Mazzy Star’s 1994 single “Fade Into You” is a perfect song — a swooning goth-country love-waltz that’s still fully capable of making you swoon 26 years later. It’s not the sort of song that anyone can improve on, and it’s got to be an intimidating thing to try to cover. But Perfume Genius is a […]
Julianna Barwick – "In Light" (Feat. Jónsi)
Last month, Julianna Barwick announced a new album, Healing Is A Miracle — her first proper LP since 2016’s Will — and shared its lead single “Inspirit,” which landed on our list of the 5 best songs of the week. Today, she’s sharing the album’s second single, “In Light,” which is a collaboration with Sigur […]
The Fiery Furnaces Share First New Song In 10 Years: Listen
The Fiery Furnaces, the perversely unique musical project of siblings Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger, was supposed to be on the road playing reunion shows this summer. Or at least they were on the lineup for a music festival that has since been cancelled due to the pandemic like everything else, so presumably they had other […]
Swae Lee – “Reality Check”
When you see that Swae Lee, the sing-rapping half of Rae Sremmurd, has a new single called “Reality Check,” you might think that he’s the latest in the recent wave of not-really-political rappers to come out with a Black Lives Matter protest song. Nope! “Reality Check,” it turns out, is more about existing in a […]
Liz Phair Wrote A Pretty Good Song About Twitter's New Audio Feature
Today, Twitter launched a new feature that allows users to record and send tweets containing their voice. It’s limited to 140 seconds of audio and seems sort of unnecessary (?) but Liz Phair is at least already putting it to good use. This afternoon, she sent out an off-the-cuff recording of a song about Twitter’s […]
Ashnikko – "Cry" (Feat. Grimes)
Ashnikko, the blue-haired London-based rapper who shot to viral TikTok success last year with her breakout hit “Stupid,” has teamed up with Grimes for a new single. “Cry” leans into both artists’ nu-metal side with a chunky guitar riff, Ashnikko smoothly transitioning from rapping into singing. “Bitch, are you tryna make me cry?” she wails […]
Mina Tindle – "Lions" & “Belle Pénitence”
In the first half of the ’10s, the Parisian songwriter Pauline De Lassus started a project called Mina Tindle. Her first two albums, 2012’s Taranta and 2014’s Parades, got their share of acclaim, but it’s now been a long six years since she’s released a collection. In the meantime, you might’ve heard her singing on […]
Darkstar – “Text”
UK electronic duo Darkstar are releasing their new album Civic Jams at the end of the week. “This was all planned to go out into a world that wasn’t going through a pandemic,” they write in a statement. “We don’t know what we feel about releasing music in this climate to be frank. Everything we […]
Bruce Hornsby – "My Resolve" (Feat. James Mercer)
Bruce Hornsby just released a new album, Absolute Zero, last year, and he’s already back and ready with another one. Non-Secure Connection will be out in August and it features production contributions from his now-frequent collaborators Justin Vernon and Brad Cook and there’s guest spots from Jamila Woods, Leon Russell, Vernon Reid, Rob Moose, and […]
Arca – "Mequetrefe"
Arca is releasing her new album, KiCk i, next week. She’s shared two tracks from it so far, “Nonbinary” and “Time,” and it’s already landed on our list of the 50 Best Albums Of 2020 So Far. We’ll have even more to say about it next week, but for now Arca is sharing a third […]