Big Thief guitarist Buck Meek put out his self-titled debut album in 2018. Since then, Big Thief has had their big year and Meek is back to making some stuff of his own, recording a track that he wrote during coronavirus lockdown called “Rock Back Your Clocks.” It’s pretty and plaintive, produced by Andrew Sarlo […]
Holy Motors – "Country Church"
Back in 2018, the Estonian band Holy Motors released their debut album Slow Sundown. It was a mesmerizing collection — equal parts gorgeous and perplexing. That had something to do with the fact that, despite being all the way from Estonia, Holy Motors’ sound was a sort of mythic, hazy, dream-Americana. The kind of music […]
Tkay Maidza – "Don't Call Again" (Feat. Kari Faux)
Australian rapper and singer Tkay Maidza announced her signing to venerable US indie label 4AD two months ago with the casually excellent club-rap banger “Shook.” Today she shares a new song and details on her first EP for her new label home. Next month Maidza will release an eight-song collection called Last Year Was Weird, […]
L.A. Witch Releases Eerie New Single 'Gen-Z'
Garage rock trio L.A. Witch is back today with their latest single, “Gen-Z,” which appropriately sounds like it was recorded right in their neighbor’s empty garage or hashed out in a local cave. The reverb-heavy track is the second single off their August record, Play With Fire, and finds Ellie English, Irita Pai and Sade Sanchez […]
Metallica Release Trailer for 'S&M2'
Metallica have released the trailer for S&M2, their epic performance with the San Francisco Symphony last year. Commemorating the 20th anniversary of their record, S&M, the performance took place at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 6 and Sept. 8 last year. While the film hit theaters for a one night only showing on […]
Joan Jett – “Jeepster” (T. Rex Cover)
Historically, things have worked out well when Joan Jett has covered UK glam-rock jams. That, after all, was what Jett was doing when she came out with “I Love Rock ‘N Roll,” her massive 1982 hit. So Jett was a natural for the forthcoming tribute compilation AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan And T. […]
Watch Joan Jett's Cover of T. Rex's 'Jeepster'
Joan Jett has just released the video for her reinterpretation of the 1971 T. Rex track, “Jeepster.” The black and white clip shows Jett with Marc Ribot on guitar, Jim White on drums (PJ Harvey, Cat Power) and Thomas Bartlett arranging and on piano (The National, Sufjan Stevens). The cover was produced by the late […]
New Video: French Montana Ft. Tory Lanez “Cold”
Whip it up, back it up. French Montana brings climate change to the music video for his recent single featuring Tory Lanez. In the frigid but hot clip, Montana and Tory parade around a bevy of eye-candy in bikinis inside an igloo with falling snow. Elsewhere, they take to the tropics where they turn the […]
John Vanderslice's New Song About Being A Cult Leader Was Inspired By David Berman's Advice
The erudite and inventive singer-songwriter-producer John Vanderslice doesn’t get enough respect as one of the architects of 21st century indie rock. But real heads know he’s been holding it down since the late ’90s, producing for the likes of Death Cab For Cutie, Sleater-Kinney, and the Magnetic Fields out of his Tiny Telephone Studios in […]
New Video: Phresher Ft. Fivio Foreign, Stunna 4 Vegas “All The Smoke (Remix)” | Rap Radar
Business as usual. Phresher’s still the life of the party in the video to his latest remix featuring Fivio Foreign and Stunna 4 Vegas. In the partially animated clip, the three turn up inside a bar full of both regulars and a corporate group of customers, who have stumbled into the festivities. It’s happy hour […]