The joyous, experimental Japanese group CHAI recently released their single “WHOLE” and collaborated with Sondre Lerche on his song “Summer In Reverse.” Today, CHAI have come out with a new single called “SURPRISE.” It’s a giddy song that manages to be soothing and explosive in equal measures, and it’s got an extremely colorful music video […]
Drive-By Truckers – “Every Single Storied Flameout”
Next month, the endlessly prolific country-rock road dogs Drive-By Truckers will release their new album Welcome 2 Club XIII. The band spent three days recording the album live in Athens, Georgia last summer, and it’s got people like Margo Price and R.E.M.’s Mike Mills singing backup. The band has already shared the album’s title track, […]
Porridge Radio – “End Of Last Year”
Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky — that’s a great album title. It belongs to a great band, Porridge Radio, who’ll release it later this month on the same day they launch a massive transcontinental tour. Today the Brighton indie band has added a new leg to that jaunt — their first North American […]
Lady Gaga – “Hold My Hand”
The long-awaited legacy sequel Top Gun: Maverick is finally set to come out later this month; I feel like I’ve been watching trailers for that thing for like four years. Today, in the run-up to release, Lady Gaga has shared her grand-gesture movie theme “Hold My Hand,” which is basically being positioned as the “Danger […]
Damn The Witch Siren – “Vulture Culture”
The Columbus alt-pop duo Damn The Witch Siren have been hustling hard for years, and it seems to be paying off for them. The band is all over Poser, Ori Segev and Noah Dixon’s feature film set in the Columbus music scene, which premiered at Tribeca last fall and is seeing release this year through […]
Deerhoof, Empath, Water From Your Eyes, & More Have Songs On New Comp Benefitting Striking Workers
Yesterday was May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. To celebrate, DC-based Gardenhead Records released a gigantic compilation album to raise money for strike funds. Per the Bandcamp page, “Proceeds will go towards ongoing strikes and unionization efforts as well as the contributing artists.” The 47-track comp features a lot of impressive names from […]
S. Raekwon – “Single Mom’s Day”
The NYC-based Buffalo native S. Raekwon — the genre-straddling singer-songwriter Steven Raekwon Reynolds — released his debut album Where I’m At Now last year on Father/Daughter. Today he’s back with a powerful new song about the love between a mother and a son. Reynolds is celebrating Mother’s Day a few days early with the release […]
Stream UK Hardcore Greats The Flex’s Ferocious New Album Chewing Gum For The Ears
Four years ago, I went to an aftershow for a punk festival where all the bands seemed to fit a certain theme. On a four-act bill, most of the bands had at least one member who wore a Sepultura shirt, and all of them had frontmen who eventually took their shirts off. As the night […]
Stream Action Bronson’s Beautifully Ridiculous New Album Cocodrillo Turbo
A few years ago, it seemed like New York rap absurdist Action Bronson might take a sincere run at mainstream stardom. Instead, though, Bronson became a cable-TV gadfly and occasional movie-cameo guy, and he kept making truly ridiculous rap music. These days, when Bronson does release music, he’s back in the free-associate insanity zone of […]
Your Old Droog – “Mind Your Business”
The New York rapper Your Old Droog continues to release extremely good music at an insane pace. Thus far in 2022, Droog has already given us two projects: Tha Wolf On Wall St 2: The American Dream, a collaborative album with Tha God Fahim, and YOD Wave, a solo effort produced entirely by Nicholas Craven. […]