For more than 50 years, electronic music has unofficially signified the future. It was an Italian futurist, Luigi Russolo, who first conceived of noise music and proto-industrial music-making during the 1910s. Decades later, the robot-pop visionaries of Kraftwerk beamed themselves into the future on an album celebrating the dawn of the computer world. In 1982, […]
Danny Elfman Shares First Solo Music In 36 Years, A Creepy Song He Wrote For Coachella
Iconic film composer and former Oingo Boingo leader Danny Elfman was supposed to play a special career-spanning set at Coachella this year. Obviously, that didn’t happen. But today, Elfman has announced that he’s signed to ANTI-/Epitaph to release his first solo music in 36 years, a creepy new single called “Happy,” which he wrote for […]
Danny Elfman Releases His First Single in 36 Years
Known for being the voice of Nightmare Before Christmas’ Jack Skellington and the Corpse Bride’s Bonejangles, it only makes sense that composer Danny Elfman’s first release in 36 years, “Happy,” would drop only days before Halloween. “I always enjoyed Halloween because it was a night to let loose, to become something or someone else,” Elfman […]
Watch The Kills Cover 'I Put a Spell on You'
The Kills are getting in the Halloween, calling on the ghosts of the past by sharing Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You.” Recorded in 2009, Alison Mosshart brings in dark soulful vocals over Jamie Hince’s fuzzy guitar. The track comes with a self-produced visual that’s comprised of live footage from shows in […]
Mogwai Announce New Album 'As The Love Continues', Share New Single "Dry Fantasy": Listen
It’s now been more than 23 years since the Scottish post-rock greats Mogwai released their debut album Young Team, but Mogwai are nowhere near finished. Today, the band has announced that they’ve got a new studio album, their eleventh, coming out early next year. The new LP is called As The Love Continues, and it’s […]
Mogwai Announce 10th New Album, Share 'Dry Fantasy'
Mogwai is back, announcing that they’ll be releasing their 10th studio album As the Love Continues. Recorded earlier this year, the band were going to work on the entire album in the U.S. However, the global pandemic had different plans — relocating the sessions to Worcestershire, UK, while working with producer Dave Fridmann an ocean apart. […]
Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy – "Wish You Were Gay" (Billie Eilish Cover)
Bill Callahan has blessed us this year. All summer, every Monday, the artist formerly known as Smog released a new song, compiling them all into a stellar new collection called Gold Record once Labor Day rolled around. Then, without announcing or explaining himself, he’s spent the fall dropping weekly covers in tandem with his longtime […]
Watch Elvis Costello Perform a Pair of Songs on the 'Late Show'
Elvis Costello has a new album that’s out tomorrow (Oct. 30). He dropped by Late Show With Stephen Colbert to promote his new album Hey Clockface, his upcoming Armed Forces box set and to chat with the host about how his 2020 was thwarted due to the pandemic. Costello was supposed to unveil a musical adaptation of A Face in the Crowd that […]
The Avalanches – “Interstellar Love” (Feat. Leon Bridges)
The Avalanches’ new album We Will Always Love You is coming out in December. We’ve already heard a bunch of tracks from it — the Blood Orange-featuring title track, “Running Red Lights” with Rivers Cuomo and Pink Siifu, “Wherever You Go” with Jamie xx, Neneh Cherry, and CLYPSO, “Reflecting Light” with Sananda Maitreya and Vashti […]
Kendrick Lamar Teams Up With Busta Rhymes On New Song "Look Over Your Shoulder": Listen
Kendrick Lamar has been quiet. This year, Kendrick — our pick for the artist of the 2010s — was supposed to headline the Glastonbury Festival. That didn’t happen. Instead, Kendrick has only stayed active behind the scenes, launching a mysterious new venture called pgLang and laughing off rumors that he’s leaving longtime label home TDE. […]