Beach Road Weekend is returning to Martha’s Vineyard this summer with headliners Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, and Leon Bridges. Other acts playing at the festival include Alvvays, Gary Clark Jr., the Head And The Heart, Japanese Breakfast, Regina Spektor, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Kevin Morby, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Gregory Porter, with […]
Kelela – “Contact”
Kelela is back today with another single from her upcoming album RAVEN to go along with previous singles “Washed Away,” “Happy Ending,” and “On The Run.” The new one, “Contact,” is a loudly booming club track with a wispy greyscale feel. Kelela’s voice glides over the thundering beat in ways that can’t help but remind […]
Mandy, Indiana – “Injury Detail”
The twisty, mind-bending English group Mandy, Indiana made it onto our list of the Best New Bands Of 2021 thanks to their debut … EP. Today, they’re back with “Injury Detail,” their first new single since then — it’s pounding and industrial and chaotic. Per vocalist Valentine Caulfield, it “was inspired by the idea of […]
Amber Arcades – “True Love”
Next month, Amber Arcades is releasing a new album, Barefoot On Diamond Road, the Dutch musician’s first new album in nearly five years. We’ve heard “Just Like Me” and “Odd To Even” from it so far, and today we’re getting another single, “True Love.” “The song is loosely about a weekend trip I took with […]
Watch Sudan Archives’ Stunningly Staged Fallon Performance
Sudan Archives has clearly put tons of thought into how she wants her late-night performances to go. Last year, after releasing her excellent album Natural Brown Prom Queen, Sudan Archives made her TV debut on Colbert, and she made it count. Last night, she was the musical guest on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show, and she […]
Lil Tjay Arrested For Gun Possession On Way To Ice Spice Video Shoot
Lil Tjay was arrested on Monday afternoon for an alleged gun possession violation. Per TMZ, the rapper was brought in after a traffic stop in the Bronx while he was on his way to shoot a video with the viral rapper Ice Spice. He’s in the process of being booked at an NYPD station. Last […]
“Nitasema” By Jay Melody Out Now
Tanzanian powerhouse of contemporary music Jay Melody just shared “Nitasema”, a new single to mark his territory in the wondrous world of Afrobeats. There’s energy and fluidity to this piece that is of the highest level of execution, something that only comes to an artist with years of experience. Jay Melody proves once again that […]
CMAT – “Mayday”
Last year, the Irish musician Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson — who puts out music under her initials CMAT — released her debut full-length If My Wife New I’d Be Dead, a charming collection of pop-rock songs that garnered the musician a vocal contingent of fans, particularly among the Stereogum commentariat. Today, Thompson has dropped a new […]
Nick Cave Responds To ChatGPT Attempt To “Write A Song In The Style Of Nick Cave”
Nick Cave regularly uses his The Red Hand Files newsletter to sound off on various topics. Most recently, he gave an update on the next Bad Seeds album. Today, he’s offered up some strong thoughts about the artificial intelligence bot ChatGPT after someone sent him the lyrics to a song modeled after his own. “Since […]
James Murphy Talks White Noise‘s “New Body Rhumba” And LCD Soundsystem’s Oscar Chances
LCD Soundsystem have a new song, “New Body Rhumba,” featured in Noah Baumbach’s Netflix adaptation of White Noise. “New Body Rhumba” made the Best Original Song shortlist for this year’s Academy Awards, and James Murphy recently talked to IndieWire about its chances to actually get nominated for an Oscar when the final nominees are revealed […]