Last month, Shirley Collins announced her new album Heart’s Ease. It’s the followup to the legendary folk singer’s 2016 collection Lodestar, which in turn was her first album since the late ’70s. Now that she’s back to making music, apparently she’s not wasting any time. Along with the announcement of Heart’s Ease, Collins shared a […]
Mr Muthafuckin' eXquire – "Black Mirror" (Prod. Madlib)
It’s been a minute since we checked in with Brooklyn rapper Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire, but hopping on a new Madlib beat is cause for attention. “Black Mirror,” eXquire’s new Madlib-produced track out today, is as sun-baked and trippy as you’d hope, with bars that hit with steadiness and agility. It’s full of vivid and sometimes […]
Ty Dolla $ign's "Ego Death" Features Kanye, Skrillex, FKA twigs, & serpentwithfeet
Ty Dolla $ign has often functioned as a human crossroads for various corners of the musical mainstream. On his new single, he brings many of those corners together for a superstar posse cut. “Ego Death,” Ty’s new single out now, features a fascinating and impressive array of contributors. There is Kanye West, who has often […]
Emma Ruth Rundle – “Staying Power”
The Louisville musician Emma Ruth Rundle makes dark, heavy, beautiful music that doesn’t quite conform to any one particular genre. She’s probably closer to goth or folk than she is to metal, but she’s still plenty comfortable operating within the metal world. Last month, Rundle, for instance, teamed up with members of bands like Mastodon, […]
Stream The Grateful Dead's New Outtakes Collection 'Workingman's Dead: The Angel's Share'
Next week the Grateful Dead will release a 50th anniversary deluxe reissue of their 1970 country-folk pivot Workingman’s Dead, one of the legendary studio albums from a band known mostly for its live show. That release comprises a new remaster of the original LP plus a full-length concert recorded on February 21, 1971 at the […]
Jason Molina – “The Mission’s End”
Jason Molina, the beloved songwriter behind the long-running indie rock projects Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co., battled alcoholism for his entire career, and he died of organ failure in 2013, when he was just 39. In his lifetime, Molina was a truly prolific songwriter, and he left behind troves of unreleased material when he […]
Fear Of Men – "Into Strangeness"
We haven’t heard from Fear Of Men since the band released their sophomore album, Fall Forever, back in 2016. That record made our Best Albums Of The Year So Far list when it came out, and in the time since it seems that the band has only become more glowering and precise. Today, they’re releasing […]
Aimee Mann Covers Leonard Cohen's "Avalanche" For HBO's 'I'll Be Gone In The Dark': Listen
The true-crime writer Michelle McNamara spent years hunting for the Golden State Killer, the notorious serial killer who evaded capture for decades. In 2016, McNamara died of an accidental overdose at the age of 46. Two years later, police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo, the alleged Golden State Killer, and McNamara’s widower Patton Oswalt said that […]
Refused – “The Ballad Of Buck Ravers”
A whole lot of people, including me, are very excited for Cyberpunk 2077, the first big release from Polish video game developer CD Projekt Red since their 2015 open-world RPG masterpiece The Witcher 3. In Cyberpunk 2077, which is now slated for a November release, mercenary protagonist V talks to the “digital ghost” of famed […]
Disclosure – "My High" (Feat. Aminé & slowthai)
Last month, the brother producer duo Disclosure announced a new album, ENERGY, the proper follow-up to their 2015 album Caracal. It features a stacked guest list, with appearances from Mick Jenkins, Channel Tres, Common, Kelis, Kehlani, Syd, and more. It also has a track called “My High” which features Aminé and slowthai and is being […]