Maria BC’s sophomore effort Spike Field arrived in 2023, and the following year the Oakland-based musician contributed to the stacked I Saw The TV Glow soundtrack. Now they’re announcing their third album, Marathon, whose smoldering title track is out today. About “Marathon,” the artist explains: There was a Marathon gas station at the end of […]
Angel Du$t – “I’m The Outside”
Nobody does it like Angel Du$t do it. Trapped Under Ice frontman Justice Tripp’s adventurous, ever-evolving hardcore rock ‘n’ roll combo will release the new album Cold 2 The Touch next month. The album has already yielded a bunch of advance singles — “The Beat,” “The Knife,” “Cold 2 The Touch,” “DU$T” — and all […]
Sweet Pill – “Glow”
Anthemic, emo-flavored Philly indie rockers Sweet Pill are preparing to return with their sophomore album There’s Still A Glow, and we were really into lead single “No Control.” Today, they follow it with “Glow,” the album’s sort-of title track. It’s a soaring chest-thumper, and much like “No Control,” it’s all about realizing that you need […]
Cate Le Bon – “Always The Same” (Feat. St. Vincent)
There’s a new Cate Le Bon song with St. Vincent. Le Bon, the Welsh art-pop wonder, released her latest opus Michelango Dying in September. “Always The Same,” her new collaboration with Annie Clark, was crafted during the sessions for the album, and its surreal, woozy synth environment is of a piece. The main difference is […]
Bruno Mars Announces Stadium Tour With Anderson .Paak, Leon Thomas, Raye, & Victoria Monét
Bruno Mars is one of those pop stars who can seemingly fade into the background while still quietly cranking out gigantic hits. It’s been more than eight years since Mars released 24K Magic, his last solo album, but he’s still racked up a couple more #1 hits since that record arrived. So it’s a big […]
Watch Robyn’s Life-Affirming Colbert Performance Of “Sexistential”
Robyn season is truly upon us. Yesterday, the Swedish pop supernova finally announced Sexistential, her first album in almost eight years. She also followed her 2025 single “Dopamine” with two new singles that she debuted at her New Year’s Eve show, “Talk To Me” and the Sexistential title track. Of those two songs, “Talk To […]
Blackstar Turns 10
ISO/Columbia/Sony 2016 When I awoke that Sunday morning, I was so confused. My wife, not much of a music fan, mentioned she’d just read some news about David Bowie. I replied something along the lines of, “Yeah, he just released a new album.” I assumed she’d encountered coverage of Blackstar, which the music legend had […]
Robyn Announces New Album Sexistential: Hear Two Songs
For the first time in nearly eight years, a new Robyn album is upon us. And this time around, she’s horny. Robyn’s last album was Honey, which came out in 2018 and which was her first in nine years. Recently, Robyn has been teasing a new LP, and she dropped her excellent single “Dopamine” in […]
Music-Playing Lollipop Makes The Rounds At CES
Look, it’s harder and harder for musicians to make a living at what they do. You have to be more and more creative to figure out ways to turn music into money. But how about this: A lollipop that costs nine dollars and plays a song in your head while you eat it? Boom. Problem […]
Katie Alice Greer – “Expo ’70”
Katie Alice Greer, former frontperson for the DC punk band Priests, re-emerged last fall after a couple years out of the spotlight. In September, the now LA-based musician released “Talk To Leslie,” a dreamy pop song with the kind of downtempo electronic beat I’d expect to hear on a late ’90s chillout track. She’s got […]