Adrianne Lenker has been busy. The Big Thief frontwoman just released not one but two quarantine albums, and she’s also co-producing the debut album from Australian singer-songwriter Indigo Sparke. Sparke met Lenker opening for Big Thief on their Australian tour, and they produced her upcoming LP Echo together alongside Big Thief’s regular producer Andrew Sarlo. […]
Stream RU$H, Tha God Fahim, & Jay Nice’s An Album Called Classic
Right now, the Delaware rappers RU$H and Jay Nice have been on a crazy run. Both rappers work in the Roc Marciano mold — elaborate and impeccably worded good-life boasts, delivered in rugged monotones over lush and psychedelic beats. A few months ago, RU$H and Jay Nice released Fly Art, an EP that featured collaborations […]
Danny Elfman Shares First Solo Music In 36 Years, A Creepy Song He Wrote For Coachella
Iconic film composer and former Oingo Boingo leader Danny Elfman was supposed to play a special career-spanning set at Coachella this year. Obviously, that didn’t happen. But today, Elfman has announced that he’s signed to ANTI-/Epitaph to release his first solo music in 36 years, a creepy new single called “Happy,” which he wrote for […]
Mogwai Announce New Album 'As The Love Continues', Share New Single "Dry Fantasy": Listen
It’s now been more than 23 years since the Scottish post-rock greats Mogwai released their debut album Young Team, but Mogwai are nowhere near finished. Today, the band has announced that they’ve got a new studio album, their eleventh, coming out early next year. The new LP is called As The Love Continues, and it’s […]
Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy – "Wish You Were Gay" (Billie Eilish Cover)
Bill Callahan has blessed us this year. All summer, every Monday, the artist formerly known as Smog released a new song, compiling them all into a stellar new collection called Gold Record once Labor Day rolled around. Then, without announcing or explaining himself, he’s spent the fall dropping weekly covers in tandem with his longtime […]
The Avalanches – “Interstellar Love” (Feat. Leon Bridges)
The Avalanches’ new album We Will Always Love You is coming out in December. We’ve already heard a bunch of tracks from it — the Blood Orange-featuring title track, “Running Red Lights” with Rivers Cuomo and Pink Siifu, “Wherever You Go” with Jamie xx, Neneh Cherry, and CLYPSO, “Reflecting Light” with Sananda Maitreya and Vashti […]
Kendrick Lamar Teams Up With Busta Rhymes On New Song "Look Over Your Shoulder": Listen
Kendrick Lamar has been quiet. This year, Kendrick — our pick for the artist of the 2010s — was supposed to headline the Glastonbury Festival. That didn’t happen. Instead, Kendrick has only stayed active behind the scenes, launching a mysterious new venture called pgLang and laughing off rumors that he’s leaving longtime label home TDE. […]
Kitten – "Angelina"
The pop-rock band Kitten hail from Los Angeles, and their new song makes sure you know it. “Angelina” is not a misspelling of Angelena — as in a female resident of Los Angeles — but it might as well be. The track is peppered with references to local highways such as “the 101″ and “the […]
EELS – “Anything For Boo”
Last month, following a couple of singles over the summer, veteran studio-pop depressive Mark Oliver Everett finally announced a new Eels album. Earth To Dora, the project’s first full-length since 2018’s The Deconstruction, will be out at the end of this week. We’ve already heard “Are We Alright Again” in addition to the previously released […]
Mac DeMarco Stars In Crowded House’s New Video
Former Crowded House/Split Enz frontman and current Fleetwood Mac member Neil Finn been keeping busy in quarantine, sharing acoustic covers of David Bowie and Prince and releasing a benefit single with his new bandmates Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie. And now, he’s getting his old band back together. Crowded House are touring New Zealand in […]