Through the ’70s and ’80s, Cabaret Voltaire were an adventurous group sitting at a cross-section of avant-garde electronic explorations and warped pop sensibilities that made them hard to define — and very influential. In 1994, Stephen Mallinder left, leaving Richard H. Kirk as the sole member of the band and that year’s The Conversation seemingly […]
Mary Lattimore – “Pine Trees”
There’s a part in The Last Dance, the great recent documentary series on Michael Jordan and the ’98 Bulls, where Jordan is on the Bulls’ bus, listening to some music on headphones and getting really into it. Someone asks what Jordan is listening to, and Jordan replies that it’s some new music from the R&B […]
Dirty Projectors – “Holy Mackerel”
Dirty Projectors are releasing five separate EPs this year. The first four will each be fronted by a different member of the band, and they’ll all take turns with lead vocals on the fifth and final installment. We’ve already gotten the Maia Friedman EP Windows Open and Felicia Douglass’ Flight Tower. And we’re about to […]
Lydia Loveless – "Wringer"
Lydia Loveless’ last album, Real, was one of the best releases of 2016. For Loveless herself, that four year span since was a time of much needed rest following the burnout of tour, and a time of major life changes including a divorce and a move to North Carolina. The experiences since have yielded her […]
DMA’s – “Criminals (The Avalanches Remix)”
The Avalanches are active once again. The Australian DJ crew were silent for a few years, but they’ve been getting busy again this year. Thus far in 2020, the Avalanches have released four singles that feature a mind-bending array of collaborators, including Blood Orange, Rivers Cuomo, Jamie xx, and Neneh Cherry. And now the Avalanches […]
Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou – "Ancestral Recall"
Well, here’s one hell of a collaboration: Emma Ruth Rundle and Thou have an album coming out together. It’s called May Our Chambers Be Full, and it’s out in October. The album is the latest in Sacred Bones’ Alliance Series, an ongoing collection of collaborative releases that has also yielded team-ups between Uniform and the […]
Will Butler – "Close My Eyes"
Last month, Will Butler announced a new album called Generations, the follow-up to his last solo outing, 2015’s Policy. Along with the news, he shared a track called “Surrender.” And today, he’s back with another. The latest preview of Generations is called “Close My Eyes.” “I tried to make the lyrics a straightforward and honest […]
Slipknot's Corey Taylor Shares 'Black Eyes Blue' Video
Corey Taylor, the singer of Slipknot and Stone Stour, dropped a video for his second single “Black Eyes Blue” today (Aug. 19). Directed by DJay Brawner, the song is off Taylor’s first solo album, CMFT — which stands for Corey Mother Fucking Taylor — which is out Oct. 2 on Roadrunner Records. The song “CMFT Must […]
Stream Dikembe’s New Surprise Album Muck
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from the Gainsville, Florida band Dikembe. Dikembe came up as part of the so-called emo revival in the early days of the last decade, and they immediately came off as one of the goofier, less serious bands from that whole pact. That’s changed. Today, Dikembe have come out […]
R3HAB & Amba Shepherd Cover “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
R3HAB, TINI & Reik’s ‘Bésame (I Need You)’ R3HAB has to be the busiest man in music. So far this year, the Dutch producer has released no less than a dozen singles including collaborations with Andy Grammer (“Good Example”), HRVY (“Be Okay”) Sofia Carson (“Miss U More Than U Know”), A R I Z O […]