Peace is one of Roger Waters’ favorite subjects. He’s one of the most outspoken celebrity supporters of Palestine, he regularly speaks up for political causes. So it makes sense that he’d use his downtime — he had to postpone his upcoming tour until next year due to coronavirus — to do his own rendition of […]
Bad History Month – "A Survey Of Cosmic Repulsion"
Last month, Boston mainstay Sean Sprecher announced his latest album as Bad History Month, Old Blues, with the rambling and impressive 13-minute single “Waste Not.” Today, he’s back with another song from it, “A Survey Of Cosmic Repulsion,” that has the same galaxy-brain scope and manages to fit into half the time. Sprecher places his […]
Amber Mark Covers Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" As A Lush, Funky R&B Jam: Listen
Right now, a lot of people are covering other people’s songs. They’re sitting home on quarantine, they’re messing around with acoustic guitars, and they’re staring soulfully into their webcams, sharing their own versions of their favorite tunes. But Amber Mark’s new single isn’t that. Instead, it’s a radical reimagining — a full-studio version of a […]
International Composer Mike Alrue Continues Musical Journey In Style With New Single “Changes”
On his latest single “Changes,” Miguel Alonso, otherwise known as Mike Alrue, is stepping down from his comfort zone to release a beautifully poetic and powerful guitar-ballad to accompany the sublime vocals he performs with grace. The international composer who has composed an incredible amount of musical pieces, among which thousands of jingles for advertisements, […]
The Magnetic Fields – “Kraftwerk In A Blackout”
With his long-running project the Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt loves releasing albums as grand conceptual stunts. The greatest of those stunts, the 69 Love Songs triple album, just turned 20. The latest of those stunts is a five-disc box set of 7″ singles that’ll be out next month. The new project Quickies will feature 28 […]
Eve Owen – "Blue Moon"
London singer-songwriter Eve Owen has spent the past few months rolling out singles from her debut album Don’t Let The Ink Dry, produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner and set for release this spring via his and Justin Vernon’s 37d03d label. First there was a lovely piano ballad called “She Says,” then a low-key folk-rock […]
Chuck D Says Public Enemy’s Split From Flavor Flav Was A Hoax To Promote New Album
It feels like ancient history now, but one month ago, there was a whole saga about the legendary rap group Public Enemy parting ways with longtime court jester and hypeman Flavor Flav. Public Enemy Radio — a side-project group that basically featured all of Public Enemy except for Flavor Flav — were announced as guests […]
Kings Of Leon – "Going Nowhere"
Kings Of Leon, just like the rest of the world, aren’t going anywhere right now, and they’ve decided to give us a song about it. Or rather, frontman Caleb Followill has decided to give us a song about it. “Going Nowhere,” unlike most of the Southern rock boys’ music, is a searching ballad for solo […]
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – "She's There"
Back in June of 2018, the Australian quintet Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever released their debut album Hope Downs. It was an endlessly replayable collection of impeccably crafted jangle-pop and old-school indie, and the band subsequently won themselves plenty of fans as they toured relentlessly behind it. Along the way, they released some other tracks — […]
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys – "Sacred Safe" (Feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier, & Homeboy Sandman)
The Detroit-raised, Brooklyn-based rapper and producer Quelle Chris is following up last year’s Guns with Innocent Country 2, a sequel to his 2015 collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Keys. Every song on the album was co-produced by both Chrises, and it also features guest spots from Earl Sweatshirt, Pink Siifu, Billy Woods, Denmark Vessey, […]