You love to see smart, thoughtful indie rappers finding each other and linking up. For the past few years, Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin have been carving out parallel paths, releasing a whole lot of music and finding their audiences. Today, they’ve come together on a new single called “Dollar Dr. Dream.” The Alabama-born Pink […]
Thyla – "Fade"
By the time we named Band To Watch Thyla’s debut EP What’s On Your Mind one of the best of 2019, the malleable Brighton quartet were already on to something new. Through the end of last year, they were building up to Everything At Once, a second EP that arrived this past January and found […]
Nation Of Language – "Gouge Away" (Pixies Cover)
Brooklyn Band To Watch Nation Of Language finally released their excellent debut album Introduction, Presence back in May, and we named it one of the best albums of the year so far. Now, they’re back with a Pixies cover, the A-side of a limited edition 7″ single with a new original, “One More Try,” as […]
Thin Lizzy Announce 'Rock Legends' Box Set With 74 Unreleased Tracks
It goes without saying that Thin Lizzy are a massively beloved and influential band. And now, for the 50th anniversary of the band’s formation, Universal is embarking on a big reissue campaign to underline the group’s legacy, the first installment of which is a giant box set. The career-spanning compilation features six discs of rarities, […]
Gunn-Truscinski Duo – "Valley Spiral"
Steve Gunn and John Truscinski are back with a new duo album, their first since 2017’s Bay Head. It’s called Soundkeeper, and it’s part of Three Lobed’s 20th anniversary album series, which will also see releases from Sonic Youth, Six Organs Of Admittance, Body/Head, and Daniel Bachman. Soundkeeper will be out in October, and today […]
IAN SWEET – “Dumb Driver”
A few months ago, Jilian Medford’s IAN SWEET project released a new single, “Sword,” and today she’s back with another new track, “Dumb Driver,” along with the news that she’s signed to Polyvinyl, who will put out the follow-up to 2018’s Crush Crusher. While “Sword” sounded like a synthy outlier in the IAN SWEET discography, […]
H.C. McEntire – "River's Jaw"
Back in June, H.C. McEntire announced her sophomore outing, Eno Axis, the followup to 2018’s LIONHEART. The album is the result of a prolonged stretch in which McEntire dug back into a sense of home, following a long stint on the road as part of Angel Olsen’s band. So far, we’ve heard two singles from […]
Lomelda – "Hannah Sun"
Last month, Hannah Read announced her latest Lomelda album, Hannah. The album cycle kicked off with “Wonder,” a bold first single that also landed amongst our favorite songs that week. She followed that up with “It’s Infinite,” and now she’s back with a final preview of Hannah before the whole album makes it out into […]
Thor & Friends – “Dies In Paris” (Feat. Bill Callahan)
Next month, longtime indie hero Bill Callahan will drop his new album Gold Record. In the lead-up to the album release, Callahan has been sharing one song every week, which means most of the album is out there in the world already. This past Monday, Callahan shared “Cowboy,” the eighth song from the LP. And […]
Moses Sumney – “thank u, next” (Ariana Grande Cover)
A few months ago, Moses Sumney released græ, his ambitious and exploratory double album. Today, Sumney has engaged in a different sort of exploration. He’s tried his hand at covering pop overlord Ariana Grande, an artist who has very different methods of searching her interior life. As The FADER reports, Sumney has covered Grande’s single […]