In March of 2019, Lambchop released their latest album, This (is what I wanted to tell you). But Lambchop has always been a unique beast, so it’s not like the group was planning for two years of endless touring in support of it. Instead, Lambchop mastermind Kurt Wagner invited his band members to Nashville to […]
Stephen Malkmus – "Juliefuckingette"
Stephen Malkmus has been on a hell of run, dropping three distinct albums in as many years. First came 2018’s straightforwardly indie-rockin’ Jicks offering Sparkle Hard, then 2019’s loosely electronic solo joint Groove Denied, then this year’s rootsy Traditional Techniques. That’s a lot of music, but given the troves of bonus material that accompanied each […]
Stephen Malkmus Unveils B-Side From 'Traditional Techniques'
Just before the pandemic hit, Stephen Malkmus released his latest solo album, Traditional Techniques. He wasn’t able to properly hit the road for the late-spring, early-summer tour in support of it for obvious reasons. But, if it’s any consolation, it seems like there’s a bunch of solid leftover tracks that didn’t make the album. One such […]
Stream Mr. Husband's New Album 'Hey Sufjan, You Took Too Long So I Went Ahead And Made West Virginia'
Sufjan Stevens is never going to finish his 50 States project. He never was. Everyone knows this. Although the legendary singer-songwriter and composer rose to fame largely on the strength of 2003’s Michigan and 2005’s Illinois and an ambitious quest to record an album about each state in the Union, by 2009 he was telling […]
Sufjan Stevens Shares New Video for 'Sugar'
Sufjan Stevens has steadily shared songs from The Ascension, his first new solo album in five years. So far, he’s shared a pair of lengthy tunes from that album with the 12-minute “America” and “Video Game” (in which the video featured viral TikTok dancer Jalaiah Harmon) and a B-side with “My Rajneesh.” Now, another new song, […]
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – “Straws In The Wind”
Right now, the Australian psych-rock troupe King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is in a state of transition. Last month, the band announced that drummer and manager Eric Moore was departing the band, leaving them with only one drummer. (The photo that you see above is the new-look six-member lineup.) But the Lizard Wizard are […]
Sufjan Stevens – "Sugar"
It’s been more than five years since Sufjan Stevens released his last proper solo album, the hushed and ghostly acoustic lament Carrie & Lowell. That drought will end next week with the release of a lengthy and electronically inclined new opus called The Ascension. Sufjan has already shared two songs from the project, the doleful […]
Jeff Tweedy – "Guess Again" & "Love Is The King"
Jeff Tweedy is a prolific man. Since 2018, he has released a memoir, two sister albums, and a new Wilco album — and that’s just the stuff with his name up top, let alone all the production work and extracurricular hijinks he’s up to at any given moment. He’s already got a new book, How […]
Clairo – “You’ve Got A Friend” (Carole King Cover)
Is it possible that the internet-friendly young bedroom-pop stars of today are just the current version of ’70s-style singer-songwriters? That this is just how the people who make circa-now pop are expressing intimacy and sensitivity? Maybe? I don’t know. But today, we’ve got one of the big names in the SoundCloud-pop universe covering one of […]
CL Returns With Bilingual Banger “Post Up”
As part of beloved girl group 2NE1, CL was at the forefront of the initial K-Pop wave that is now taking over the world. Towards the end of their run, the 29-year-old started to release solo songs — and immediately landed a smash with “The Baddest Female.” That song made a lot of noise in […]