Ladifa is the newest signee to Shamir’s record label Accidental Popstar, joining Poolblood, Southwick, Grant Pavol, and Macy Rodman. Last year, she shared the songs “Best Of Me” and “Gardener,” and now the Seattle indie musician is back with “coping mechanisms.”
Produced by Shamir, “coping mechanisms” is a tame pop song about anxiety, sung with resignation: “Do what I can to try and stay intact/ Can’t call it strength/ Avoidance at its best.” Hear it below.
In June, the Long Island hardcore band Stand Still are releasing their debut album Steps Ascending. We’ve heard the title track and “Mysticism” from it already, and today they’re sharing another new single, “In The Dying Light Of A Setting Sun.” “The “setting sun” in this track is one’s lifespan running short, and the “dying […]
Three years ago, New York indie rockers Lightning Bug dropped their album A Color Of The Sky on Fat Possum. Next week, they’ll follow that LP with the entirely self-released new one No Paradise. We’ve posted the early singles “December Song” and “Opus,” and now they’ve released another one. “Lullaby For Love,” Lightning Bug’s latest, […]
Spoon were not supposed to play in Austin this past Saturday. The bill for the 25th anniversary “Electric Lounge Reunion” at 310 Austin City Limits promised a short acoustic set by Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and original guitarist Greg Wilson, aka “Wendel Stivers.” They would reach back through the decades to play songs from the […]
