A few years ago, we named the Brighton group Thyla a Band To Watch and one of the Best New Bands Of 2018 on the strength of the soaring dream-pop in their early singles. Since then, they’ve experimented with grungier sounds on the What’s On Your Mind EP (one of 2019’s best), then pivoted back […]
Strand Of Oaks – “Somewhere In Chicago”
Back in July, Tim Showalter announced his latest Strand Of Oaks album, In Heaven. So far, we’ve heard a couple tracks from it, including “Galacticana” and “Jimi & Stan.” (The former ranked amongst our favorite songs that week.) Today, he’s back with another. Strand Of Oaks’ latest is called “Somewhere In Chicago.” “My ode to […]
Diana Ross – “If The World Just Danced”
Pop music icon Diana Ross announced her new album Thank You, her first since 2006’s I Love You, with the release of its title track back in June. And today, she’s sharing a second single from the LP, “If The World Just Danced,” co-written with Aliandro Prawl, Andre Pinckney, Scott M. Carter, Ed Sheeran collaborator […]
Anderson .Paak – “Fire In The Sky”
Big day for blockbusters! Obviously, Drake’s new album Certified Lover Boy is out today, and that’s taking up a whole lot of the oxygen in the room. But there’s also a new Marvel movie out today. Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings is an adaptation of a ’70s-vintage Marvel character that was conceived […]
Touché Amoré & Joyce Manor’s Barry Johnson Cover Guided By Voices’ “Game Of Pricks”
Californian post-hardcore warriors Touché Amoré make bruising, emotional music. Last year, for example, they released Lament, one of the year’s best albums. More recently, Touché have been covering other people’s tracks, which seems like a pretty good way to unwind after scraping their own souls. In July, frontman Jeremy Bolm sang lead on the great […]
Bobby Shmurda – “No Time For Sleep (Freestyle)”
In recent years, a whole lot of rappers have gotten out of jail and headed straight for the recording studio to talk about how they were feeling. The “First Day Out” freestyle has been something of a rap tradition for about a decade now, but that’s not the direction that Bobby Shmurda went. In 2015, […]
Stream Drake’s New Album Certified Lover Boy
It’s been more than a year since Drake released “Laugh Now, Cry Later,” which was billed as the lead single from a new album called Certified Lover Boy. In the interim, he’s pushed back the album a couple times and released the stopgap EP Scary Hours 2, which ended up becoming a record-setting smash hit. […]
Stream Lady Gaga’s Chromatica Remix Album Feat. Charli XCX, Arca, Rina Sawayama, & More
Last year, Lady Gaga released Chromatica, an album made for the dance floor, in the midst of a pandemic. While it seems like the pandemic is never going to go away, it seems as good a time as any to revisit the world of Chromatica with a stacked new remix album called Dawn Of Chromatica. […]
Stranded – “Crossed Lines”
Over the last couple months, David Mansfield has been rolling out his new Stranded album Midnight Sun. So far we’ve heard a couple songs from it, including “Hesitation” and “Back Country.” Today, he’s back with another. Mansfield’s latest is called “Crossed Lines.” “I was taking some cues from the movie Vanishing Point,” Mansfield said in […]
POP. 1280 – “Brennschluss”
We named New York scuzz-rock band Pop. 1280 a Band To Watch over a decade ago, and we’re still watching. They have a new album, Museum On The Horizon, coming out in the fall; we’ve already heard one track from it, the electronic-tinged industrial post-punk rager “Noncompliant.” Today they’re sharing another, the moodier, synth-streaked “Brennschluss.” […]