Since 2017, HEALTH have been releasing a series of collaborative singles with other artists — “HARD TO BE A GOD” with NOLIFE, “MASS GRAVE” with Soccer Mommy, “BODY/PRISON” with Perturbator, “INNOCENCE” with Youth Code, “HATE YOU” with JPEGMAFIA, “JUDGEMENT NIGHT” with Ghostmane, “DELICIOUS APE” with Xiu Xiu, and “FULL OF HEALTH” with Full Of Hell. […]
Watch the Trailer for Netflix's 'Song Exploder'
Since 2014, Hrishikesh Hirway has been sitting down with musicians to talk about how they imagined and created their biggest hits on the Song Exploder podcast. Now, Hirway and Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville have turned the podcast into a docuseries that will premiere on Netflix next month. In the trailer released today (Sept. 17), Alicia Keys will […]
Hear Prince’s Previously Unreleased “I Need A Man”
Prince’s estate and Warner Records are about to release a big deluxe reissue of the late legend’s 1987 double album Sign O’ The Times. It’ll feature a total of 45 unreleased studio tracks — there’s no shortage of material in the Purple One’s vault — and we’ve already heard “Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1)” […]
Prince's Estate Shares Previously Unreleased Song 'I Need a Man'
We’re less than 10 days away from the release of the massive Sign O’ the Times box set that features over 60 previously unheard songs from Prince’s vault. Whether or not he wanted them released is one thing, but over the past month or so, a bunch of them from this collection have surfaced. The latest from […]
Elton John to Release Massive Career-Spanning 148 Song 'Jewel Box'
Sir Elton John is getting a massive, career-spanning box set appropriately titled Jewel Box. The set, which encapsulates his entire career from 1965-2019, features 148 personally-curated songs by John. The collection includes the previously unreleased 1969 tune “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” along with other rarities from 1965-1971 and lesser-known B-sides. The set will be released in numerous […]
Osees Stream New Album 'Protean Threat': Listen
Tomorrow, Osees — the reliably wild and bugged-out psychedelic garage-punk band that has also gone under the names Thee Oh Sees and Oh Sees — will release their new album Protean Threat. It’s the second LP of the year from frontman John Dwyer; last month, he also released the self-titled debut from his new band […]
Fly Anakin & Pink Siifu Announce Collaborative Album 'Fly Siifu', Share New Single "Richard Pryor": Listen
Last month, two excellent underground rappers teamed up on one excellent song. Pink Siifu, an experimental lo-fi wanderer based in Baltimore, and Fly Anakin, the leader of the quietly consistent Richmond collective Mutant Academy, came together on the Animoss-produced collaborative track “Dollar Dr. Dream.” At the time, I hoped that the song wasn’t just a […]
Brittany Howard – "Goat Head (EARTHGANG Remix)" & "Short And Sweet (Bon Iver Remix)"
Last year, Alabama Shakes leader Brittany Howard released her solo debut Jaime, one of the best albums of the year. More recently, she covered Funkadelic’s “You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks” for a Spotify Single. And today, she’s back to drop off new remixes of Jaime tracks from Atlanta hip-hop duo EARTHGANG and […]
PUP – “ROT”
PUP released a new single called “Anaphylaxis” back in April, and frontman Stefan Babcock shared a song written in quarantine around the same time. Even more recently, you may have heard the band on our ’00s covers compilation Save Stereogum. And today, the Toronto pop-punk greats are announcing a whole new EP. This Place Sucks […]
Saba Returns With New Single "Mrs. Whoever": Listen
The tremendously gifted young Chicago rapper Saba is up to something. Over the past few days, Saba has been tweeting cryptic clues. Last night, those clues finally led people to a new song called “Mrs. Whoever” and its music video. “Mrs. Whoever” is a warm, hazy track, and it’s got Saba rapping in the quick, […]