Cassius’ Philippe Zdar died in a tragic accident one year ago today. Zdar mixed Cat Power’s 2012 album Sun. and she appeared on three songs from Cassius’ 2016 album Ibifornia. When he died, Cat Power remembered Zdar on social media. And today, on the anniversary of his passing, she’s teamed up with French artist and fellow Zdar collaborator -M- on a cover of Casssius’ “Toop Toop” in tribute. Listen and revisit the original below.
Old friends Brian Weitz (aka Geologist from Animal Collective) and Doug Shaw (aka D.S. of Highlife, Gang Gang Dance, and White Magic) have teamed up on a new LP. A Shaw Deal is coming in January via Drag City, and its transcendently pretty opening track “Route 9 Falls” is out now. The album’s origin story: […]
Back in 2021, the great Angel Olsen released a lark of an EP called Aisles. On that record, Olsen covered a bunch of instantly recognizable ’80s pop classics. Since then, Olsen has made a lot of other stuff, including her countrified album Big Time and a whole lot of guest appearances. Now, Olsen is covering […]
Superheaven haven’t released music since their 2015 emo-grunge classic Ours Is Chrome, yet, thanks to TikTok, they’ve never had as many fans as they do now. The elusive PA group recently blew up with their song “Youngest Daughter” from their revered 2013 debut Jar, and it got so big it was sampled by Yeat. Now, […]
