When Tom Pimlott started the UK straight-edge hardcore band Violent Reaction in 2010, he was the sole member of the group. Eventually, Violent Reaction relocated to Leeds, became a full-on band, and put out some hugely important records, ending things with the 2015 album Marching On. Since then, former members of Violent Reaction have gone […]
Nao – "Woman" (Feat. Lianne La Havas)
The British R&B singer Nao released her sophomore album, Saturn, two years ago. Since then, it picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album (a category that is being renamed starting next year to Best Progressive R&B Album) and it made the shortlist for the prestigious Mercury Prize. Today, Nao is sharing her […]
Bill Callahan – “Ry Cooder”
Next week, the much-loved indie lifer Bill Callahan will release his new album Gold Record. In the lead-up to the album’s release, Callahan has been doing something interesting. He’s released one song every Monday, thus ensuring that we will have heard the entire LP by the time it comes out. Today, we get a new […]
Travis – "The Only Thing" (Feat. Susanna Hoffs)
In a couple months, Travis are releasing a new album, 10 Months, their first since 2016’s Everything At Once. The Scottish pop-rock band — whose defining sophomore LP The Man Who came out 20 years ago last year — have shared two singles from their upcoming album, “A Ghost” and “Valentine.” Today, they’re putting out […]
William Basinski Announces New Album 'Lamentations'
The experimental composer William Basinski is famous for making richly haunting and ominous soundscapes. He’s best-known for The Disintegration Loops, a four-volume series constructed from the decaying tapes of his own older music, and his pieces always seem to carry some flickering ghosts of the past. This fall, Basinski is coming back with a new […]
Bright Eyes – "Running Back" (Thin Lizzy Cover)
Bright Eyes are fresh off the release of their first album in nine years, Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was. Over the weekend, the newly-reunited band appeared on CBS This Morning to perform a couple of songs for it, and they also recorded a live performance for SiriusXM Sessions. Included with their […]
Travis Scott – "The Plan"
Earlier this week, Travis Scott gave the world’s first public review of the new Christopher Nolan film Tenet: “I can’t even explain it. You literally just have to watch it. It’s very fire.” Tenet’s release date has been pushed back thousands (?) of times, but it’s finally scheduled to come out overseas next week and […]
Thank You, I'm Sorry Anxiously Spring To Life On Their Second Album Of 2020
Thank You, I’m Sorry are a Chicago/Minneapolis trio specializing in jangly, dreamy, propulsive indie-pop. Or at least that’s their sound on I’m Glad We’re Friends, their new album out today. The Malta House, the debut album Thank You, I’m Sorry dropped back in February, was a misty acoustic spin on that same twee sound. Today’s […]
Napalm Death -“Amoral”
How many long-running bands have zero original members remaining? A lot, right? But how many of those bands remain revered legends and artistically vital ongoing concerns? Not many! The only one I can think of is Napalm Death, the UK extreme-metal institution. The members of Napalm Death were teenagers when they invented grindcore in the […]
Denver Hardcore Band FAIM Share Fearsome Debut Album 'Hollow Hope': Stream
The Denver band FAIM play hardcore punk so fervent and impassioned that you can practically see the beads of sweat forming on the wall of some concrete basement somewhere. They’re a politically driven, hard-left band, the kind of band who sampled James Baldwin speeches, and that stuff does not come off as an affectation. Instead, […]