Next month, the Chicago musician Isabel Olive will release a new album as Half Gringa, Force To Reckon, the follow-up to her 2017 debut Gruñona. A couple weeks ago, she shared lead single “1990” from it and today she’s back with “Afraid Of Horses,” a gorgeous and billowing song that features contributions from fellow Chicago […]
Oh Sees Announce New Album 'Protean Threat': Hear "Dreary Nonsense"
If you’re like me, you have trouble keeping track of all the new music garage-rock don John Dwyer is constantly releasing into the world. It’s a good problem to have. Dwyer’s solo project Damaged Bug released an album of Michael Yonkers covers earlier this year, and now he’s ready to roll out a new album […]
Wye Oak – “Spitting Image”
Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack, the two members of the great Baltimore-bred indie duo Wye Oak, have been hellaciously busy lately. Last year, the band released a run of one-off tracks. Last month, Wasner’s solo project Flock Of Dimes released the EP Like So Much Desire. And later this week, Wye Oak will follow up […]
Lana Del Rey Releases Spoken Word Album 'Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass', Shares Sample Track "LA Who Am I To Love You?": Listen
For more than a year, Lana Del Rey has been talking about publishing books of poetry and releasing spoken-word albums. The first of those efforts is called Violet Bent Backwards Over The Grass, and it’ll eventually be available as both a book and an album. Today, as promised, the album is out. Right now, Violet […]
A.K. Paul – "Be Honest"
Back in May, A.K. Paul released a new song called “Hungry Beat,” a track he’d worked on during quarantine. It was the first time we’d heard from Paul in a bit, with he and his brother Jai maintaining similarly unpredictable release patterns. But it looks like Paul has some big plans for the rest of […]
St. Vincent & U2 Both Felt Compelled To Cover "Stairway To Heaven"
For whatever reason, both St. Vincent and U2 posted covers of Led Zeppelin’s so-iconic-it’s-cliché “Stairway To Heaven” yesterday. It’s like the inverse of that scene from Wayne’s World where Mike Meyers is forbidden from playing the song’s intro riff in a guitar shop — just an abundance of “Stairway,” more “Stairway” than anyone needs. Annie […]
DaBaby & Stunna 4 Vegas – “No Dribble”
For the past six weeks, the Charlotte rap supernova DaBaby has had the #1 song in America. Later today, this week’s Billboard Hot 100 will come out, and it seems pretty likely that “Rockstar,” DaBaby’s big-hit Roddy Ricch collab, will get a seventh week at #1. But even with all that success, DaBaby isn’t taking […]
Bill Callahan – "The Mackenzies"
Just about a month ago, Bill Callahan announced Gold Record, his surprisingly quick followup to last year’s Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest. There was another plot twist: The album’s rollout would feature a new song every week, teasing almost the entirety of Gold Record out until its early September arrival. It all kicked off with […]
JPEGMAFIA Interpolates Mariah Carey On New Song “Living Single”
Last year, Baltimore brain-wrecker JPEGMAFIA, one of the greatest noise-rap experimentalists currently walking the earth, released his album All My Heroes Are Cornballs. Since then, Peggy has dropped a small flood of one-off singles. Last night, he shared a new song that heavily interpolates a classic. Last night, JPEGMAFIA followed up his June track “THE […]
Backxwash – "STIGMATA" (Feat. DeathIrl & Ada Rook)
Earlier this month, the Canadian rapper Backxwash’s new album God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It made the Polaris Prize shortlist. I’d heard the name but hadn’t gotten around to listening to it, but God Has Nothing To Do With This has been in heavy rotation for me over the […]