Tomorrow, Thundercat is returning with his great new album It Is What It Is. He’s been steadily teasing it for a while now, first with the funky bursts of “Black Qualls,” then the smooth and infectious “Dragonball Durag,” and then the more introspective “Fair Chance.” And today, he’s sharing one more track. The latest preview […]
Stay Inside – “Ivy” & “Monuments”
Do you think it’s a good thing or a bad thing to have a band called Stay Inside right now? On the one hand, your band name is plugged into the cultural consciousness in a deep and heavy way. On the other hand, people are going to have a hell of a time Googling your […]
Jenny Hval – "Bonus Material"
Last year, Jenny Hval released her latest album, the characteristically excellent The Practice Of Love. It was one of the best albums of the year, finding Hval maintaining her conceptual complexity while forging ahead into some of the most pop-leaning compositions of her career, and certainly the straight-up prettiest. And today, along with announcing some […]
Sonic Boom – “The Way That You Live”
Pete Kember has became an in-demand producer for big indie bands in recent years, working with people like MGMT, Animal Collective’s Panda Bear and Deakin, and Beach House. But in June, the Spacemen 3 co-founder is about to return with All Things Being Equal, his first solo album under the name Sonic Boom in 30 […]
EOB – "Olympik"
Last week, while promoting his debut solo album as EOB, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien told an interviewer he suspected he had coronavirus. “Well, I’ve got the virus but I’m getting over it,” O’Brien said from his home in Wales. “For someone like myself, this is just a bad dose of the flu. I’m not in […]
Mavis Staples – “All In It Together” (Feat. Jeff Tweedy)
The 80-year-old soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples has been busy lately; her last album, We Get By, came out less than a year ago. Today, Staples has released a new single called “All In It Together” as a fundraiser for My Block, My Hood, My City, a Chicago nonprofit dedicated to helping seniors who […]
Iceage – "Lockdown Blues"
Iceage have apparently been busy writing and recording during this moment of worldwide quarantine to combat coronavirus. They’ve got a new song out today called “Lockdown Blues,” which is indeed a bluesy rock song about “domestic quarantine” in the time of COVID-19. “I got the COVID-19 lockdown blues,” Elias Bender Rønnenfelt sings. “Only way out […]
Katie Dey – "Taxi Ride" (Tori Amos Cover)
A couple years ago, Katie Dey went on a spree of posting some really great covers of songs by artists like Blonde Redhead, Portishead, the Notwist, and more. She’s done a lot since then: released a whole new album of her own, last year’s solipsisters, and worked on albums alongside Black Dresses’ Devi McCallion and […]
Troye Sivan – "Take Yourself Home"
It’s been two years since Troye Sivan’s last album, Bloom, but the Australian pop star has kept busy in that time, mostly playing back-up to Charli XCX on her Charli tracks “2099” and “1999.” He also had a role in the film Boy Erased, for which he collaborated on a track with Jónsi. Today, he’s […]
Nick Thorburn Says He's Working On Three New Islands Albums, Performs Two New Songs On <em>The Best Show
Nick Thorburn was a guest on the most recent episode of The Best Show, which is still rolling along for now despite the pandemic. Host Tom Scharpling apparently drove in his car to meet up with Thorburn and threw a (“sanitized”) microphone cable out the window to him so they could stay a safe distance […]