Back in June, A Certain Ratio announced they’d be returning with their first new album in 12 years, ACR Loco. So far we’ve heard singles “Always In Love” and “Yo Yo Gi.” Today, the band has returned with another new one. Like “Yo Yo Gi” drawing inspiration from Tokyo, the latest taste of ACR Loco […]
Slow Pulp – "At It Again"
We named Wisconsin-bred, Chicago-based rockers Slow Pulp a Band To Watch last year, and their self-released EP Big Day was one of the best of 2019. Next month, they’re finally hitting us with their debut album Moveys, and we’ve already heard two singles, “Idaho” and “Falling Apart.” Today, they’re sharing “At It Again,” which originated […]
Artist Spotlight: Em – Pathway To Aetheria
While most have at least heard one or two songs by the New Jersey native singer-songwriter Em, those who still haven’t should listen to Pathway To Aetheria, her most important work released to date, home to a collection of eight spiritual yet catchy tracks. She has managed to create her own lane in music, taking […]
This Is The Kit – “Coming To Get You Nowhere”
Kate Stables’ folk-rock band This Is The Kit are returning next month with the new album Off Off On, the follow-up to 2017’s Moonshine Freeze, which they recorded with Bonny Light Horseman/Muzz’s Josh Kaufman. “We were on the same page about a lot of musical ideas, as well as doing things I wouldn’t do musically,” says […]
Mr. Eazi & Major Lazer – "Oh My Gawd" (Feat. Nicki Minaj & K4MO)
Major Lazer are ramping up to the release of their fourth LP, Lazerism. Back in May the Diplo-led crew started teasing “Oh My Gawd,” a new collaboration with Afrobeats sensation Mr. Eazi also featuring rap and pop superstar Nicki Minaj and Eazi’s fellow Nigerian K4MO. It was supposed to drop in July, but it’s been […]
Hear Joni Mitchell's First Known Recording, "House Of The Rising Sun"
Joni Mitchell is opening her vault for the first time with the Joni Mitchell Archives, a new series of box sets to be released over the course of the next few years. Each one will be a deep dive into a different era of her career with a wealth of unreleased material, and naturally, the […]
Shame – "Alphabet"
Back in the beginning of 2018, the British post-punk group Shame released their debut album Songs Of Praise. They soon accrued a fervent following and a whole lot of attention for their intense live shows. They’ve also now been silent for a while, not releasing so much as a standalone single since Songs Of Praise. […]
Elvis Costello – “Hey Clockface / How Can You Face Me Now?”
A month before the pandemic hit and turned the world upside down, Elvis Costello went to Helsinki and recorded several songs, playing all of the instruments himself. Over the past few months, he’s shared “No Flag,” “Hetty O’Hara Confidential,” and “We Are All Cowards Now.” And now we know that they’re all part of a […]
The Staves – "Trying"
A lot of people don’t realize that the Staves’ If I Was deserves to be spoken of with the same breathless reverence reserved for 2015 classics like Art Angels and To Pimp A Butterfly, but it’s true. The Staveley-Taylor sisters could have retired from music at that point knowing that they’d given the world something […]
Stream Portland Bedroom-Pop Duo Fox Academy's Deeply Moody New Album 'rabbit'
Michael Todd Berland and Christian Novelli have been releasing music together as Fox Academy for about a decade now, crafting drowsy and adventurous indie rock that will probably appeal to fans of American Pleasure Club, Alex G, Strange Ranger, Oso Oso, and artists of that ilk. Their particular spin on bedroom pop is a bit […]