Marius Lauber, the German producer known as Roosevelt, just announced a new album called Polydans. It won’t be out until February, which is four and a half months from now and feels like an eternity given how much might or might not change between now and then. He’s calling it a love letter to dance […]
Lost Horizons – "Cordelia" (Feat. John Grant)
A few years ago, former Cocteau Twin and Bella Union label head Simon Raymonde started a new project called Lost Horizons with Dif Juz’s Richie Thomas. Their first album together, 2017’s Ojalá, had its fair share of collaborations, and for their next album, In Quiet Moments, they’ll have a featured vocalist on every song. The […]
Hardcore Supergroup World Be Free Announces New EP 'One Time For Unity', Shares New Song "Acceptance": Listen
Up until this past March, the LA road warriors of Terror were probably the most beloved and reliable touring institution in hardcore. And since Terror can’t really tour now, vocalist Scott Vogel seems to be using his considerable energy to fuel some other projects. A couple of months ago, Vogel reunited with Buried Alive, his […]
Indonesian Hardcore band Insane Release 'Demo '20': Stream
“Insane” is a fun word, and it’s one I probably use too much, but it’s not a very functional band name. If you call your band Insane, you make your band effectively impossible to Google, and you run the risk of any conversation about your band turning into an Abbott and Costello routine. But maybe […]
This Is The Kit – “Was Magician”
This Is The Kit, Kate Stables’ folk-rock project, are about to release their new album Off Off On. They recorded the follow-up to 2017’s Moonshine Freeze with Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman and Muzz, and we’ve already heard a couple of tracks from it, “This Is What You Did” and “Coming To Get You […]
Mdou Moctar – "Chismiten"
Though the Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar has been putting out music for a while now, he caught worldwide attention in a big way last year. In 2019, we named him both an Artist To Watch and one of the year’s best new acts on the strength of his mesmerizing, roiling new album Ilana: The Creator. […]
Ryan Hemsworth Launches New Project Quarter-Life Crisis, Shares “Postcard From Spain” With Frances Quinlan
Ryan Hemsworth has a history of impressive collaborations — from Mitski to Alex G, Dawn Richard to Tinashe — and today he’s announcing a new project called Quarter-Life Crisis that emphasizes the spirit of collaboration, recording all the music while having the vocalists to come up with the lyrics and message of the song. Hemsworth […]
Hear Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' Previously Unreleased Dusty Springfield Cover
Daptones Records is releasing a new Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings album called Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In at the end of the month, which collects a bunch of covers that Jones and her band did before she passed away in 2016. A couple weeks ago, we heard Jones […]
HAERTS – “For The Sky” (Feat. Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste)
Indie-pop duo HAERTS, who now split their time between New York and Berlin, have returned with a new single feature Grizzly Bear frontman Ed Droste. Which makes sense, because it starts out sounding kind of like that band’s Shields track “Gun-Shy.” As HAERTS’ Nini Fabi explains: “For The Sky” came from a dream I had […]
Mourn – “Stay There”
Later this month, the Barcelona post-punk band Mourn — now a trio after the departure of their drummer — will return with the new album Self Worth. They’ve already shared three early singles from the album: “Call You Back,” “This Feeling Is Disgusting,” and “Men.” All three of them rip. Today, they’ve shared a fourth […]