Less than a year ago, the great Long Beach rapper Vince Staples released his short, insular self-titled album. Before that LP came out, Staples said that it was the first of two albums that he was planning on releasing in 2021, and he wasn’t far off. Today, Staples has followed that self-titled record with his […]
Alex G – “Main Theme”
A few weeks ago, Alex G announced he’d scored Jane Schoenbrun’s new movie We’re All Going To The World’s Fair. The soundtrack drops on April 15, and the movie, a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who gets involved in an online role-playing game, is out the same day. So far, Alex has shared “End […]
Sharon Van Etten – “Starman” (David Bowie Cover)
In a little less than a month, Sharon Van Etten will release her new album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong. Van Etten has already shared the singles “Porta” and “Used To It,” and she just dropped the LP trailer a couple of days ago. Today, though, Van Etten released a new song that […]
Empress Of – “Save Me”
Since her 2020 album I’m Your Empress Of, synthpop performer Lorely Rodriguez has hopped on tracks with other artists, notably last year’s “Note To Self” by Jim-E Stack, “Love In Reverse” by MNDR, and “Vacío” by Jarina De Marco. Now, Rodriguez is sharing her first new music of 2022 in the form of a dramatic, […]
Maggie Rogers – “That’s Where I Am”
Last week, Maggie Rogers announced her sophomore album, Surrender, which was written after she took a step back from music and started studying at Harvard Divinity School. But she’s back now, with an album that’s due out in July that was co-produced by Rogers and Kid Harpoon and was recorded in three studios: Electric Lady […]
Stream Yung Lean’s New Mixtape Stardust Featuring FKA Twigs, Skrillex, Bladee, & More
The Swedish rapper Yung Lean has been doing his thing for a while now and has cultivated a dedicated fanbase, but earlier this year he had his first real flirtation with the mainstream when his debut 2013 single “Ginseng Strip 2002” had a moment on TikTok. (That led to Lean hanging out with the likes […]
Stream Pavement’s Deluxe Terror Twilight Featuring 28 Previously Unreleased Tracks
Matador Records released deluxe reissues of the first four Pavement albums between 2002 and 2008, but for a long time it looked like the band’s fifth and final LP, 1999’s under-appreciated Terror Twilight, would never get the same treatment. That finally changes with today’s release of the 45-track compendium Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal. Farewell Horizontal […]
Arca – “Cayó”
Late last year, Arca released the final four albums of her five-album KICK series in one whirlwind week. Today, she’s announced that those — along with 2020’s KiCk i — will be packaged together in a box set that comes out in May. To celebrate that announcement, she’s officially releasing “Cayó,” a track that she […]
Porridge Radio – “The Rip”
Back in February, the cathartic Brit-rockers Porridge Radio returned with the announcement of their new album Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder To The Sky . At the time, they also shared the appropriately titled “Back To The Radio,” which topped our list of favorite songs that week. Today, they’re back with another song. Porridge Radio’s latest […]
Slang – “Cockroach In A Ghost Town”
Slang is one of many Portland bands featuring drum legend Janet Weiss (formerly of Sleater-Kinney and wild Flag and the Jicks) behind the kit. This particular configuration also includes Modern Kin’s Drew Grow, former Thermals member Kathy Foster, and Viva Voce’s Anita Lee Elliot. We heard their single “Wilder” over the winter, and today they’re […]