At the end of June we learned Philly indie-rock combo Corey Flood would soon release their debut album Hanging Garden. It’s set to drop next week, and now we get another preview beyond “Heaven Or” and “Honey.” It’s a rolling post-punk track called “Down The Hill” that reminds me of Sonic Youth and lends the […]
Billie Eilish and Finneas Recreate NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Set for At-Home Performance | SPIN
With many, including the NPR Music staff, working from home, musicians have been recording themselves performing the iconic Tiny Desk sets themselves. Whether it’s been in their homes or in the Caribbean, fans have been treated to a variety of looks in the series. But Billie Eilish and Finneas brought us back to tradition — […]
Clipping Announce New Album 'Visions Of Bodies Being Burned', Share Single "Say The Name": Listen
Last year, Clipping, the experimental rap trio led by the extremely talented human being Daveed Diggs, released the album There Existed An Addiction To Blood — a full-length salute to both horror cinema and to the horrorcore rap music of the ’90s. Today, they announce the sequel. This fall, just before what’s sure to be […]
Disclosure – “Birthday” (Feat. Kehlani & Syd)
This Friday, the hitmaking production duo Disclosure are coming out with their new album ENERGY. The new LP is the follow-up to 2015’s Caracal, and it’s only the third proper album from Howard and Guy Lawrence, the UK brothers who have always been comfortable at the intersection of dance, pop, and R&B. The new album […]
Watch Nick Mason's Saucerful Full of Secrets Perform 'See Emily Play'
Last year, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and his new backing band, Saucerful Full of Secrets (you know, like the Pink Floyd album) hit the road in 2018 and 2019 to perform classic cuts from Floyd’s pre-Dark Side of the Moon era. The band will be releasing a set, Live at the Roundhouse, commemorating that tour — which […]
The HIRS Collective & Screaming Females' Marissa Paternoster Cover Garbage's "Sleep" & "Push It": Listen
The Philadelphia-based group known as the HIRS Collective make frantic, intense, chaotic hardcore, and they do it from a ferociously pro-queer and trans perspective. Two years ago, the band followed up a string of 7″ singles and cassettes with their debut album Friends. Lovers. Favorites. It featured guest appearances from luminaries like Against Me!’s Laura […]
The Ophelias' 'For Luck' EP Has New Songs, A Quarantine Remake, And A Joni Mitchell Cover
Cincinnati quartet the Ophelias are back today with the follow-up to their Yoni Wolf-produced 2018 debut album Almost. It’s a four-song EP called For Luck that continues to add wrinkles to the band’s artful, string-laden indie-pop sound. The tracklist contains two completely new songs, the grungy dream-pop opener “Grand Canyon” and a wistful float called […]
Vicky Cornell Corrects "Misinformation" About Statue
Vicky Cornell wants to set the record straight about reports regarding the vandalizing of the statue of her late husband, Chris Cornell. “I know the news of the vandalism was as heartbreaking to many of you as it was to our family. So I wanted to share this with you and clarify the misinformation that […]
Yo La Tengo Covers the Byrds' 'Wasn’t Born To Follow'
Following the release of an EP recorded at their New Jersey rehearsal space last month, Yo La Tengo will be unveiling another EP, Sleepless Night, in October. The Byrds’ “Wasn’t Born to Follow” is the first song to arrive from the collection. The EP features one new song, “Bleeding,” plus covers of songs by The Delmore Brothers, Bob […]
Laura Veirs – “Turquoise Walls”
This fall, the singer-songwriter Laura Veirs, Stereogum’s first-ever Artist To Watch, is coming out with My Echo, her album about her divorce from her ex-husband, the producer Tucker Martine. The album features appearances from people like Jim James, Bill Frisell, Karl Blau, and M. Ward, and we’ve already posted the early track “Burn Too Bright,” […]