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 […]
War On Women Announce New Album 'Wonderful Hell', Share Title Track: Listen
Two years ago, the Baltimore band War On Women released their album Capture The Flag, a searing and politically righteous record of metallic punk bangers. That album felt ferociously urgent at the time, and it hasn’t lost any of its intensity since then. So it’s great to see the news that War On Women are […]
Tom Petty – “Confusion Wheel”
When he was working on his great 1994 solo album Wildflowers, Tom Petty recorded a whole lot of extra songs. He used some of them on his soundtrack to the Ed Burns movie She’s The One a couple of years later, but many of those songs have gone unreleased. That’s about to change. Next month, […]
Califone – "Crazy As A Loon" (John Prine Cover)
After dropping their first proper album in seven years, Echo Mine, this past winter, the experimental roots-rock cult favorites Califone returned with a cover of Elliott Smith’s “Needle In The Hay” as an Amazon exclusive. Today they’re sharing some great news about that cover: It’s now available at all DSPs, paired with another excellent Califone […]
Conway The Machine – “Seen Everything But Jesus” (Feat. Freddie Gibbs)
Tomorrow, the extremely hard Buffalo rapper Conway The Machine will release his new album From King To A GOD. We’ve already posted the protest song “Front Lines,” the Method Man team-up “Lemon,” and the DeJ Loaf collab “Fear Of GOD,” and the album also features contributions from people like DJ Premier, Lloyd Banks, Havoc, and […]
Bruce Springsteen – "Letter To You"
Last year, Bruce Springsteen released a new album called Western Stars. It was a solo record of songs rooted in a ’70s singer-songwriter vein, and his first collection of new music since 2014’s odds-and-ends album High Hopes. It was also the first bit of new music following years of more retrospective-oriented endeavors: the E Street […]
Sylvan Esso Share Moses Sumney-Directed Video For New Song "Frequency": Watch
In a couple of weeks, Sylvan Esso, the Durham-based duo of Mountain Man’s Amelia Meath and Megafaun’s Nick Sanborn, will release Free Love, their latest album of folksy electro-pop. Thus far, Sylvan Esso have shared the early singles “Ferris Wheel” and “Rooftop Dancing,” as well as the intro track “What If.” They’ve also made music […]
Matt Berninger – “One More Second”
It’s been nearly a year since Matt Berninger, handsome gentleman and frontman of the National, first started discussing plans for Serpentine Prison, his first-ever solo album. Berninger recorded the LP with Booker T. Jones, the legendary soul keyboardist. In the past few months, he’s shared the singles “Distant Axis” and “Serpentine Prison.” The album will […]
Jenny Owen Youngs – "Teenage Dream" (Katy Perry Cover)
I’m a big fan of Jenny Owen Youngs from back in the day — her debut Batten The Hatches and its follow-up Transmitter Failure were in heavy rotation for me during my high school years and are both great — and she’s still putting out music (and hosting a popular Buffy podcast). For the last […]