A little over a month ago, recent Band To Watch Real Lies announced their sophomore album Lad Ash. Last year, they had previewed the release with a single called “Your Guiding Hand,” and upon announcement they also unveiled “An Oral History Of My First Kiss,” which ranked amongst our favorite songs that week. Today, they’re […]
Guppy – “If I Wanted To”
Guppy are a band of emo goofballs out of Los Angeles making surf-tinged indie rock with a sense of humor. Sarah Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties produced their upcoming album Big Man Says Slappydoo. Their drummer is named Ian Cohen, but he’s not that Ian Cohen. Big Man Says Slappydoo spawned a quirky, hooky new single […]
Undeath – “Necrobionics”
Last month we named the Rochester death metal quintet Undeath a Band To Watch. Today they’re back with the latest single from their upcoming sophomore album It’s Time… To Rise From The Grave. It’s called “Necrobionics,” and according to the band, it features a sample of a gunshot. Here’s guitarist Kyle Beam: “Necrobionics” is the […]
Weezer – “A Little Bit Of Love”
Weezer will be putting out 4 new EPs throughout the rest of this year, each tied to a different season. They recently announced their latest project, which they’re calling SZNZ, saying that they were inspired by “magic, Pagan myths, religious rituals, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Shakespeare & more (so much more).” Each EP will be […]
Rosalía – “Hentai”
Rosalía is just a few days away from releasing her new album MOTOMAMI, which comes out this Friday. Fresh off of her solo Saturday Night Live performance, the Spanish pop singer has shared a new single and video for “Hentai,” which follows “Chicken Teriyaki,” “SAOKO,” and “La Fama” featuring the Weeknd. A sonic departure from […]
MJ Lenderman – “TLC Cage Match”
Jake Lenderman, guitarist for the Asheville indie rock band Wednesday, also releases solo music under then name MJ Lenderman, and he’s currently getting ready to release his second album Boat Songs. We’ve already posted the Michael Jordan-inspired leadoff single “Hangover Game,” and now Lenderman has dropped a second single called “TLC Cage Match.” “TLC Cage […]
Tom Morello – “Come On Up To The House” (Tom Waits Cover)
Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello is the latest artist to put out a Spotify Singles series. His two-track contribution to the streaming service includes a cover of Tom Waits’ “Come On Up To The House,” off his 1999 album Mule Variations. Morello recruited X Ambassadors frontman Sam Harris to sing on the track. Harris […]
Bon Iver & Ethan Gruska – “So Unimportant”
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon has teamed up with Ethan Gruska for a new song, “So Unimportant,” which is being released through Sylvan Esso’s Psychic Hotline label as part of their singles series. Gruska — who co-produced Phoebe Bridgers’ Stranger In The Alps and Punisher and is also the grandson of John Williams (yes, that John […]
Blood – “Money Worries”
In 2017, Blood started out in Austin as a solo project headed up by Tim O’Brien; gradually, it became a six-piece band that released their debut EP Why Wait Till ’55, We Might Not Even Be Alive in 2020. During the pandemic, all six members moved together to a house in Philadelphia, and that’s where […]
Sudan Archives – “Home Maker”
Back in 2019, Brittney Parks, the imposible-to-categorize singer and violinist who records under the name Sudan Archives, released Athena, an extremely cool full-length debut that sounded like absolutely nobody else. Since then, Parks has contributed to the benefit compilation Good Music To Avert The Collapse Of American Democracy and the Yoko Ono tribute album Ocean […]