The Detroit-raised, Brooklyn-based rapper and producer Quelle Chris is following up last year’s Guns with Innocent Country 2, a sequel to his 2015 collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Keys. Every song on the album was co-produced by both Chrises, and it also features guest spots from Earl Sweatshirt, Pink Siifu, Billy Woods, Denmark Vessey, […]
Clairo – "Everything I Know (Demo)"
Clairo released her debut album, Immunity, last year. It ended up having some lasting earworms on it, as it popped up on both our Favorite Songs and Top Pop Songs lists from 2019. Today, she has a new demo out in the world called “Everything I Know,” which she recorded earlier last year, per an […]
Ty Segall Releases 'Segall Smeagol', A New Free-Download EP Of 'Nilsson Schmilsson' Covers: Stream
The psychedelic rock wizard Ty Segall isn’t the type to sit idle. Segall released First Taste, his last solo album, back in August. Since then, Segall has also teamed up with Lightning Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale and formed the duo Wasted Shirt; they released their debut album Fungus II in February. By Segall’s own insane […]
Nick Hakim – "Qadir"
A little under three years ago, Nick Hakim released his debut album, Green Twins. And while the psychedelic soul of that collection garnered him plenty of acclaim, the years since have been complicated. Hakim lost a whole notebook worth of song drafts, then struggled with writer’s block. Then, his childhood friend passed away, and he […]
Damien Jurado – "Alice Hyatt"
At the beginning of May, veteran folk whisperer Damien Jurado is releasing his fifteenth (!) album, What’s New, Tomboy?, the follow-up to last year’s In The Shape Of A Storm. He shared “Birds Tricked Into The Trees” from it last month. Today he’s putting out another song from it, “Alice Hyatt,” which is seemingly named […]
Converge’s Jacob Bannon Announces Metal Supergroup Umbra Vitae, Shares “Return To Zero”
For the past 30 years, Jacob Bannon has led the Boston band Converge, which makes him a legend in the interlocking underground worlds of both hardcore and metal. More recently, Bannon has also been making music with Wear Your Wounds, a group that specializes in ominous, atmospheric gothic rock. Today, Bannon has unveiled the existence […]
Lido Pimienta – "Te Queria"
Colombian-Canadian musician Lido Pimienta is her releasing her new album Miss Colombia, the follow-up to her Polaris Prize-winning 2016 debut La Papessa, in a couple of weeks. We’ve already heard early songs “No Pude,” “Eso Que Tu Haces,” and “Nada” featuring Bomba Estéreo’s Li Saumet, and now she’s sharing another. “Te Queria” is a languid […]
The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle Debuts Fiery New Song "Until Olympius Returns": Watch
The Mountain Goats has been a full-on band for many years, but the project started out as just John Darnielle recording blood-and-fire acoustic songs into his Panasonic boombox. Thanks to the whole global-pandemic thing currently happening, that iteration of the Mountain Goats appears to be returning. This month, Darnielle has been hinting at the impending […]
Yaeji – "WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던"
At the end of the week, Yaeji is putting her first full-length project, a mixtape called WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던, which comes on the heels of a couple years worth of exciting-as-hell shorter releases and collaborations. She announced the mixtape a few weeks back with “WAKING UP DOWN” and today she’s sharing its title […]
Thin Lips, Shannen Moser, Slaughter Beach, Dog & More Contribute To 'Don't Stand So Close To Me' Compilation
Lame-O Records is a great label based out of Philadelphia, and today they are releasing Don’t Stand So Close To Me, a compilation that highlights the artists on their roster. All proceeds are going directly to the musicians during this trying pandemic time. It includes new material from Thin Lips, with a fresh track called […]