Ahead of a speech at Mt. Rushmore, President Donald Trump played several of Neil Young’s songs, including “Rockin’ in the Free World” before and after he left the stage. Neil Young, as you might imagine, wasn’t happy about it. Now, Young has written another open letter to Trump, which was posted on his Neil Young […]
Katie Dey – "happiness"
A couple weeks back, Katie Dey announced a new album, mydata, her follow-up to last year’s solipsisters. At the time, she shared “dancing” from it and today she’s back with its second single, “happiness,” a transcendent and stuttering song about opening yourself up to new things. “I want love/ I’m not above it,” Dey sings […]
Unreal City Announce New Album 'Cruelty Of Heaven', Share New Song "War Behind Bars": Listen
Robert Orr was once a guitarist for Integrity, the long-running Cleveland cult heroes who helped establish the metallic hardcore subgenre back in the ’90s. For more than a decade, Orr has been smashing out his own version of the Integrity sound with Unreal City, a band that also features members of groups like Eternal Sleep […]
Kasabian's Tom Meighan Pleads Guilty to Assault
Former Kasabian singer Tom Meighan has pleaded guilty to assault earlier today (July 7). Meighan has been sentenced to “an 18-month community order and told to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work,” BBC reported. He will also need to do a five-day rehabilitation program as well as pay a “£90 victim surcharge and £85 […]
Half Waif – "Murphy Bed" (Mirah Cover)
A couple weeks ago, it was announced that Mirah’s debut You Think It’s Like This, But Really It’s Like This was getting a 20th anniversary reissue, complete with a tribute compilation with artists covering each song from the album. And the lineup for that tribute was a pretty impressive array of names from the indie […]
Standing On The Corner – "G-E-T O-U-T!! The Ghetto"
In the past couple years, the amorphous, genre-imploding Brooklyn collective Standing On The Corner have gained more notoriety thanks to some pretty big collaborations. They had a hand in albums like Earl Sweatshirt’s Some Rap Songs, Solange’s When I Get Home, and Danny Brown’s uknowhatimsayin¿. But they’d already garnered a fair bit of acclaim for […]
Hear Ellis Cover Taylor Swift, Dinosaur Jr., & The Used On New EP
A few months ago, the Ontario musician Linnea Siggelkow, who releases music under the name Ellis, released her debut album, Born Again. Today, the Best New Band honoree has returned with an EP consisting of three covers. “I haven’t been feeling very inspired to write lately. The world is feeling equally chaotic and slow, my […]
My Morning Jacket Announce 'The Waterfall II'
My Morning Jacket last released an album of new material in 2015. If you don’t remember, because you know, the world has changed, that one was titled The Waterfall. And now, part two is on the way. The group will release The Waterfall II this Friday (July 10) via ATO Records. In a release, the band was inspired […]
Guided By Voices Announce New Album 'Mirrored Aztec', Their 30th, & Share New Single "Haircut Sphinx": Listen
Guided By Voices are the perpetual motion machine of American indie rock — a band so ceaselessly and dauntingly prolific that they’ve now got their very own subscription service. Last year, Guided By Voices released three albums and ended things with a 100-song New Year’s Eve set in Los Angeles. Back in February, they dropped […]
Wye Oak – "AEIOU"
It’s been a little over two years since Wye Oak’s last album, the characteristically great The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs. Starting last year, it seemed like the duo of Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack were kicking off a new era for their project — standalone singles “Fortune,” “Fear Of Heights,” and “Walk […]