We’re less than 10 days away from the release of the massive Sign O’ the Times box set that features over 60 previously unheard songs from Prince’s vault. Whether or not he wanted them released is one thing, but over the past month or so, a bunch of them from this collection have surfaced. The latest from […]
Elton John to Release Massive Career-Spanning 148 Song 'Jewel Box'
Sir Elton John is getting a massive, career-spanning box set appropriately titled Jewel Box. The set, which encapsulates his entire career from 1965-2019, features 148 personally-curated songs by John. The collection includes the previously unreleased 1969 tune “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” along with other rarities from 1965-1971 and lesser-known B-sides. The set will be released in numerous […]
Osees Stream New Album 'Protean Threat': Listen
Tomorrow, Osees — the reliably wild and bugged-out psychedelic garage-punk band that has also gone under the names Thee Oh Sees and Oh Sees — will release their new album Protean Threat. It’s the second LP of the year from frontman John Dwyer; last month, he also released the self-titled debut from his new band […]
Fly Anakin & Pink Siifu Announce Collaborative Album 'Fly Siifu', Share New Single "Richard Pryor": Listen
Last month, two excellent underground rappers teamed up on one excellent song. Pink Siifu, an experimental lo-fi wanderer based in Baltimore, and Fly Anakin, the leader of the quietly consistent Richmond collective Mutant Academy, came together on the Animoss-produced collaborative track “Dollar Dr. Dream.” At the time, I hoped that the song wasn’t just a […]
Brittany Howard – "Goat Head (EARTHGANG Remix)" & "Short And Sweet (Bon Iver Remix)"
Last year, Alabama Shakes leader Brittany Howard released her solo debut Jaime, one of the best albums of the year. More recently, she covered Funkadelic’s “You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks” for a Spotify Single. And today, she’s back to drop off new remixes of Jaime tracks from Atlanta hip-hop duo EARTHGANG and […]
PUP – “ROT”
PUP released a new single called “Anaphylaxis” back in April, and frontman Stefan Babcock shared a song written in quarantine around the same time. Even more recently, you may have heard the band on our ’00s covers compilation Save Stereogum. And today, the Toronto pop-punk greats are announcing a whole new EP. This Place Sucks […]
Saba Returns With New Single "Mrs. Whoever": Listen
The tremendously gifted young Chicago rapper Saba is up to something. Over the past few days, Saba has been tweeting cryptic clues. Last night, those clues finally led people to a new song called “Mrs. Whoever” and its music video. “Mrs. Whoever” is a warm, hazy track, and it’s got Saba rapping in the quick, […]
Saba Returns With New Single "Mrs. Whoever": Listen
The tremendously gifted young Chicago rapper Saba is up to something. Saba has a new song called “Mrs. Whoever” that’s apparently been on YouTube as an unlisted video, just lurking there, since July. Over the past few days, Saba has been tweeting cryptic clues. Last night, those clues finally led people to the song and […]
Elton John Announces Career-Spanning Rarities Collection: Hear "Sing Me No Sad Songs"
Big-time Father John Misty fan Elton John has been in career retrospective mode for a good long while now. He released a saucy memoir and oversaw his own fantastical biopic. He launched a three-year-long farewell tour, now in limbo due to the pandemic. And today he has announced Elton: Jewel Box, a box set featuring […]
Tomberlin – "Hours"
Tomberlin is following up her stellar 2018 debut At Weddings with a new EP, Projections, next month. Last month, she shared “Wasted,” which topped our best songs of the week list, and today she’s back with the EP’s opening track, “Hours,” an unspooling flutter that feels like floating. “You’re always talking shit and I’m always […]