After issuing a garbled and confusing statement last month about the “pseudo-science” surrounding COVID-19, in recent days Van Morrison has made it abundantly clear what he meant. The music legend announced last week that he was planning to release a series of singles condemning the “fascist” lockdown policies designed to combat the spread of coronavirus, […]
Tory Lanez Released A Whole Album About The Megan Thee Stallion Shooting Story
The entire saga of Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion continues to get sadder and weirder. In July, Megan Thee Stallion was shot multiple times outside a party at Kylie Jenner’s house. The same night, LA police arrested Tory Lanez on a concealed weapons charge. Witness reports claimed that Tory had shot Megan in the […]
Tame Impala – "Borderline (Blood Orange Remix)"
Tame Impala went on Fallon earlier this week to perform their Slow Rush single “Borderline.” Now the track is getting a new remix from Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes, who recruited Porches’ Aaron Maine to play drums on his take on the song, which re-imagines it as something a bit spacier and groovier. It’s the second […]
Lana Del Rey & Matt Maeson – "Hallucinogenics"
In the theoretical near-future, Lana Del Rey is releasing a new album called Chemtrails Over The Country Club, as has been promised now for almost a year. But before that happens she has lent her voice to a new version of “Hallucinogenics,” a song by the Virginia-bred musician Matt Maeson, who released his debut album […]
Stream Prince's 'Sign O’ The Times' Deluxe Edition Featuring 63 Previously Unreleased Tracks
After a summer’s worth of build-up, the Prince estate and Warner Records have released the expansive deluxe edition of Prince’s 1987 double album Sign O’ The Times. It contains 63 previously unreleased tracks, all culled from Prince’s vault. Some of them are from the trio of scrapped albums that Prince made around that time — […]
Travis Scott – "FRANCHISE" (Feat. Young Thug & M.I.A.)
Travis Scott has spent the past month promoting his new McDonald’s collaboration, but before that he had a new song, “The Plan,” which was featured in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, one of the only new movies to come out in theaters this summer. Tenet is still in theaters in the parts of the world that have […]
The Smashing Pumpkins – "Confessions Of A Dopamine Addict" & "Wrath"
Last week, the Smashing Pumpkins officially announced their new double album, CYR, after sharing two songs from it, the title track and “The Colour Of Love,” last month. Today, they’re back with another pair of songs from CYR: “Confessions Of A Dopamine Addict” and “Wrath.” In conjunction with the new album, Billy Corgan has created […]
The Sonder Bombs – "What Are Friends For?"
Two years ago, the Cleveland, OH-based band the Sonder Bombs released their debut album, MODERN FEMALE ROCKSTAR, a ukulele-forward collection of chugging rock songs. Last year, they released the one-off “I Don’t Have One Anymore,” and now they have a new album on the way, which will be formally announced next month. But for now […]
Sharon Van Etten – “All Over Again”
Sharon Van Etten’s album Epic just turned 10 this week. But today, she’s looking back to a different era. In 2015, Van Etten dropped I Don’t Want To Let You Down, an EP of five songs that didn’t make it onto her 2014 LP Are We There, and she released its title track on a […]
Pixies – "Hear Me Out"
Pixies, the massively influential indie rock band whose post-reunion reputation has declined to the point that they may in fact be underrated at this point, are back today with a new song from a double A-side single. Next month the group will release a new 7″ featuring “Hear Me Out” and “Mambo Sun,” their first […]