The Los Angeles musician Sam Gendel is an in-demand jazz saxophonist who has played with people like Vampire Weekend, Perfume Genius, and Moses Sumney. (He recently assisted on Sumney’s cover of T-Pain’s “Can’t Believe It” from our very own Save Stereogum: An ’00s Covers Comp.) But there’s no saxophone on Gendel’s new solo album DRM. […]
Tom Petty – "Leave Virginia Alone"
Tom Petty recorded a whole lot of songs during the sessions for his 1994 solo album Wildflowers, and many of them never ended up coming out. Before he died, Petty had talked about putting out an expanded edition of the album with those extra songs. And now, three years and two posthumous releases after his […]
Deerhoof Cover 35 Songs In 43 Minutes On Free Surprise Album 'Love-Lore'
Deerhoof have released a dizzying new covers album called Love-Lore that finds the art-rock band covering 43 songs over the course of 35 minutes. The album is available now as a free download over on Deerhoof’s website. It comes on the heels of the band’s latest original album, Future Teenage Cave Artists, which came out […]
Broadcast Share Unreleased Demo "Where Are You?" On Trish Keenan's Birthday
A few years ago, Broadcast’s James Cargill shared a new demo on what would have been Trish Keenan’s birthday. Today, he’s done it again. Keenan would have been 52 today — she passed away in 2011 — and Cargill has uploaded a 4-track demo from 2002 called “Where Are You?” to his SoundCloud page. That […]
beabadoobee – “How Was Your Day?”
Bea Kristi, the London bedroom-pop phenom who records as beabadoobee, is a few weeks away from releasing Fake It Flowers, her full-length debut. beabadoobee is a viral star whose sound is explicitly influenced by lo-fi ’90s indie-pop and who has serious industry muscle behind her, so it’ll be fascinating to hear what happens when that […]
Bat For Lashes – “We’ve Only Just Begun” (The Carpenters Cover)
Just over a year ago, Bat For Lashes released the lovely and evocative album Lost Girls. Shortly afterward, Natasha Khan followed the album up with a live EP that featured her cover of Don Henley’s “The Boys Of Summer.” Today, Khan releases another cover of another decades-old pop song. This time, she’s taken on the […]
Magik Markers – "Born Dead"
Magik Markers are returning with their first new album in six years, 2020, next month, following the release of an EP during the summer. The New England crew have shared two tracks from it so far, “CDROM” and “That Dream (Shitty Beach),” and today they’re back with another one. “Born Dead” is an affecting simmer […]
Women – "Everyone Is So In Love With You"
Ten years ago today, the Calgary post-punk band Women released their sophomore album, Public Strain. The band would break up soon after; their guitarist Chris Reimer passed away two years later. The other members of Women went on to keep making music — half of them formed the group Preoccupations; the other makes music as […]
Laura Veirs – “Another Space and Time”
The reliably great songwriter Laura Veirs is releasing a new album, My Echo, next month. She’s shared two songs from it so far, “Burn Too Bright” and “Turquoise Walls,” and today she’s sharing the apocalyptically-minded “Another Space And Time,” which is about finding solitude even when it feels like everything is collapsing down around you, […]
Amanda Shires – "The Problem" (Feat. Jason Isbell)
Amanda Shires has released a new song, “The Problem,” to coincide with International Safe Abortion Day, with proceeds going to the Yellowhammer Fund, an organization dedicated to reproductive justice in Alabama and the deep South. “The Problem” is a duet with Shires’ husband Jason Isbell and they trade lines back-and-forth before coming together in the […]