Two new EPs (demos?) dropped on the Earth Girl Tapes Bandcamp page this week. Both are extremely worth your time. Earth Girl Tapes, you may recall, is the DIY punk label run out of Hattiesburg, home base for MSPAINT and other weirdo punk bands. Airsoft and Elmos are both bringing unique kinds of off-kilter energy […]
Vampire Weekend – “Classical”
So far Vampire Weekend’s Only God Was Above Us rollout has featured two lead singles and one revealing podcast. Today they’re revealing a third song from the album. “Classical” is a noisy, blustery track with a chaotic horn section that reminds me of Radiohead’s “The National Anthem.” (To be clear, it’s not that crazy.) “Classical” […]
Kelly Moran – “Sodalis (II)”
Last month, Kelly Moran announced a new album, Moves In The Field, and shared its lead single “Butterfly Phase.” Today, she’s back with another track, “Sodalis (II),” a reimagined version of her 2020 track “Sodalis,” which originally appeared on a compilation from Field Works. This one was made with the Yamaha Disklavier, the instrumental inspiration […]
Corridor Gave A Hall Of Fame Performance At SXSW
It was way more physical than I realized it would be. I’ve been thinking of Montréal’s Corridor primarily as a psych band ever since they returned from a long absence to announce new album Mimi. Lead single “Mourir Demain” was dreamy and expansive despite its rushing-river flow, and “Mon Argent” had a similar hypnotic momentum, […]
Grandbrothers, Lisa Morgenstern, & Sofi Paez Take Modern German Classical Music To Church At SXSW
The acoustics of the Central Presbyterian Church made Paez’s melancholic pieces sound buttery and lush. “Like the sun shines again like the moon hides away and your smile, I miss it,” she sang on an unreleased song. “Staring back at me, I’m not free,” she whispered quickly at the song’s end. Towards the end of […]
The Lemon Twigs – “A Dream Is All I Know”
Last month, the Lemon Twigs announced their new album A Dream Is All We Know on Fallon after performing the single “My Golden Years.” Later, they shared “They Don’t Know How To Fall In Place,” and today they’re back with the title track. It comes with a video produced by the Long Island brothers themselves, […]
The Natvral – “Pink Wine”
Norwegian label 6612 is preparing to release a new compilation cassette entitled So Many Things At Once with funds going to Justice for Democrats. Today, Kip Berman’s project the Natvral shared his song “Pink Wine” for the tape. Premiering via Brooklyn Vegan, Berman said about the track: As you get on in years, you have […]
Yeule – “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl” (Broken Social Scene Cover)
A couple weeks ago, we got a trailer for I Saw The TV Glow, and it featured a cover of Broken Social Scene’s “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl” by Yeule. Today, Yeule’s full cover is being released alongside some more details about the film’s stacked soundtrack — we already knew it featured contributions from […]
Fabiana Palladino – “I Can’t Dream Anymore”
London musician Fabiana Palladino, daughter of all-time bass great Pino, has been working closely with the semi-reclusive Jai Paul for years now. Pallidino is signed to the Paul Institute label, and she and Paul released the duet “I Care” last year. Now, Palladino is getting ready to release her self-titled debut album, and she’s now […]
Beyoncé’s Country Album Is Called Act II: Cowboy Carter
During the Super Bowl, Beyoncé used a Verizon ad to announce that she’d be releasing the second album in the sequence that started with 2022’s Act I: Renaissance. She also released two songs with a lot of country affectations and teased a March 29 release date. One of those songs, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” has since […]