James Blake continues to straddle the worlds of electronic pop and experimental electronics. His 2020 singles so far illustrate that balance: Whereas Blake wrote April’s “You’re Too Precious” with Mount Kimbie’s Dominic Maker, his close collaborator on last year’s Assume Form, he crafted his next offering with a pair of industry songwriters whose previous collabs […]
Silversun Pickups – “Toy Soldiers” (Martika Cover)
Silversun Pickups released their fifth studio album, Widow’s Weeds, a little over a year ago. Today, the Los Angeles rockers are back with a cover of Martika’s 1989 hit “Toy Soldiers,” recorded in January and produced by Butch Vig. “We were thinking about songs from the ’80s that we loved growing up, that had a […]
Chrissie Hynde Blasts Police for Racial Profiling
After witnessing the arrest of two innocent Black athletes over the weekend, Chrissie Hynde is calling out the London police for racial profiling and not focusing on a more troubling issue in her neighborhood — gang activity. Bianca Williams and her partner, Ricardo dos Santos, were the two individuals Hynde was referring to. The couple, […]
Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Canceled Due to COVID-19
The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame was going to induct Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Notorious B.I.G., Whitney Houston, T. Rex, and the Doobie Brothers as part of this year’s class at a ceremony in May. Now, it’s not happening at all. After originally pushing the ceremony to November, the Rock Hall has canceled […]
Mint Field – “Contingencia”
Formed in Tijuana and currently based in Mexico City, Mint Field specialize in sweltering, languorous psychedelic rock. Led by singer-guitarist named Estrella del Sol (which translates to Star of the Sun), they make hallucinatory mood music for oppressive heat, a soundtrack for days when a bleary melancholy spreads out over everything and even sundown doesn’t […]
Kate Bollinger – "Grey Skies"
Kate Bollinger is a musician based out of Charlottesville, VA who has a handful of songs to her name so far, including last year’s I Don’t Wanna Lose EP. She makes languid, indistinct pop songs that would fit in nicely alongside Men I Trust or early TOPS. Today, she’s sharing a new song from her […]
Bully – “Every Tradition”
Last month, Bully — the Nashville-based project led by Alicia Bognanno — announced a new album, SUGAREGG, the follow-up to 2018’s Losing. We’ve heard lead single “Where To Start” from it already. Today, we’re getting the album’s second single, “Every Tradition,” which is fuzzy and fierce and defiant, as Bognanno runs through every tradition she […]
Kanye West Is an Anti-Vaxxer Now, Is Off the Trump Train and Says He Had COVID-19
When Kanye West reasserted on the 4th of July that he was running for president, it raised both the usual eyebrows and eyerolls. But in an interview with Forbes, the embattled icon gives some insight into his decision to run for office. Since 2016, West has been one of President Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters, […]
Beck Got A Khruangbin Remix For His 50th Birthday Today
It’s Beck’s 50th birthday today — happy birthday, Beck — and he’s been gifted with a new remix from Khruangbin, the Texas band who just put out their new album Mordechai a few weeks back. The remix was supposed to be included on a 7″ for Record Store Day 2020, but since RSD is getting […]
Slow Pulp Introduce Their Debut Album With The Poppy Slowcore Gem "Idado"
We lauded Slow Pulp’s poppy spin on shoegaze and slowcore with Band To Watch honors last year, and now they’re ready to properly show us what they can do. The Chicago-via-Madison indie quartet’s debut album Moveys is coming this fall on Winspear, label home to such talents as Barrie, Majetic, and Amy O. Its lead […]