Two days ago I told you how much I love Arcade Fire’s WE. Today the band is finally releasing a second official single from the album, though they’ve played several others live in the lead-up to its release. “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” directly follows lead single “The Lightning I, II” on the tracklist. As previewed […]
The Black Keys – “It Ain’t Over”
Last month, the Black Keys announced their grand return with a new album, Dropout Boogie, arriving in the middle of May. At the time, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney shared a lead single, “Wild Child,” and now they’re following that up with “It Ain’t Over.”. Written by Auerbach, Carney, and Reigning Sound’s Greg Cartwright, “It […]
Stars – “Capelton Hill”
A month from now, long-running Canadian indie-pop dramatists Stars will return with their new album From Capleton Hill. In the past few months, Stars shared four of the songs that will appear on the LP: “Pretenders,” “Snowy Owl,” “Build A Fire,” and “Patterns.” Today, they’ve also dropped the album’s title track. Like a lot of […]
Superorganism – “crushed.zip”
Superorganism are releasing their sophomore album, World Wide Pop, in July, and we’ve heard two tracks from it so far, “Teenager” and “It’s Raining.” Today, they’re back with another one, “crushed.zip,” which the collective’s Harry describes as “a musical journey through the anxieties and isolation that can arise from being an artist, it’s ultimately delicious […]
Justin Bieber Is Out Here Making Joke-Rap
Justin Bieber generally seems to take himself pretty seriously; he’s one of the few pop stars on his level who will happily show up to the Grammys to do sensitive-piano renditions of his goofy-ass songs to try to earn the respect of his music-business elders. Today, though, Bieber has randomly gone full-on joke-rap. Presumably, this […]
Faye Webster – “Suite: Jonny”
This week, Faye Webster is releasing Car Therapy Sessions, an EP that gives an orchestral reimagining to some of the Atlanta musician’s songs and contains one new one, “Car Therapy.” Today, she’s sharing “Suite: Jonny,” which combines two interconnected songs from her 2019 album Atlanta Millionaires Club, “Jonny” and “Jonny (Reprise).” “This is the song […]
Anika – “Godstar” (Psychic TV Cover)
Last year, Anika released her first new album in 11 years, the Album Of The Week-worthy Change. She’s about to go out on a headlining tour in support of it, but before that she’s sharing her cover of Psychic TV’s “Godstar,” which appears on Sacred Bones’ upcoming 15th anniversary compilation Todo Muere SBXV. “Psychic TV, […]
Weird Nightmare – “Wrecked” (Feat. Bully)
Next month, Metz’s Alex Edkins is releasing his first album as Weird Nightmare, and he’s shared two songs from it already, “Searching For You” and “Lusitania.” Today, he’s sharing another new single, the soaring “Wrecked,” which features guest vocals from Bully’s Alicia Bognanno. “‘Wrecked’ is about missing someone,” Edkins said in a statement. “For me, […]
Martin Courtney – “Corncob”
Real Estate leader Martin Courtney released his debut solo album, Many Moons, back in 2015. Since then, he’s released two more albums with his main band. Today, he’s announcing his second full-length album on his own, Magic Sign, which is out in June. Courtney worked on it over the past two years, writing late at […]
Kelly Lee Owens – “One”
The Welsh producer Kelly Lee Owens released the excellent album Inner Song two years ago, but because of what was happening in the world, she couldn’t tour behind the record. Instead, she poured her anxiety and frustration into her new album LP.8. (She’s referring to it as her eighth album, even though she’s only released […]