The Bristol band Svalbard make a towering, beautiful, pummeling sound that doesn’t really fit into any particular genre. They pull from hardcore, from shoegaze, from post-rock, and from black metal, and they transform all of it into a majestic, cathartic blur. Next month, the band is coming back with a new album called When I […]
Sufjan Stevens – “Video Game”
Next month, Sufjan Stevens will return with The Ascension, his first proper album since 2015’s Carrie & Lowell. Stevens has already shared “America,” the massive 12-minute closing song that perversely stands as the album’s first single, as well as the non-album track “My Rajneesh.” Today, Stevens has followed it up with the new song “Video […]
Ciara Shares Striking Video For Her New Protest Song "Rooted": Watch
A few weeks ago, Ciara gave birth to her son Win. Last night, she shared a video that she evidently recorded while she was very, very pregnant. Ciara’s new song “Rooted” is a statement of Black pride, a clear statement of solidarity with the protest movement that’s swept across America and the rest of the […]
The Japanese House – "Dionne" (Feat. Justin Vernon)
Last year, the English musician Amber Bain released Good At Falling, her debut full-length as the Japanese House, which was full of slick and dreamy pop songs that paid off the promise of Bain’s early EPs. Today, she’s returning to the format she started out with by releasing a new EP called Chewing Cotton Wool. […]
Blue Hawaii – "I Felt Love"
Raphaelle Standell-Preston certainly keeps busy. A couple months ago, she released an excellent new full-length with her band Braids, Shadow Offering, which was our Album Of The Week when it came out. At the beginning of the year, she put out two new songs as Blue Hawaii, her duo with Alex “Agor” Kerby, and those […]
Knot – "Horse Trotting, The Feet Not Touching The Ground"
Last month, the former members of Krill announced they were reforming (and expanding their lineup) as a new band called Knot. Their self-titled debut is out at the end of the month, and so far we’ve heard two tracks from it, “Foam” and “The World.” Today, the quartet returns with another, “Horse Trotting, The Feet […]
Drew Citron – "Summertime"
Drew Citron’s most recent project is Public Practice, the jittery Brooklyn band who put out their debut album a couple months back. The New York mainstay is also one-half of the indie pop band Beverly. Today, she’s announcing her debut solo album, Free Now, which was written following her breakup with ex-Beverly bandmate Scott Rosenthal. […]
Anjimile – "Baby No More"
Last month, the Boston-based musician Anjimile announced his debut album, Giver Taker, with the wonderful “Maker.” Today, we’re getting the album’s second single, “Baby No More,” a groovy track that builds and builds as Anjimile braces for a necessary break-up because of all his own problems. “Scary, what I done and might do/ Mary, you […]
Bruce Hornsby – “Anything Can Happen” (Feat. Leon Russell)
In a few days, Bruce Hornsby will release a new album called Non-Secure Connection. It’ll feature a whole lot of collaborators, mostly from younger generations. Justin Vernon and Brad Cook, two people who have done a lot of work with Hornsby in recent years, add production, though Hornsby did most of that himself. And we’ve […]
Bartees Strange – "Boomer"
Bartees Strange has been around for a couple years now, releasing genre-fluid and often not-quite-classifiable music. Earlier this year, he embarked on a unique project, releasing Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy, an EP featuring only covers of the National. (He followed it up with a couple more.) Maybe it was a good move, bringing more […]