Prince’s estate and Warner Records are about to release a big deluxe reissue of the late legend’s 1987 double album Sign O’ The Times. It’ll feature a total of 45 unreleased studio tracks — there’s no shortage of material in the Purple One’s vault — and we’ve already heard “Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1)” […]
Osees Stream New Album 'Protean Threat': Listen
Tomorrow, Osees — the reliably wild and bugged-out psychedelic garage-punk band that has also gone under the names Thee Oh Sees and Oh Sees — will release their new album Protean Threat. It’s the second LP of the year from frontman John Dwyer; last month, he also released the self-titled debut from his new band […]
Fly Anakin & Pink Siifu Announce Collaborative Album 'Fly Siifu', Share New Single "Richard Pryor": Listen
Last month, two excellent underground rappers teamed up on one excellent song. Pink Siifu, an experimental lo-fi wanderer based in Baltimore, and Fly Anakin, the leader of the quietly consistent Richmond collective Mutant Academy, came together on the Animoss-produced collaborative track “Dollar Dr. Dream.” At the time, I hoped that the song wasn’t just a […]
Brittany Howard – "Goat Head (EARTHGANG Remix)" & "Short And Sweet (Bon Iver Remix)"
Last year, Alabama Shakes leader Brittany Howard released her solo debut Jaime, one of the best albums of the year. More recently, she covered Funkadelic’s “You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks” for a Spotify Single. And today, she’s back to drop off new remixes of Jaime tracks from Atlanta hip-hop duo EARTHGANG and […]
PUP – “ROT”
PUP released a new single called “Anaphylaxis” back in April, and frontman Stefan Babcock shared a song written in quarantine around the same time. Even more recently, you may have heard the band on our ’00s covers compilation Save Stereogum. And today, the Toronto pop-punk greats are announcing a whole new EP. This Place Sucks […]
Saba Returns With New Single "Mrs. Whoever": Listen
The tremendously gifted young Chicago rapper Saba is up to something. Saba has a new song called “Mrs. Whoever” that’s apparently been on YouTube as an unlisted video, just lurking there, since July. Over the past few days, Saba has been tweeting cryptic clues. Last night, those clues finally led people to the song and […]
Saba Returns With New Single "Mrs. Whoever": Listen
The tremendously gifted young Chicago rapper Saba is up to something. Over the past few days, Saba has been tweeting cryptic clues. Last night, those clues finally led people to a new song called “Mrs. Whoever” and its music video. “Mrs. Whoever” is a warm, hazy track, and it’s got Saba rapping in the quick, […]
Elton John Announces Career-Spanning Rarities Collection: Hear "Sing Me No Sad Songs"
Big-time Father John Misty fan Elton John has been in career retrospective mode for a good long while now. He released a saucy memoir and oversaw his own fantastical biopic. He launched a three-year-long farewell tour, now in limbo due to the pandemic. And today he has announced Elton: Jewel Box, a box set featuring […]
Tomberlin – "Hours"
Tomberlin is following up her stellar 2018 debut At Weddings with a new EP, Projections, next month. Last month, she shared “Wasted,” which topped our best songs of the week list, and today she’s back with the EP’s opening track, “Hours,” an unspooling flutter that feels like floating. “You’re always talking shit and I’m always […]
Sugar World – "Time To Kill"
The San Diego-based band Sugar World, made up of Katryn Macko and Ryan Stanley (previously of Naps), have released a couple singles in the past year, including “Sad In Heaven” and “We Fell In Love,” and most recently they covered songs by Chromatics and Yo La Tengo. They’re working up to a debut album, and […]