Stevie Wonder is here to save us this election season. The legend is heading out on tour this October, in what’s being billed as a call for “joy over anger, kindness over recrimination, peace over war.” The tour’s proper name is Sing Your Song! As We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart, which seems to affirmatively […]
Ka’s New Album The Thief Next To Jesus Is Streaming Now
The Brooklyn rap veteran Ka has carved out a beautiful, singular DIY lane for himself. While working a day job as a captain in the FDNY, Ka writes, produces, and releases his own music from time to time. His slow, atmospheric production perfectly suits his gruffly contemplative delivery and his layered, allusive writing. His albums […]
Katrina Ford – “Cry Wolf”
The Baltimore artist Katrina Ford has a huge, elemental voice and a long history. She’s led the bands Celebration, Mt. Royal, and Love Life, and she’s collaborated with groups like TV On The Radio and Future Islands. I’m just now learning that she sings backup vocals on “Wolf Like Me,” and if I were Katrina […]
Band To Watch: Clinic Stars
The Marathon Petroleum refinery looms over the Boynton neighborhood of Detroit, MI like massive drill bits that cored through the center of the Earth. At night, when the lights on its dozens of towers light up, it resembles an alien electric grid, its red, blue, and white bulbs imprisoned like trapped Tinkerbells within steel beams. […]
Zach Bryan Deletes X Account After Backlash To Taylor Swift Tweet
Last week, Zach Bryan sparked conversation with the tweet: “anyone willing to put politics above music don’t get the point of listening to music.” He deactivated his X account, and then returned. However, on Tuesday evening the country superstar played with fire again, and this time the post led him to deactivate once more. Bryan […]
Bright Eyes Cancel Three Shows Including Riot Fest
After a concerning performance in Cleveland over the weekend, Bright Eyes have canceled their next three shows, including Riot Fest. The beloved indie rock band shared a statement today saying Conor Oberst lost his voice. “We’re heartbroken to announce that our upcoming record release shows have been canceled,” the statement starts, continuing: The warm up […]
Fievel Is Glauque – “Love Weapon”
Band To Watch alums Fievel Is Glauque will share their sophomore album Rong Weicknes next month. They announced the record with its art-y lead single “As Above So Below,” which was one of the Best Songs Of The Week. Today, we get another good one called “Love Weapon.” “Love Weapon” — which the band’s Zach […]
Tkay Maidza – “Electric Feel” (MGMT Cover)
Last year, after a seven-year gap, Tkay Maidza finally followed up her 2016 debut with a new album called Sweet Justice. Today, in the long tail of that album’s promo cycle, the Zimbabwe-born, Australia-raised, LA-based artist is back with a new cover of a classic song. For the Spotify Singles series, Maidza has delivered a […]
Harmony – “Stereo”
Next month, Harmony is unveiling her debut album Gossip. Already, half of the record is out: “Thot Daughter,” “Miss America,” “Coke And Mentos,” “No Romeo,” and now “Stereo.” “Stereo” is another hedonistic banger on which the ex-Girlpool member sings of “the party girl apocalypse.” The girls are looking for lobotomies, the girls don’t even give […]
A Place To Bury Strangers – “Bad Idea”
A Place To Bury Strangers have previewed their new album Synthesizer with the singles “Disgust” and “You Got Me.” The NYC noisemakers are back today with “Bad Idea.” “[Bassist John Fedowitz] came to the studio with a simple looping drum beat, thinking he didn’t have any good ideas — thus, the song was his ‘bad […]