Last month during a Playstation 5 reveal event, we heard a little bit of a new Kero Kero Bonito song called “It’s Bugsnax!,” which was written for the video game Bugsnax that will be out in time for the holiday season and the launch of Sony’s latest console. Today, the trio have shared the full […]
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – "Grasslands"
Just a couple months ago, the experimental musician Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith released her latest album, The Mosaic Of Transformation. But along the way, she’s also shared a handful of standalone tracks this year too. Right in the midst of her album rollout, she shared the non-album track “Becoming Ferromagnetic” as part of an Amazon playlist. […]
Year Of The Knife – “Premonitions Of You”
In a few weeks, Year Of The Knife, the young metallic hardcore shit-wreckers from Delaware, will release Internal Incarceration, their first proper album. (They’ve also got 2019’s Ultimate Aggression, but that’s a collection of previously released EPs, not an album.) The band recorded Internal Incarceration with Converge’s Kurt Ballou producing, and the songs that we’ve […]
Stream Alabaster dePlume's 'Visit Croatia' EP, As Heard On Bon Iver's "PDLIF"
Back in April, Bon Iver released a truly spectacular new song called “PDLIF,” which stood for Please Don’t Live In Fear. The song was built on a sample from “Visit Croatia,” the title track from a new EP by “bandleader, composer, saxophonist, activist and orator Angus Fairbairn,” aka Alabaster dePlume. That EP is out now […]
August Alsina Follows Jada Pinkett-Smith Entanglement With New Single "Entanglements"
New Orleans-born R&B singer August Alsina had his career derailed a bit by Guillain-Barré syndrome in recent years, but before that he was doing alright for himself, appearing on a handful of Hot 100 singles (including “I Luv It”) and generally maintaining a foothold within the realm of radio-friendly rap and R&B. Recently he’s gotten […]
Chris Cornell – “Patience” (Guns N’ Roses Cover)
The late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell died in 2017; if he’d lived, today would’ve been his 56th birthday. Today, in honor of the day, Cornell’s widow Vicky — who’s recently been locked in a court battle with Cornell’s former Soundgarden bandmates — has shared a solo Cornell recording that’s never been released: A cover of […]
Stream Pop Smoke's Deluxe Album With 15 New Tracks
Had he not been murdered in February, today would have been ascendant Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke’s 21st birthday. Those managing his legacy have chosen the occasion to release a deluxe version of his posthumous debut album Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon featuring 15 previously unreleased tracks. The original Shoot For The Stars […]
Wye Oak – "No Place"
The indefatigable Wye Oak are putting out a new EP, No Horizon, at the end of the month, on the heels of a solid run of one-off tracks that were released toward the top of the year and a different EP from Jenn Wasner’s Flock Of Dimes project that came out just a few weeks […]
Bill Callahan's "Protest Song" Is Not Your Average Protest Song
Another week, another Bill Callahan song. Imagine saying that during the six-year drought before Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest! Well, Callahan is releasing a new album, Gold Record, in a couple months, and every Monday from now until it’s released, he’s putting out a new song from it. We’ve gotten “Pigeons,” “Another Song,” and “35” […]
Primitive Blast Release Impossibly Hard New EP 'Animalistic': Stream
There’s something to be said for truth in advertising. For example: Animalistic, the new EP from the Sydney hardcore band Primitive Blast. I don’t need to tell you shit about Animalistic. The band is called Primitive Blast. The EP is called Animalistic. The cover art is the chaotic black-ink-and-Xerox nightmare that you see above. You […]