This Is The Kit, Kate Stables’ folk-rock project, are about to release their new album Off Off On. They recorded the follow-up to 2017’s Moonshine Freeze with Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman and Muzz, and we’ve already heard a couple of tracks from it, “This Is What You Did” and “Coming To Get You […]
Tom DeLonge to Make Directorial Debut With Sci-Fi Film 'Monsters Of California'
Former Blink-182 singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge has made his fascination for UFO’s clear, so it’s only fitting that he’s making his directorial debut with a sci-fi feature film called Monsters of California. Deadline reports that DeLonge is directing the coming-of-age film from an original script he wrote with Ian Miller. DeLonge will write and perform the movie’s original […]
Mdou Moctar – "Chismiten"
Though the Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar has been putting out music for a while now, he caught worldwide attention in a big way last year. In 2019, we named him both an Artist To Watch and one of the year’s best new acts on the strength of his mesmerizing, roiling new album Ilana: The Creator. […]
The Postal Service 'Audition' Slash, Duff McKagan, Rick Springfield and More to Join Band
The Postal Service auditioned “band member” hopefuls, including actress Anne Hathaway, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Guns N’ Roses’ Slash and Duff McKagan, Rick Springfield, Huey Lewis, Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, and many more for a public service announcement for HeadCount’s “Make Your Vote Count” campaign. The Postal Service’s Benjamin Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis (with assistance from a […]
Ryan Hemsworth Launches New Project Quarter-Life Crisis, Shares “Postcard From Spain” With Frances Quinlan
Ryan Hemsworth has a history of impressive collaborations — from Mitski to Alex G, Dawn Richard to Tinashe — and today he’s announcing a new project called Quarter-Life Crisis that emphasizes the spirit of collaboration, recording all the music while having the vocalists to come up with the lyrics and message of the song. Hemsworth […]
Fleet Foxes Explore Trust in 'Can I Believe You'
Last month, Fleet Foxes surprised fans with their fourth album, Shore. And today (Oct. 7), they have released the visual for the single, “Can I Believe You.” “This song draws from the age-old folk tradition of headbangers about trust issues,” Robin Pecknold said in a statement. “The verse is the chorus, the chorus is a […]
Hear Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' Previously Unreleased Dusty Springfield Cover
Daptones Records is releasing a new Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings album called Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In at the end of the month, which collects a bunch of covers that Jones and her band did before she passed away in 2016. A couple weeks ago, we heard Jones […]
HAERTS – “For The Sky” (Feat. Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste)
Indie-pop duo HAERTS, who now split their time between New York and Berlin, have returned with a new single feature Grizzly Bear frontman Ed Droste. Which makes sense, because it starts out sounding kind of like that band’s Shields track “Gun-Shy.” As HAERTS’ Nini Fabi explains: “For The Sky” came from a dream I had […]
Mourn – “Stay There”
Later this month, the Barcelona post-punk band Mourn — now a trio after the departure of their drummer — will return with the new album Self Worth. They’ve already shared three early singles from the album: “Call You Back,” “This Feeling Is Disgusting,” and “Men.” All three of them rip. Today, they’ve shared a fourth […]
Angel Olsen Plays 'Tiny Desk (Home) Concert' From Large Porch
From the corner of a tree-shaded porch at her North Carolina, home, Angel Olsen performed four songs for NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, kicking off with the title track from 2020’s Whole New Mess album. Olsen also plays “Iota,” from her 2014 album Burn Your Fire for No Witness, a song she tells viewers is about wishing “that […]