For today’s new EVER NEW compilation, a wide range of Canadian indie greats contributed music to support social justice for Black, indigenous, and queer people in their country. It’s a range of covers and originals by the likes of Mac DeMarco, Jessy Lanza & Elle Barbara, Owen Pallett (covering Nick Drake), Ryan Hemsworth, Lydia Ainsworth […]
Frances Quinlan Shares 3 Previously Unreleased Tracks
At the beginning of the year, Hop Along’s Frances Quinlan released an excellent solo album called Likewise — it was our Album Of The Week and made our list of the best albums of 2020 so far. Before Hop Along was a full band, it was just Quinlan releasing music under the name Hop Along, […]
Stream William Tyler’s New Vanitas EP
Today is once again Bandcamp day, and southern guitar virtuoso William Tyler is celebrating with the release of a new EP called New Vanitas. The 39-minute EP consists of “ghostly and otherworldly self-recordings mainly captured in and around Nashville this year,” and you can stream it and read a lengthy statement from Tyler about the […]
Father John Misty – "Main Man" (T. Rex Cover)
A few months ago, a star-studded tribute compilation dedicated to T. Rex and Marc Bolan was announced. It was organized by longtime Saturday Night Live music producer Hal Willner, who passed away from complications due to COVID-19 in April. AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan And T. Rex is out now. We’ve already shared […]
SZA – "Hit Different" (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
SZA has released a new single called “Hit Different,” which features Ty Dolla $ign. She worked on the song with The Neptunes and recorded it in DJ Khaled’s house earlier this year while he was at the Super Bowl, as she explained in a new interview with Apple Music. “I was swimming in my brain […]
New Single: Blakk Mantra – “Queen Of Infinite Space”
This year, Johnny Noble and Amber Alexander, the two architects of the utopian rock project Blakk Mantra, have once again struck with the release of a new album Welcome To El Rey Blvd, and its main single , ‘Queen Of Infinite Space.’ This contemporary rock record was recorded in Austin, TX with The Machine. The […]
Ashley Sienna Releases New Pop Track Titled ‘When I’m Single’
Young singer and songwriter Ashley Sienna stepped up her game and dropped an electrifying song ‘When I’m Single.’ On the single, with an effortless approach, she explains why she needs no man, and is here for quite some time. Ashley delivered a liveful track that infects you with its positivity, feel-good vibe, and young power. […]
Badge Époque Ensemble – "Sing A Silent Gospel" (Feat. Meg Remy & Dorothea Paas)
Badge Époque Ensemble is an adventurous outfit out of Toronto led by Maximilian Turnbull, who used to record for DFA under the name Slim Twig. The band — which also features lots of musicians linked with U.S. Girls and Andy Shauf — is preparing to release its second album, Self Help, a set of jazzy, […]
ANOHNI – "R.N.C. 2020"
ANOHNI is no stranger to direct political statements. Her 2016 album Hopelessness included songs like “Obama” and “Drone Bomb Me,” intense offerings that eschewed subtlety in favor of high drama and no-holds-barred urgency. Today ANOHNI is back with “R.N.C. 2020,” a song inspired by last week’s Republican National Convention. It forgoes the bellowing experimental club […]
Anaiah Lei's One-Man Hardcore Project Zulu Releases New EP 'My People… Hold On': Stream
Zulu is a one-man project from Anaiah Lei, drummer of the LA rock duo the Bots and the Orange County hardcore band DARE. On his own, as Zulu, Lei makes frantic, intense, punishing hardcore, and he does it from a raw and vital perspective. Lei has said that he wants Zulu to be “a band […]