Dirty Projectors are releasing five separate EPs this year. The first four will each be fronted by a different member of the band, and they’ll all take turns with lead vocals on the fifth and final installment. We’ve already gotten the Maia Friedman EP Windows Open and Felicia Douglass’ Flight Tower. And we’re about to […]
Lydia Loveless – "Wringer"
Lydia Loveless’ last album, Real, was one of the best releases of 2016. For Loveless herself, that four year span since was a time of much needed rest following the burnout of tour, and a time of major life changes including a divorce and a move to North Carolina. The experiences since have yielded her […]
DMA’s – “Criminals (The Avalanches Remix)”
The Avalanches are active once again. The Australian DJ crew were silent for a few years, but they’ve been getting busy again this year. Thus far in 2020, the Avalanches have released four singles that feature a mind-bending array of collaborators, including Blood Orange, Rivers Cuomo, Jamie xx, and Neneh Cherry. And now the Avalanches […]
Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou – "Ancestral Recall"
Well, here’s one hell of a collaboration: Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou have an album coming out together. It’s called May Our Chambers Be Full, and it’s out in October. The album is the latest in Sacred Bones’ Alliance Series, an ongoing collection of collaborative releases that has also yielded team-ups between Uniform and the […]
Will Butler – "Close My Eyes"
Last month, Will Butler announced a new album called Generations, the follow-up to his last solo outing, 2015’s Policy. Along with the news, he shared a track called “Surrender.” And today, he’s back with another. The latest preview of Generations is called “Close My Eyes.” “I tried to make the lyrics a straightforward and honest […]
Stream Dikembe’s New Surprise Album Muck
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from the Gainsville, Florida band Dikembe. Dikembe came up as part of the so-called emo revival in the early days of the last decade, and they immediately came off as one of the goofier, less serious bands from that whole pact. That’s changed. Today, Dikembe have come out […]
Fiona Apple Narrates Anti-ICE Short Film
Fiona Apple continues her relatively busy 2020 by narrating a short film about citizen’s rights when documenting arrests done by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The clip — which was done in partnership with We Have Rights, Brooklyn Defender Services, and WITNESS — comes along with a new interview in Vulture where Apple talks […]
Paddy Hanna – "Colosseum"
A couple months back, Irish songwriter and Artist To Watch Paddy Hanna announced his third album, The Hill. It once more finds Hanna teaming with Girl Band’s Daniel Fox as his producer, and based on first single “Cannibals,” it appeared as if Hanna’s idiosyncratic songwriting might be going into darker, weirder territory. Today, he’s back […]
Angel Olsen – “Waving, Smiling”
Angel Olsen recently announced the release of Whole New Mess, the original, stripped-down version of the album that eventually became last year’s ambitious All Mirrors. In addition to nine songs familiar from All Mirrors, Whole New Mess also features two new tracks. We’ve already heard one, the title track, and now Olsen is sharing the […]
Hear An Unearthed Stooges Cover From '90s Punk Supergroup Wylde Ratttz
For Todd Haynes’ 1998 sorta David Bowie biopic Velvet Goldmine, a group of musicians who called themselves Wyld Ratttz recorded some songs for the movie, including a cover of the Stooges’ “T.V. Eye,” which was included on its official soundtrack. The group was made up of the Stooges own Ron Asheton, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore […]