It seems like we’ll be excavating Prince’s vault of unreleased music for years and years to come. The late musician’s estate recently announced a massive deluxe reissue of Sign O’ The Times, his 1987 double-album opus culled from the sessions for three different shelved projects, and it comes with a whopping 45 previously unreleased studio […]
A Certain Ratio – "Yo Yo Gi"
At the end of June, the arty English post-punk vets A Certain Ratio announced a new album called ACR Loco. Following last year’s career-spanning retrospective ACR:BOX, it’s their first collection of new music in 12 years. So far we’ve heard the airy “Always In Love,” and today the group’s back with another preview of the […]
Magik Markers Announce New Album '2020': Hear "CDROM"
Last month, Magik Markers, the psychedelic noise-rock trio from New England, returned from a long hiatus with their EP Isolated From Exterior Time: 2020. It was their first new release in six years. But as it turned out, that was just the beginning. Today, Magik Markers have announced that they’ve got a whole new album, […]
Jamila Woods – “SULA (Paperback)”
Every song on Jamila Woods’ last album, last year’s great LEGACY! LEGACY!, was inspired by a different iconic artist of color: “Zora,” “Eartha,” “Baldwin.” Today, the soulful Chicago R&B singer and poet is back with her first new song since then, “SULA (Paperback),” named after Toni Morrison’s 1973 novel Sula. As Woods explains: It’s the […]
Conway The Machine Announces New Album 'From King To A GOD', Shares Method Man Collaboration "Lemon": Listen
All this year, the Buffalo rap crew Griselda has been on an absolute tear. Consider the work of the relentlessly cold Conway The Machine. Thus far this year, Conway has released the Alchemist-produced EP LULU, teamed up with producer Big Ghost LTD for the EP No One Mourns The Wicked, and come out with the […]
Dear Nora – "Time Is Now (Autumn Version)"
A couple years ago, Katy Davidson revived their Dear Nora project for a brand-new album, Skulls Example, their first in 12 years, which landed on our Best Albums Of 2018 list. The last thing that Dear Nora put out before disbanding back in 2007 was a 50-plus song collection called Three States: Rarities 1997-2007, which […]
Palehound – "Southern Belle" (Elliott Smith Cover)
Last year, Palehound, Ellen Kempner’s DIY indie rock project, released the album Black Friday, and it was great. Since then, Palehound have come out with the singles “See A Light” and “Your Boyfriend’s Gun,” and they’ve also released a series of covers: Yo La Tengo on the “Your Boyfriend’s Gun” B-side, Karen Dalton on Polyvinyl’s […]
Bon Iver – "AUATC"
Back in April, less than a year after dropping their fourth album, i,i, Bon Iver released an extremely good new song built on a sample from another extremely good new song. Billed as the first “episode” of “Bon Iver Season Five,” it was titled “PDLIF,” which stood for “Please Don’t Live In Fear.” Now, just […]
SG Lewis – "Impact" (Feat. Robyn & Channel Tres)
The London producer Sam Lewis, better known as SG Lewis, has made a little bit of a name for himself over the last few years for his collaborations with other artists, ranging from Clairo to Victoria Monét and Khalid. Today, he’s releasing a blockbuster team-up between Robyn and Channel Tres called “Impact.” Following “Chemicals” from […]
beabadoobee – "Sorry"
London bedroom-popper beabadoobee announced her debut full-length, Fake It Flowers, last month. Along with the announcement, she shared the project’s lead single “Care,” a sparkling slice of melodic, ’90s-indebted rock. And today, she’s sharing another track, “Sorry.” Per beabadoobee, aka Bea Kristi, the new song is about “confessing my mistakes in a friendship and watching […]