Lorely Rodriguez released her third album as Empress Of, I’m Your Empress Of, in March of this year. Today, she’s back with a new track called “You’ve Got To Feel” that features Artist To Watch Amber Mark. It’s the first release on Rodriguez’s own newly launched label Major Arcana. It’s a groovy protest song that […]
Blood From The Soul – “Calcified Youth”
Way the hell back in 1993, Napalm Death’s Shane Embury teamed up with Sick Of It All’s Lou Koller to form an industrial-influenced side project called Blood From The Soul, and they released one album, the excellently titled To Spite The Gland That Breeds. Now, 27 years later, Embury is bringing back Blood From The […]
Told Slant – “Whirlpool”
Told Slant’s latest album, Point The Flashlight And Walk, is out in a couple of weeks. We’ve heard “Family Still,” “No Backpack,” and “Run Around The School” from it already, and today Felix Walworth is back with another one, “Whirlpool,” which is about the intangibility of missing how a relationship used to work. “I just […]
Dirty Projectors – "Searching Spirit"
Way back in the early, comparatively halcyon months of 2020, Dirty Projectors embarked on an ambitious project. Over the course of the year, they would release five EPs, each with music helmed by DPs mastermind Dave Longstreth but featuring a different band member on lead vocals: Maia Friedman for Windows Open, Felicia Douglass for Flight […]
Drug Church/Regional Justice Center Side Project Sex With A Terrorist Release Demo: Stream
Ian Shelton has been busy this year. Shelton is the man behind the Seattle power-violence band Regional Justice Center, and they have released a pair of great records this year: Regional Jurtice Center, a two-song collaboration with Trapped Under Ice’s Justice Tripp, and the monumental ripper “KKK Tattoo.” Shelton has also formed a new band […]
Benee – “Plain” (Feat. Lily Allen & Flo Milli)
The young New Zealand singer Benee had one of this year’s best breakout TikTok hits with “Supalonely,” and her imminent debut album Hey u x has an impressive guest list featuring the likes of Grimes and Kenny Beats. She also got Lily Allen and Flo Milli together on a track, and that track is out […]
Nothing – “Famine Asylum”
In three days, the Philadelphia band Nothing will release the new album The Great Dismal. It absolutely destroys. There’s always been an interesting tension at the heart of Nothing — hardcore hooligans who have been through serious real-life shit and who now make majestic and pretty shoegaze. But that tension really comes to the fore […]
John Carpenter Announces New Album 'Lost Themes III: Alive After Death' & Shares New Track "Weeping Ghost": Listen
With Halloween a few days away, it’s worth remembering that horror legend John Carpenter made the best movie ever about the holiday and that he also composed that movie’s eternally eerie score. For decades, Carpenter made the evocative synth scores for his own movies. These days, the 72-year-old Carpenter is retired from filmmaking, but he […]
Kevin Morby – "US Mail"
Kevin Morby released a great new album, Sundowner, only a couple weeks ago, and today the Kansas City king is already back with another track, “US Mail,” a one-off that he made remotely with Brad Cook. It takes the form of an interaction between a mother and daughter who rely on the postal service, an […]
Cass McCombs – "Don't (Just) Vote" (Feat. Angel Olsen, Bob Weir, And Noam Chomsky)
The election looms next week, and we’re hearing from a lot of artists, celebrities, and general luminaries about the importance of voting. But man, who saw this lineup coming? Cass McCombs has entered the fray, and he’s brought Angel Olsen, Bob Weir, and Noam Chomsky to help him get his point across. Specifically, McCombs has […]