Max Richter has announced a new album, In A Landscape, which will be out in September. “For me, the music on the record is about connecting or reconciling polarities,” Richter said. “The electronics with the acoustic instruments, the natural world with the human world, and the big ideas of life with the personal and intimate. […]
Previous Industries – “Zayre”
Earlier this year, indie-rap all-star Open Mike Eagle announced the formation of Previous Industries, his new group with longtime friends and collaborators Still Rift. and Video Dave. Next month, they’ll release their debut album Service Merchandise, and we’ve already posted the early tracks “Showbiz,” “Braids,” and “Pliers.” Today, they’ve got a new one. Service Merchandise […]
One Of The “Most Historically Important Beatles Guitars” Is Up For Auction After Being Lost In An Attic For Fifty Years
You’d think that the world would’ve run out of priceless Beatles memorabilia to auction off, but every once in a while, a previously undiscovered artifact seems to fall out of the sky. That’s the case with the lost acoustic guitar that John Lennon used when the Beatles were making Help! — both the 1965 album […]
The Alternative Number Ones: Simple Minds’ “See The Lights”
Dirty Three – “Love Changes Everything II”
Last month, Dirty Three — the instrumental trio made up of Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White — announced their first new album in 12 years, Love Changes Everything. They shared its opening track, “Love Changes Everything I,” at the time, and today they’re back with “Love Changes Everything II,” which follows the first […]
Nick Zanca – “Little Professor”
Nick Zanca, the NYC-based artist who has put out music as Mister Lies and one-half of Quiet Friend over the years, has announced a new album, Hindsight, which will be out in August. It’s the second album he’s put out under his own name following 2021’s Cacerolazo, which was built around field recordings; he’s describing […]
Sharon Van Etten – “Every Time The Sun Comes Up (Alternate Version)”
Yesterday, Sharon Van Etten’s Are We There turned 10. Today, SVE has announced a 10th anniversary edition of the album, which will be out at the end of the week. The repressing will be accompanied by an “Every Time The Sun Comes Up” 7”, which features an alternative version of the track and one performed […]
Body Meat – “North Side”
Later this year, Body Meat is releasing his debut album Starchris. We’ve heard “Focus and “High Beams” from the Chris Taylor-led project so far, and today he’s got another single out there, “North Side.” This one is accompanied by a music video that’s some gameplay footage of a video game that Taylor coded himself — […]
Watch Sabrina Carpenter Join Coldplay And Attempt A PG “Nonsense” Outro For Her Radio 1 Return
Last year, Sabrina Carpenter did a session in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge and she performed her song “Nonsense,” which she typically ends with a different raunchy outro every time she plays it. But the BBC censored the video in which she jokes about what else BBC could mean. Yesterday, Carpenter performed at Radio […]
The Number Ones: Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” (Feat. Charli XCX)
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. 2014 was a silly time. That […]