet Death released their beautifully bummed-out single “I Hate Everything,” their first music since the excellent 2019 heavy-shoegaze album New Hell. At first, “I Hate Everything” sounded like a one-off and a big departure for Greet Death, who were now starting to sound something like an American version […]
New Grass’ Attempt At Post-Punk Sounds Great, Even If It Doesn’t Sound Much Like Post-Punk
New Grass, project helmed by Chicago’s Lucio Oquendo, released a furious and inspired album called Scordatura Perforations late last year. It was kind of a screamo album, but Oquendo doesn’t really scream, even if both his vocals and their sonic backdrops supply the genre’s requisite levels of intensity. Now he’s back to put his own […]
Stream Candy’s Raw, Punishing New Album Heaven Is Here
Richmond’s Candy started off as a grimy, intense hardcore band, and they’re still that, but now they’re other things, too. Four years after releasing their full-length debut Good To Feel, Candy have come back with Heaven Is Here, the new album that they recorded with Power Trip/Code Orange producer Arthur Rizk. It’s a wild one. […]
Tame Impala Remixed Elvis Presley’s “Edge Of Reality”
Just about a month ago, we found out that the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic would feature a lot of heavy-hitters: Stevie Nicks, Denzel Curry, Jazmine Sullivan, Yola. Along the way, we heard a lot of artists’ contributions — Doja Cat’s “Vegas,” Diplo and Swae Lee’s “Tupelo Shuffle,” Eminem’s CeeLo Green-featuring “The King & […]
Stream Zola Jesus’ Gorgeous New Album Arkhon
The recent resurgence of Kate Bush and “Running Up That Hill” would seem to suggest that there’s a widespread appetite for dark, swirling, majestic music. If that’s true, then Zola Jesus is coming back right on time. Before today, Nika Roza Danilova hadn’t released a full album since 2017’s Okovi. After five years of nothing […]
Hear New Birdsong-Inspired Songs From Elvis Costello, Flaming Lips, Jeff Tweedy, & More On For The Birds Vol. II
The second installment of Randall Poster’s five-volume, 242-song, birdsong-inspired compilation For The Birds is upon us. Arriving a month after Vol. 1, which featured such talents as Beach House, Beck, Nick Cave, and Karen O, today’s offering includes new music from artists such as Jeff Tweedy, Elvis Costello, Dan Deacon, Eleanor Friedberger, the Flaming Lips, […]
Lil Nas X – “Late To Da Party” (Feat. NBA YoungBoy)
Lil Nas X has released a new single, “Late To The Party,” which features NBA Youngboy. He started promoting it a couple weeks ago with a little controversy. After the BET Awards revealed their nominations and Lil Nas X received none, he started teasing the track, which included the refrain “Fuck BET.” “how can i […]
Stream Daughn Gibson’s New EP Kriminelle Energie, His First New Music In Six Years
Hey, Daughn Gibson! Remember this guy? A decade ago, Gibson, a handsome man who once played drums for stoner-rockers Pearls & Brass, came out with All Hell, an extremely cool album of dark, gothic country-rock. Gibson seemed to be tapping into some kind of Cormac McCarthy/David Lynch mythic-Americana thing, and there was something deeply inviting […]
Living Hour – “No Body”
Last month the dreamy Winnipeg band Living Hour announced their new album Someday Is Today and shared its lead single “Feelings Meeting,” featuring one of the album’s producers, Melina Duterte aka Jay Som. This week they’re back with another Duterte-produced single called “No Body.” Singer Sam Sarty, who also filmed the song’s video along with […]
Goon – “Ochre”
In May, LA’s Goon announced a new album, Hour Of Green Evening, out in July and featuring Spoon’s Alex Fischel on piano and keyboards. At the time, they shared lead single “Angelnumber 1210.” Now, Goon is back with another album track, a mid-tempo indie-rock number called “Ochre,” which features some piano improv from Fischel on […]