Yeah Yeah Yeahs are officially back. After announcing some shows and signing to Secretly Canadian, the trio has announced a brand-new album, Cool It Down, which will be out in September. It’s their first album since 2013’s Mosquito. Today, they’re sharing its lead single, “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World,” which they debuted live […]
Nation Of Language – “Androgynous” (The Replacements Cover)
Do you ever think about the Replacements’ “Androgynous,” about how that song’s existence is a total miracle? Nobody could accuse the ’80s Replacements of performative wokeness, but in the perilous cultural era of 1984, these perma-drunk urchins still wrote and recorded a song about deep empathy that goes way beyond gender. There’s nothing cynical or […]
Viagra Boys – “Punk Rock Loser”
Towards the end of April, Viagra Boys announced their new album Cave World, the quick followup to last year’s Welfare Jazz. We’ve heard a couple songs from it, including “Ain’t No Thief” and “Troglodyte.” Today, they’re back with another. Viagra Boys’ latest is called “Punk Rock Loser.” The group once more teamed with SNASK for […]
Young Guv – “Cry 2 Sleep”
Young Guv, the one-man power pop factory of Ben Cook, is releasing his second album of the year, GUV IV next month, the sequel to GUV III, which came out in March. We’ve heard “Change Your Mind” and “Nowhere At All” from it so far, and today he’s sharing another one, “Cry 2 Sleep,” a […]
Stream The New EP From Taylor Young’s New Solo Death Metal Project ZOUS
As a musician, Taylor Young has been a key member of some truly badass heavy hardcore bands, including Twitching Tongues, Nails, and God’s Hate. As a producer, Young has worked on some of the best heavy music of the past few years, including the recent albums from bands like Drain, Regional Justice Center, and Age […]
cumgirl8 – “dumb bitch”
If you’ve already chosen cumgirl8 as your band name, then you might as well go ahead and release a single called “dumb bitch,” right? At that point, nothing matters. As you probably could’ve figured out on your own, cumgirl8 come from Brooklyn. They make propulsive herky-jerk post-punk, and they landed on our radar last year […]
Editrix – “Editrix Goes To Hell”
This week, Editrix — the trio made up of Wendy Eisenberg, Steve Cameron, and Josh Daniel — are releasing their sophomore album, Editrix II: Editrix Goes To Hell, the follow-up to last year’s Tell Me I’m Bad. We’ve heard “One Truck Gone” and “Hieroglyphics” from it so far, and today they’re sharing its title track, […]
Vory – “Daylight” (Feat. Kanye West)
Vory, a singer and rapper from Louisville via Houston, has been around for a while. He got his start working with Bryson Tiller when Tiller was starting out, and he’s gone on to contribute to records from people like Drake, Beyoncé, and Jay-Z. But Vory really hit most people’s radars last year when he contributed […]
The Dream Syndicate – “Every Time You Come Around”
Next week, the Dream Syndicate are releasing a new album, Ultraviolet Battle Hymns And True Confessions. It’s their fourth full-length since they returned in 2017 with How Did I Find Myself Here?, which was their first album in nearly 30 years. We’ve heard “Where I’ll Stand” and “Damien” from their new one already, and today […]
Will Butler – “A Stranger’s House” & “Nearer To Thee”
A couple of months ago, as Arcade Fire prepared to release their new album WE, longtime member Will Butler announced that he’d left the band after they’d finished recording the LP. On Twitter, Butler wrote, “There was no acute reason beyond that I’ve changed — and the band has changed — over the last almost […]