Meg Duffy announced their new Hand Habits album Fun House, the follow-up to 2019’s excellent placeholder, last month. The LP was produced by Sasami Ashworth and engineered by King Tuff’s Kyle Thomas, and lead single “Aquamarine,” one of our favorite songs of the week when it came out, was a successful sonic departure that ventured […]
Rina Sawayama – “Enter Sandman” (Metallica Cover)
We’re getting closer and closer to the release of The Metallica Blacklist, the bugged-out new project where 53 different artists cover the songs from Metallica’s self-titled Black Album. One of the weirdest things about this whole project is that it seems to involve very few metal bands, or even artists with a noticeable metal influence […]
IDLES – “The God That Failed” (Metallica Cover)
In a few weeks, Metallica will release The Metallica Blacklist, the strange new project that will feature 53 different artists covering songs from Metallica’s self-titled “Black Album.” We’ve already heard a ton of those covers; people like Phoebe Bridgers, Weezer, and Chris Stapleton have offered their own incongruous takes on Metallica’s originals. Today, British bellowers […]
Spirits Having Fun – “See A Sky”
Next week, Spirits Having Fun are releasing their appropriately-titled sophomore album Two. We’ve heard “Hold The Phone” and “Entropy Transfer Partners” already and today the band are sharing one last single, “See A Sky,” a swaying and droopy meditation on the world that becomes prickling and indiscriminate. “There is a Russian cartoon with a small […]
Lydia Loveless – “You’re Leaving Me” & “Let’s Make Out”
Last year, Lydia Loveless released her most recent album, the great Daughter. Now, we’ll finally get to hear some of that material live. Loveless has announced a fall co-headlining tour with Lilly Hiatt, and to celebrate she’s also shared two new songs. Loveless’ new tracks are called “You’re Leaving Me” and “Let’s Make Out” — […]
Sigrid – “Burning Bridges”
The Norwegian pop musician Sigrid is back with a new single, “Burning Bridges,” her second song of the year following “Mirror” from a few months back. Her debut album, Sucker Punch, came out in 2019. “Burning Bridges” packs its own kind of punch, building up to a walloping dance chorus. “You gotta let it go/ […]
Furrows – “Grey Cities”
Fisher King is the debut album from Furrows, aka singer-songwriter and former Berklee jazz student Peter Wagner. Supposedly Grizzly Bear’s Yellow House was a big deal for him, and you can hear it in his music, though Fisher King‘s lead single “Grey Cities” errs more on the brisk and featherweight side, in the airspace between […]
LURK – “Bermuda”
Chicago punk-rockers LURK are releasing their debut full-length, Around The Sun, in just under a month. We’ve already posted early single “Crack A Smile,” a big, nasty, energetic riff machine, and today they’re following that one up with the portentously psychedelic new track “Bermuda.” “While we were on tour prior to recording the album, some […]
Ada Lea – “partner”
Next month, Ada Lea is releasing her new album one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden, which separates itself from the pack of a lot of similar folk music being made nowadays by being particularly crisp and well-defined. We’ve heard “hurt” and “damn” from it already and today the Montreal musician […]
CHAI – “Miniskirt”
Japanese experimental pop quartet CHAI just released their new album WINK back in May. And now they’re already back with another new single, “Miniskirt,” released today as the latest installment of Adult Swim Singles’ 2021 series. “Miniskirt” continues the mellower, dreamier path that the band went down on WINK, a subtle electronic groove underpinning soothing […]