Chaz Bundick, the chillwave pioneer and forever-mutating bedroom-pop traveler who calls himself Toro Y Moi, has been making occasional appearances on rap records ever since 2013, when Travis Scott recruited him to guest on the Owl Pharaoh mixtape. But I’m pretty sure we’ve never heard Toro Y Moi rap before today. I am delighted to […]
Actress – “Loveless” (Feat. Aura T-09) & “Angels Pharmacy” (Feat. Zsela)
Darren Cunningham, the UK producer who makes murky electronic music under the name Actress, just released an album called 88 a couple of months ago. But 88, 22 instrumental tracks bundled into one 48-minute recording, is really just the precursor to a bigger, more offficial release out next month, Karma & Desire. We’ve already heard […]
As The Brothers Macklovitch, A-Trak & Dave 1 Cover Portrait's "I Can Call You"
Real-life brothers A-Trak and Dave 1 — one half of Duck Sauce and Chromeo, respectively, among other affiliations — teamed up as the Brothers Macklovitch back in May to release a contagiously fizzy house track called “Give Love To Get Some.” At the time, the Montreal-bred duo promised a second single under the same banner […]
Mr. Bungle – “Eracist”
The Californian avant-metal band Mr. Bungle went through a whole lot of phases in between forming in the mid ’80s and breaking up in the late ’90s. For a while, frontman Mike Patton’s success in his other band Faith No More led Mr. Bungle to become one of the weirdest, most experimental groups ever on […]
The Shins – “The Great Divide”
After the Shins released Heartworms in 2017, they followed it up with The Heart’s Worm, an album comprising “flipped” versions of the same songs. They’re back today with their first new song since, and this one has a flipped companion piece too. “The Great Divide” (not to be confused with “Weird Divide“) presents James Mercer’s […]
Bruce Springsteen Shares Thumping New Single 'Ghosts'
Bruce Springsteen’s new album is out in less than a month. The record has been touted as a return to the E Street Band’s early days of recording live. The new lyric video for “Ghosts” channels just that. Mixing in footage from the band’s recording sessions in November 2019 with archival footage, the song is […]
Kurt Vile – "How Lucky" (Feat. John Prine)
This steady stream of covers paying tribute to the late, great John Prine has continued this month with offerings from Califone and Wynonna. Today we hear another one, but it was recorded before Prine’s death, and it features the man himself. Kurt Vile recorded Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep) in various Nashville sessions over the […]
Pink Floyd's 'Delicate Sound of Thunder' Gets Deluxe Reissue Treatment
Pink Floyd’s 1988 live album and concert film, Delicate Sound Of Thunder, will be reissued on Blu-ray, DVD, two-CD, three-disc vinyl and a deluxe four-disc edition with bonus tracks on Nov 20. The three-LP 180-gram vinyl set includes nine songs that weren’t included on the 1988 release of the album, while the two-CD release includes […]
Bruce Springsteen – “Ghosts”
A couple of weeks ago, old god Bruce Springsteen announced that he’s got a new album called Letter To You ready to go. Springsteen recorded the LP with his E Street Band backing him up — his first time playing with them since their 2016 tour. Springsteen and his band bashed out the LP in […]
0PN Announces New Album 'Magic Oneohtrix Point Never': Hear 3 Tracks
Daniel Lopatin teased new Oneohtrix Point Never music earlier this week, and today he delivers on that tease in abundance. Turns out a new 0PN album called Magic Oneohtrix Point Never is coming next month, and Lopatin has shared its first three songs. This is how Lopatin fans win! The album title was inspired by […]