The Eddy, Damien Chazelle’s new series about a jazz club in Paris, hits Netflix today. The show’s official soundtrack is also out today, as well. It features original compositions written by Grammy winner Glen Ballard and recorded by the “Eddy house band,” which is made up of real-life musicians Randy Kerber, Ludovic Louis, Lada Obradovic, […]
Justin Bieber & Ariana Grande – "stuck with u"
Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande have collaborated on their first-ever song together, and it only took a pandemic to get them to do it. “Stuck With U” is out now. The two teen-pop titans have adjusted to adulthood pop stardom in different ways. Bieber’s last album, Changes, was something of a flop for him, and […]
Bob Dylan – "False Prophet"
Bob Dylan has announced a new album called Rough And Rowdy Ways. It’ll be out on 6/19. It’s his first album of original songs since 2012’s Tempest. There’s no official tracklist yet, but the two songs that he released over the last couple months are on it, “Murder Most Foul” and “I Contain Multitudes,” as […]
Tei Shi – "Die 4 Ur Love"
Tei Shi, aka Colombian-Canadian musician Valerie Teicher, was forced to cancel her tour with frequent collaborator Blood Orange due to the pandemic. But today, she’s back with her first new music since last year’s LP La Linda, a thumping electro-pop banger called “Die 4 Ur Love.” As she explains in a statement: “Die 4 Ur […]
Jessie Ware – "Save A Kiss"
Jessie Ware’s new album What’s Your Pleasure? is out next month, and Ware has already given us a bounty of early singles. For over a year, since long before announcing the album, she’s been hitting us with quality selections from the tracklist: “Ooh La La,” “Spotlight,” “Mirage (Don’t Stop),” “Adore You.” They’ve crystallized into a […]
Charli XCX – "i finally understand"
Charli XCX is releasing her quarantine album How I’m Feeling Now, which she’s been writing and recording in a spontaneous collaborative process including input from her fans and co-executive producers A. G. Cook and BJ Burton, next week. We’ve already heard two songs, “Forever” and the Dylan Brady-produced “Claws.” And now she’s sharing a third, […]
Sam Prekop – "Circle Line"
The Sea And Cake frontman Sam Prekop has spent the past decade exploring the possibilities of modular synthesizers in his solo work. Last month, he announced a new album called Comma with the lead single “Summer Places,” signaling a welcome merging of his melodic pop sensibility with his instrumental electronic experiments. And now he’s shared […]
Christian Lee Hutson – "Get The Old Band Back Together"
Folk singer-songwriter and Phoebe Bridgers super friend Christian Lee Hutson is about to release his new LP Beginners. “I went with Beginners as the title because that’s where I feel like I am in my life — like I’m still just learning and trying to figure out how to navigate the world,” Hutson says. He […]
Nation Of Language – "The Wall & I"
Anyone who has listened to even a little bit of music by Nation Of Language knows the Brooklyn Band To Watch has a thing for New Order and a whole diaspora of stylish, synth-powered pop music. On new single “The Wall & I,” they do that legacy justice, creating something like a hybrid of “Age […]
Stream Ka’s Stunning New Album Descendants Of Cain
The Brooklyn rapper and producer Ka does things on his own time. Ka, once a member of the buzzy ’90s underground group Natural Ingredients, has become a lone and mysterious elder figure who almost seems to operate in a vacuum. While working as a fire chief in Brooklyn, Ka produces his own albums, puts them […]