Gaslighter, the long-awaited Dixie Chicks comeback LP, is one many albums initially scheduled for spring release that have been pushed back indefinitely while the world at large — and the music industry in particular — adjusts to coronavirus. The trio came back strong with the title track in early March, but that’s all we’ve heard […]
COVID-19 Relief Comp Has New Mount Eerie, Hand Habits, Downtown Boys, & More
The cleverly titled compilation The Song Is Coming From Inside The House contains unreleased music from two dozen underground artists, many of whom are favorites around these parts. We’re talkin’ Mount Eerie. We’re talkin’ Hand Habits. We’re talking Downtown Boys. We’re talkin’ Palehound. We’re talkin’ Gabby’s World. We’re talkin’ Sadie Dupuis. We’re talkin’ Girlpool’s Harmony […]
Aluna – "Body Pump"
London singer Aluna Francis is one half of the electronic R&B-pop duo AlunaGeorge alongside producer George Reid. (Timely fun fact: AlunaGeorge headlined the first-ever Minecraft concert back in 2016.) And now, she’s stepping out on her own, signing to Diplo’s Mad Decent label and releasing the first track from her upcoming debut solo album. “Having […]
Disheveled Cuss – “Oh My God”
If you’re into tangled and tuneful ’90s-style fuzz-rock — and if you’re reading this site, then god knows you probably are — you should be aware of Disheveled Cuss. Nick Reinhart, frontman for the Sacramento band Tera Melos, has been making music on his own under the Disheveled Cuss monicker, and it doesn’t really sound […]
Self Defense Family – "Secular Trust" & "Lust For Nuke"
Two weeks ago, the upstate New York post-hardcore collective Self Defense Family dropped a pair of new songs called “Florida Trip” and “Tissue Thin,” which they billed as a two-song EP called Kitten Beach. They followed those up last week with another one-off called “Jesus Of Nazareth.” And now they’ve delivered two more songs together […]
Ceremony Frontman Ross Farrar Starts New Band Spice, Shares Debut Single “First Feeling”
Since 2005, Ross Farrar has been the lead singer of Ceremony, the Bay Area punks who have progressed from feral hardcore to stately, stylish postpunk over the course of their existence. Last year, Ceremony released their album In The Spirit Now, and the lead single “Turn Away The Bad Thing” continues to rip extremely hard. […]
Oxford Collapse – "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Neil Young & Crazy Horse Cover)
Tomorrow, Bandcamp is once again waiving its share of sales revenue in an effort to support artists during the pandemic. Also tomorrow, not coincidentally, independent record label Comedy Minus One is releasing some new — well, previously unheard — music from the underrated mid-aughts New York indie rock band Oxford Collapse. Oxford Collapse released four […]
Lucy Dacus – "Tom Courtenay" (Yo La Tengo Cover)
Lucy Dacus, the rumors are true! The Virginia indie-rock all-star and boygenius member is going all out to celebrate this Saturday’s 25th anniversary of her Matador label-mates Yo La Tengo’s Electr-o-pura, which also happens to be her own 25th birthday. Matador has announced a deluxe reissue of the album today, much like the ones they’re […]
Preview New Music Arcade Fire Have Been Working On Under Quarantine
On his 40th birthday, Win Butler shared a note revealing that Arcade Fire had begun recording the follow-up to 2017’s Everything Now and that work was continuing under quarantine. Now Butler has taken to Instagram to share some brief snippets of that music. It sounds pretty good! The Everything Now era was divisive to say […]
Jess Williamson – "Smoke"
Jess Williamson is releasing a new album, Sorceress, in a couple weeks, the follow-up to the Los Angeles via Texas songwriter’s 2018 album Cosmic Wink. We’ve heard “Wind On Tin” and “Infinite Scroll” from it already, and today she’s sharing another one called “Smoke.” It’s a driving track that talks about the little rebellions we […]