Last month, Jay Watson of Tame Impala and Pond announced his project GUM was doing a collaborative album with Ambrose Kenny-Smith of King Gizzard & The Lizard titled Ill Times. They shared the title track, and now they’re back with “Dud.” “Dud” was co-written by Kenny-Smith’s late father, Broderick Smith, who was a well-known musician […]
Easy Life Changes Name To Hard Life After Lawsuit, Hard-Fi Responds
Easy Life is the former name of a pop band from Leicester, England. They are not the same thing as EasyJet, which is a British budget airline. They are also not the same thing as Hard-Fi, the recently-reunited rock band also from the UK. But it appears there’s been some confusion lately! Last October, fka […]
Wiki & Tony Seltzer – “No L’s”
The grimy, streetwise NYC rapper Wiki teamed with producer Tony Seltzer on an album called 14k Figaro last fall. They’ve got a new track together out today. “No L’s” is, as you might expect, about how Wiki is not taking any L’s this year. I can’t speak to the whole of his 2024, but this […]
Yellow Swans Share First New Music In 14 Years
The experimental, improv-heavy Portland noise duo Yellow Swans were a prolific force in the ’00s, but the group decided to break up in 2008, and they went dormant for years. In 2020, Yellow Swans started posting archival material on Bandcamp, and they got back together to play their first live show in 15 years at […]
Sturgill Simpson Shares Plan To Thwart Scalpers On “Johnny Blue Skies” Tour
Last week, the constantly-shifting artist Sturgill Simpson announced his plan to release a new album, Passage Du Desir, under the name Johnny Blue Skies. He also announced a tour that’ll take him to some big amphitheater-sized venues later this year. Simpson isn’t a big fan of music-industry practices, and the live-show business hasn’t exactly been […]
Model For Duran Duran’s Iconic Rio Cover Finally Identified
Last year, Duran Duran released their Halloween-themed album Danse Macabre. Today, the pop-rock band finally revealed the identity of the woman on the cover of their 1982 album Rio: a model by the name of Marcie Hunt. The artwork was famously painted by Patrick Nagel, and the Instagram fan account @nagel_angel spent “countless hours” researching […]
Hayden Thorpe – “They”
Hayden Thorpe is best known for his role in the British rock band Wild Beasts. Today, he announced his new solo album Ness, arriving in September. The lead single “They” is out now. Ness brings to life author Robert Macfarlane’s 2018 book of the same title through the process of redaction, or what others may […]
Nick Lowe Announces Indoor Safari, First New Album In 11 Years
It’s been more than a decade since Nick Lowe released a new album, but that’s about to change. In September, Lowe will release Indoor Safari, his first LP in 11 years. The project is billed as the culmination of his work with Yep Roc labelmates Los Straitjackets, with whom he’s been collaborating for years. It […]
ANOHNI And The Johnsons – “Breaking”
ANOHNI And The Johnsons are a thing again. Last year, ANOHNI got together with a new version of her old backing band and released My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross. Last week, ANOHNI And The Johnsons announced their first North American tour in 15 years. Today, they’ve shared the brand new single […]
Goodmorning Valentine – “Empty Rooms” (Feat. Jessica Lea Mayfield)
Last month, Jessica Lea Mayfield joined Wednesday on stage in Los Angeles to perform her beautiful 2014 song “Seein* Starz.” Today, the singer-songwriter teamed up with fellow Ohioan Goodmorning Valentine for a haunting new track called “Empty Rooms.” “I’ve been a touring musician for 20 years, playing all over the country and in all kinds […]