In a 2014 piece for this website, I wrote that the big country king Eric Church was out greatest working rock star. I was trolling, but I was also serious. Eric Church whomps ass. He’s a rare thing: A towering figure in his genre who also pushes on the edges of that genre, challenging received […]
Elvis Costello – "Phonographic Memory"
Elvis Costello is releasing a new album, Hey Clockface, at the end of October. The album was recorded in Helsinki, Paris, and New York earlier this year, and so far we’ve heard three songs that are on it: “No Flag,” “Hetty O’Hara Confidential,” and “We Are All Cowards Now.” Today, Costello is sharing a new […]
The Rolling Stones – "Scarlet (The Killers & Jacques Lu Cont Remix)"
The Rolling Stones are reissuing their 1973 album Goats Head Soup in a couple weeks. It comes with a handful of previously unreleased Stones songs from the era. The one that the band has been pushing hardest is “Scarlet,” a track that features guitar playing from Jimmy Page. It’s already had a music video starring […]
Flaming Lips Share New Video for 'Mother Please Don’t Be Sad'
The Flaming Lips have shared a slew of videos in the build-up to their upcoming album, American Head, and today, they added to that stunning array of clips with “Mother Please Don’t Be Sad.” The lyrics, based on singer Wayne Coyne’s teenaged near-death-experience, include the poignant “I didn’t mean to die tonight / but those robbers were so […]
St. Vincent – "New York" (Feat. Yoshiki)
A new St. Vincent album would be pretty nice right now, and presumably one is at least in the works. In the meantime, though, Annie Clark has given us yet another reworking of “New York,” the lead single from 2017’s MASSEDUCTION. This one finds her teaming with Yoshiki, the drummer from X Japan. The original […]
Living Body Take Jeff Bezos To Task On New Song "I Do"
Four years back we shared “I Recollect,” a delicate yet dramatic indie ballad from Leeds rockers Living Body. The group remains active, led by Chicago native Jeff T. Smith and also featuring Katie Harkin (Harkin, Sleater-Kinney, Courtney Barnett), Alice Rowan (Mayshe-Mayshe), Tom Evans (Vessels) and Sarah Statham (Crake, Fig By Four). Today they’re back with […]
Black Thought – “Good Morning” (Feat. Pusha T, Killer Mike, & Swizz Beatz)
You already know that you want to hear three of the best, hardest rap veterans in the world on a song together. Black Thought, Pusha T, and Killer Mike are a combined 136 years old, and all three of them have been ripping rap tracks to pieces for decades. On the new song “Good Morning,” […]
Grandaddy Announce 'The Sophtware Slump' Reissue Including Solo-Piano Version Of The Album
Grandaddy’s magnificent second album The Sophtware Slump recently turned 20 years old. To celebrate, the quirky, proggy, synthy West Coast indie-rock cult favorites are reissuing the landmark release. The 4xLP box set will include the original album and two discs of rarities (including the Signal To Snow Ratio and Through A Frosty Plate Glass EPs […]
Stream Angel Olsen's New Album 'Whole New Mess'
When Angel Olsen released her stunning, symphonic album All Mirrors a little less than a year ago, she made it plain that the record was one half of a whole. Olsen had also recorded radically different versions of those same songs, and she was planning to release those versions — stripped-down and mostly acoustic — […]
New Music: YG Ft. Day Sulan “Equinox”
Left, right. YG is fucking it up on his brand new single featuring his 4 Hunnid artist Day Sulan. On the twerk-ready anthem, Day Sulan and YG trade raps back-and-forth from their raunchy lyrics to their expensive habits. Let’s go!