In the wake of the Walkmen, the band’s individual members started churning out music. For example, former frontman Hamilton Leithauser stormed right out the gates with 2014’s Black Hours, and then followed that with his 2016 album-length collab with Rostam, I Had A Dream That You Were Mine. But in between, there was also the […]
Sam Gendel Made A Whole Album With His Girlfriend’s 11-Year-Old Sister
Sam Gendel, the eclectically minded Los Angeles jazz saxophonist and producer, just announced a sprawling new album called SUPERSTORE, but that’s not stopping him from releasing an entirely different album today. The latter project is called LIVE A LITTLE, and Gendel created it mostly in one sitting with Antonia Cytrynowicz, the 11-year-old sister of Gendel’s […]
Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler – “Seven Red Rose Tattoos”
Jessie Buckley, the buzzy young actress you might have seen in movies like I’m Thinking of Ending Things or The Lost Daughter, is also a singer. She’s recorded a whole album with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler, titled For All Our Days That Tear The Heart and set for release next month. Get excited. We […]
felicita – “Cluck” (Feat. Kero Kero Bonito)
Today, PC Music have dropped a new compilation called Volume 3, collecting “hits from 2018-2021 alongside upcoming, unreleased and unreleasable music.” One of those finds felicita teaming up with fellow pop experimentalists Kero Kero Bonito for a song called “Cluck.” The song had been performed live before, but now you can hear its official recorded […]
Primitive Man – “Quiet” (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
The Smashing Pumpkins are busy these days. Earlier this week, they announced plans for a massive arena tour with Jane’s Addiction. Last night, the band was on James Corden, and Billy Corgan talked about the plans for a new record that Billy Corgan described as “a 33-song triple-album concept.” But the coolest Pumpkins-related thing that […]
Stream Mindforce Side Project Cape Fade’s Kickass New Demo
Hudson Valley destroyers Mindforce are one of the best hardcore bands currently operating, and they’re also a sort of home base that keeps spinning off more and more great bands. In the past year or two, the members of Mindforce have launched a bunch of other hugely promising bands: Pillars Of Ivory, Colossus, Sentinel, No […]
Mark Ronson – “Too Much” (Feat. Lucky Daye)
We last heard from handsome super-producer Mark Ronson last year, when he teamed up with Paul McCartney and Gary Numan on his single “I Know Time (Is Calling).” Since then, Ronson has gotten married — he’s Meryl Streep’s son-in-law now — and done some podcasting. Today, he’s back with a new single that he recorded […]
Antonio Sánchez – “I Think We’re Past That Now” (Feat. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross)
Mexican-American jazz drummer Antonio Sánchez has quite a resume. In addition to his work with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, he famously composed the score for Birdman (2014), which earned him a Golden Globe nod for Best Original Score and BAFTA for Best Film Music, among other trophies. Over the years, Sánchez has toured with Dizzy […]
Stream The Smile’s Debut Album A Light For Attracting Attention And Our Accompanying Podcast
The Smile’s debut sounds a lot like Radiohead, but the promo campaign leading up to it has been about as far from a Radiohead rollout as you can get. Rather than shroud this new music in mystery until the last possible moment, the trio of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner has brought everything […]
Stream Kendrick Lamar’s New Album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
OK. It’s here. It’s time. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Let’s do this. There was always going to be an incredible amount of hype for the first proper Kendrick Lamar album in five years — the first since his commercially triumphant, Pulitzer Prize-winning power move DAMN. Even so, K.Dot has stoked the flames of […]