All this year, the Buffalo rap crew Griselda has been on an absolute tear. Consider the work of the relentlessly cold Conway The Machine. Thus far this year, Conway has released the Alchemist-produced EP LULU, teamed up with producer Big Ghost LTD for the EP No One Mourns The Wicked, and come out with the […]
Dear Nora – "Time Is Now (Autumn Version)"
A couple years ago, Katy Davidson revived their Dear Nora project for a brand-new album, Skulls Example, their first in 12 years, which landed on our Best Albums Of 2018 list. The last thing that Dear Nora put out before disbanding back in 2007 was a 50-plus song collection called Three States: Rarities 1997-2007, which […]
Palehound – "Southern Belle" (Elliott Smith Cover)
Last year, Palehound, Ellen Kempner’s DIY indie rock project, released the album Black Friday, and it was great. Since then, Palehound have come out with the singles “See A Light” and “Your Boyfriend’s Gun,” and they’ve also released a series of covers: Yo La Tengo on the “Your Boyfriend’s Gun” B-side, Karen Dalton on Polyvinyl’s […]
Bon Iver – "AUATC"
Back in April, less than a year after dropping their fourth album, i,i, Bon Iver released an extremely good new song built on a sample from another extremely good new song. Billed as the first “episode” of “Bon Iver Season Five,” it was titled “PDLIF,” which stood for “Please Don’t Live In Fear.” Now, just […]
SG Lewis – "Impact" (Feat. Robyn & Channel Tres)
The London producer Sam Lewis, better known as SG Lewis, has made a little bit of a name for himself over the last few years for his collaborations with other artists, ranging from Clairo to Victoria Monét and Khalid. Today, he’s releasing a blockbuster team-up between Robyn and Channel Tres called “Impact.” Following “Chemicals” from […]
beabadoobee – "Sorry"
London bedroom-popper beabadoobee announced her debut full-length, Fake It Flowers, last month. Along with the announcement, she shared the project’s lead single “Care,” a sparkling slice of melodic, ’90s-indebted rock. And today, she’s sharing another track, “Sorry.” Per beabadoobee, aka Bea Kristi, the new song is about “confessing my mistakes in a friendship and watching […]
Palberta – "Something In The Way"
The experimental New York rock trio Palberta released their most recent album, Roach Goin’ Down, in 2018. Since then, one of its members, Lily Konigsberg, has carved out a niche of rewarding music on her own. But today Palberta are back with a new single, “Something In The Way,” their first track recorded in a […]
Tom Petty's 'Wildflowers' Outtake "There Goes Angela (Dream Away)": Stream
When the late Tom Petty was working on his classic 1994 solo album Wildflowers, he recorded a whole lot of music that didn’t make it onto the LP. Before his death, Petty would talk about how he wanted to release an expanded version of Wildflowers. Sometime soon, Petty’s estate will reportedly release that expanded edition, […]
Narrow Head – "Hard To Swallow"
Back in June, the Houston-based, ’90s-indebted scuzz-rock masters Narrow Head announced their sophomore album, 12th House Rock. So far we’ve heard “Night Tryst” and “Stuttering Stanley.” Now, with the album’s arrival coming up at the end of the month, the band has shared another one. The latest preview of 12th House Rock is called “Hard […]
Gojira – “Another World”
The French band Gojira are one of this century’s most important underground metal institutions. The band figured out a way to weld the grimy, mathy complications of technical death metal to the grand, mathy complications of prog-rock, and they quickly became the kind of band that other bands mythologize. Gojira don’t record too often these […]