The Olympia band Gag make fast, grimy, gloriously ugly hardcore punk; if you listen to their music with your headphones on and your eyes closed, you can practically smell the mildewy basement-space venues where nobody ever cleans up the spilled beer. It’s been four years since Gag released America’s Greatest Hits, their last album, though […]
Cartalk – "Las Manos"
Last year, Cartalk — the project of the Los Angeles-based musician Chuck Moore — released three stellar singles — “Noonday Devil,” “Wrestling,” and “Sleep.” All three songs appear on their upcoming debut album, Pass Like Pollen, which will be out in October and, like those singles, it was produced by Illuminati Hotties’ Sarah Tudzin. Today, […]
The Flaming Lips – "Mother Please Don't Be Sad"
The Flaming Lips are releasing a new album, American Head, in a couple of weeks. They’ve shared a ton of tracks from it already: “My Religion Is You,” “Dinosaurs On The Mountain,” “You N’ Me Sellin’ Weed,” “Will You Return/When You Come Down,” and the Kacey Musgraves-featuring “Flowers Of Neptune 6.” Today they’re sharing another […]
Necrot Release Bloodthirsty New Death Metal Album 'Mortal': Stream
This one is for all my death metal posers out there — all my people who are at least theoretically into the blastbeats-and-grunts genre spawned by Floridian goons like Death and Morbid Angel and Obituary but who barely keep up with the stuff. There are people who stay up on every new development in the […]
The National's Bryan Devendorf Just Surprise Released His Solo Debut
After the relatively quick one-two of Sleep Well Beast and I Am Easy To Find, it seemed as if the National had closed a specific chapter of their career. So now, as they did between Trouble Will Find Me and Sleep Well Beast, it appears they’re taking some time for their own projects. Aaron Dessner […]
Hear Tears For Fears' Previously Unreleased "Rhythm Of Life"
Last week, Tears For Fears announced a super deluxe box set reissue of their 1989 studio album The Seeds Of Love featuring 22 unreleased tracks of demos, live jams, studio sessions, B-sides, and rare mixes. And today, they’re sharing the first of those, a previously unreleased demo of “Rhythm Of Life.” The song took over […]
Hear The Replacements' Previously Unreleased "I.O.U." Demo
The Replacements’ deluxe reissue of late-career gem Pleased To Meet Me contains 29 previously unreleased tracks. A slew of rough mixes were revealed when the project was announced, and today another unheard recording has emerged: a demo version of album opener “I.O.U.” Earlier this month they also dropped the demo for “I Don’t Know.” You […]
Eric Church – “Crazyland”
In a 2014 piece for this website, I wrote that the big country king Eric Church was out greatest working rock star. I was trolling, but I was also serious. Eric Church whomps ass. He’s a rare thing: A towering figure in his genre who also pushes on the edges of that genre, challenging received […]
Elvis Costello – "Phonographic Memory"
Elvis Costello is releasing a new album, Hey Clockface, at the end of October. The album was recorded in Helsinki, Paris, and New York earlier this year, and so far we’ve heard three songs that are on it: “No Flag,” “Hetty O’Hara Confidential,” and “We Are All Cowards Now.” Today, Costello is sharing a new […]
The Rolling Stones – "Scarlet (The Killers & Jacques Lu Cont Remix)"
The Rolling Stones are reissuing their 1973 album Goats Head Soup in a couple weeks. It comes with a handful of previously unreleased Stones songs from the era. The one that the band has been pushing hardest is “Scarlet,” a track that features guitar playing from Jimmy Page. It’s already had a music video starring […]