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 […]
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, […]
Waxahatchee – "So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings" (Caroline Polachek Cover)
If you were watching Katie Crutchfield and Kevin Morby’s most recent Instagram Live stream on the eve of the release of Waxahatchee’s Saint Cloud like I was (Crutchfiends, rise up!), there was a point when Crutchfield tried to play a cover of Caroline Polachek’s Pang track “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings.” She couldn’t nail […]
Purity Ring – "I Like The Devil"
Purity Ring’s new album WOMB, their first in five years, comes out this Friday. The duo of Megan James and Corin Roddick will do an AMA on the popheads subreddit at 4PM ET that day to celebrate. And today, they’re sharing one last single before the LP hits, “I Like The Devil,” following previously shared […]
Orville Peck – “Summertime”
Masked country enigma Orville Peck released his debut album Pony almost exactly a year ago. Last week, he livestreamed a concert on YouTube and paid tribute to the late Kenny Rogers with a cover of “Islands In The Stream.” And today, he’s sharing “Summertime,” his first new music since releasing Pony and making the leap […]
Phish Are Debuting Their New Album 'Sigma Oasis' Via Livestream Tonight
Phish haven’t released a proper studio album since 2016’s Big Boat. Partially that’s because in the world of Phish, studio albums are nearly beside the point. The Phish experience is allegedly predicated on the live experience, and indeed the polarizing jam-band luminaries — who’ve been enjoying a bit of an indie-rock renaissance in recent years […]
Roger Waters Covers Victor Jara's "The Right To Live In Peace": Listen
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 […]