The understated pop crew Yumi Zoumi put out their last album, Truth Or Consequences, in March 2020 — not the best time to release an album, in retrospect! — and only got to perform one show on their planned tour before the pandemic called everything off. Their new single “Give It Hell” is partially inspired […]
Amyl And The Sniffers – “Hertz”
Later this week, Melbourne punks Amyl And The Sniffers will release their fired-up sophomore album Comfort To Me. I have heard it, and I can happily report that it kicks ass. Thus far, the band has shared two advance singles, “Guided By Angels” and “Security.” Today, with the album release looming, they’ve shared another one, […]
Radiohead Announce Kid A / Amnesiac Reissue With Album Of Unreleased Tracks
Radiohead are celebrating the anniversaries of Kid A and Amnesiac — which turned 20 last October and last June, respectively — with a three-volume collection called KID A MNESIA. It includes the original two albums and a third called Kid Amnesiae, which features previously unreleased tracks from the Kid A/Amnesiac recording sessions. Today, the band […]
Lala Lala – “Prove It”
Next month, Artist To Watch Lala Lala is releasing a new album, I Want The Door To Open, the follow-up to 2018’s The Lamb. We’ve heard “DIVER” and “Color Of The Pool” from it already and today we’re getting another single, the subtle and spacey “Prove It.” “They think you’re a fantasy/ Doesn’t mean that […]
Spiritual Cramp – “Earth To Mike”
The San Francisco band Spiritual Cramp haven’t put out any new music since their first two EPs were compiled into a 2018 full-length called Television, but today they’re announcing a new EP called Here Comes More Bad News, which will be out in October. (A vinyl version will be available at their two shows later […]
Band To Watch: One Step Closer
My first attempt to reach Ryan Savitski could not have come at a worse time. “Yo man! I’m actually walking into that Green Day / Fall Out Boy concert rn,” the One Step Closer frontman texts back. We got time zones mixed up, but beyond that, shots fired at Weezer. In yet another glaring example […]
Rico Nasty Surprise-Releases Five New Songs On SoundCloud
A few years ago, Rico Nasty, a rapper who resists any time of classification, came up as part of the wave that was then known as SoundCloud rap. Since then, Rico has become a cult star, and she’s been busy lately. Rico released her very good Nightmare Vacation album at the end of last year, […]
Big Thief – “Certainty”
A few weeks ago, Big Thief shared a pair of new tracks, “Little Things” and “Sparrow.” Today, they’re back with another new one, “Certainty,” which arrives just as their US tour kicks off in Louisville tonight. It was recorded during a power outage at Flying Cloud Studios. “On the third day of the outage, I […]
María Isabel – “Baby…”
María Isabel is an LA-based Dominican-American singer making shadowy, swooning pop and R&B that fits in well with the current wave of post-Lana, post-Billie mood pieces but also makes sense in the realm of Jhené Aiko and H.E.R. Tracks like April’s “Buy Your Own Flowers” show off a casually excellent vocal presence against impeccably arranged […]
Spectres – “Tell Me”
Last year, Vancouver’s Spectres released their fourth album, Nostalgia. As the name might suggest, it found the group expertly mining retro sounds, particularly gothic strains of new wave and post-punk. Now, they’ve announced a followup. It’s similarly concerned with the past, bearing the name of Hindsight, and it’s out in the beginning of November. Along […]