The Killers have finally set a release date for their forthcoming album, Imploding the Mirage. It will be out on Aug. 21 through Island Records, the band announced on their Instagram. “COVID-19 monkey wrenched us. But we persevered. Folks, mark your calendars,” they said before revealing the date. A photo of the album art was […]
The Replacements Announce 'Pleased to Meet Me' Box Set
The Replacements’ fifth album, Pleased to Meet Me, is getting a pretty big reissue, which follows the alt-rock pioneers’ Don’t Tell A Soul box set (which was titled Dead Man’s Pop) that was released last year. On top of a remastered edition of the 1987 album, the collection will feature 29 previously unreleased songs including 15 demos the band recorded […]
Prince's Estate Drops Previously Unreleased Song
Prince’s estate has just dropped the original version of “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man,” from 1979. The minimal-sounding demo is part of the the ridiculously stacked reissue of Prince’s 1987 double LP, Sign O’ the Times, which is set to drop on Sept. 25. Recorded at Hollywood Sound Recorders, Studio A […]
Watch Hayley Williams Cover Björk’s 'Unison'
Hayley Williams isn’t just active on social media, but she’s also never hesitated in chatting with her fans. Remember when she shared her favorite Paramore songs a few weeks ago? So when someone asked her to cover a Björk track, it may have taken a bit (she did recently release a new album after all), […]
Hear Prince's Previously Unreleased 1979 Version Of "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man"
Prince’s 1987 opus Sign O’ The Times is getting the deluxe reissue treatment as his estate continues to clear out the Paisley Park vault. The reissue adds 45 previously unreleased tracks to the original 16-song album, including the new version of “Witness 4 The Prosecution” we heard last month. Now another one of those excavated […]
Yo La Tengo Release Fourth New Song From Rehearsal Session
For the fourth time this week, Yo La Tengo has shared a new song. Titled “Georgia considers the two blue ones (Thursday),” the all-instrumental song is a shade over eight minutes and is the latest song to be shared this week from the band’s April rehearsal sessions in New Jersey. The tune follows “James and Ira demonstrate […]
Watch My Morning Jacket Perform 'Spinning My Wheels' on 'Tonight Show'
As The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon moves back into the studio, My Morning Jacket stopped by to perform “Spinning My Wheels,” off their latest record, The Waterfall II. In the clip, it looks like Jim James is doing a solo performance. But as the song continues, the other members start appearing on the screen, which […]
Shamir Announces New Self-Titled Album & Shares New Single "I Wonder": Listen
Over the years, Shamir has moved from the clubby pop music of 2015’s Ratchet to a more tangled and insular form of DIY indie-pop. This fall, Shamir will release a new self-titled album that seems to move into a whole new aesthetic phase — not clubby, not DIY indie, but bright and expressive and powerful. […]
Actress Releases New Album '88' As A Free Download
Actress, the longstanding project of Wolverhampton-born electronic producer Darren J. Cunningham, is back with a new album called 88. It’s his first solo effort since 2017’s AZD and first overall since the following year’s LAGEOS, a collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. As of last night the new project is available as a free download, […]
Oh God Kanye Is Really on the Ballot in Oklahoma | SPIN
Just when you think he was out, he pulls you back in. Despite the report from the Intelligencer that Kanye West was done with his presidential campaign, it turns out that was wrong. The AP reports that West has filed and will be on the Oklahoma presidential ballot. It was the first state where he’s […]