A month before the pandemic hit and turned the world upside down, Elvis Costello went to Helsinki and recorded several songs, playing all of the instruments himself. Over the past few months, he’s shared “No Flag,” “Hetty O’Hara Confidential,” and “We Are All Cowards Now.” And now we know that they’re all part of a […]
The Staves – "Trying"
A lot of people don’t realize that the Staves’ If I Was deserves to be spoken of with the same breathless reverence reserved for 2015 classics like Art Angels and To Pimp A Butterfly, but it’s true. The Staveley-Taylor sisters could have retired from music at that point knowing that they’d given the world something […]
Stream Portland Bedroom-Pop Duo Fox Academy's Deeply Moody New Album 'rabbit'
Michael Todd Berland and Christian Novelli have been releasing music together as Fox Academy for about a decade now, crafting drowsy and adventurous indie rock that will probably appeal to fans of American Pleasure Club, Alex G, Strange Ranger, Oso Oso, and artists of that ilk. Their particular spin on bedroom pop is a bit […]
Tom Petty's Estate Shares Previously Unreleased Song 'Confusion Wheel'
“Confusion Wheel,” the first previously unreleased Tom Petty song off the late artist’s upcoming Wildflowers & All the Rest box set, dropped today (Sept. 1o). All the Rest, a title chosen by Petty, is the unreleased half of his Wildflowers album. It arrives Oct. 16 via Warner Records under the full title of Wildflowers & All the Rest. The box set was […]
War On Women Announce New Album 'Wonderful Hell', Share Title Track: Listen
Two years ago, the Baltimore band War On Women released their album Capture The Flag, a searing and politically righteous record of metallic punk bangers. That album felt ferociously urgent at the time, and it hasn’t lost any of its intensity since then. So it’s great to see the news that War On Women are […]
Tom Petty – “Confusion Wheel”
When he was working on his great 1994 solo album Wildflowers, Tom Petty recorded a whole lot of extra songs. He used some of them on his soundtrack to the Ed Burns movie She’s The One a couple of years later, but many of those songs have gone unreleased. That’s about to change. Next month, […]
Califone – "Crazy As A Loon" (John Prine Cover)
After dropping their first proper album in seven years, Echo Mine, this past winter, the experimental roots-rock cult favorites Califone returned with a cover of Elliott Smith’s “Needle In The Hay” as an Amazon exclusive. Today they’re sharing some great news about that cover: It’s now available at all DSPs, paired with another excellent Califone […]
Watch Nick Cave Play 'Cosmic Dancer'
To celebrate the release of AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan and T. Rex, which was released Sept. 4, a number of the artists are playing their versions of the T. Rex tracks they contributed to the album. Last night, Nick Cave did a live rendition of “Cosmic Dancer,” which is off T. Rex’s […]
Conway The Machine – “Seen Everything But Jesus” (Feat. Freddie Gibbs)
Tomorrow, the extremely hard Buffalo rapper Conway The Machine will release his new album From King To A GOD. We’ve already posted the protest song “Front Lines,” the Method Man team-up “Lemon,” and the DeJ Loaf collab “Fear Of GOD,” and the album also features contributions from people like DJ Premier, Lloyd Banks, Havoc, and […]
U2's 'All That You Can't Leave Behind' to Be Reissued With New Songs, Live Album
Damn, it’s been 20 years since U2 released All That You Can’t Leave Behind, an album some considered a return to form after experimenting on Zooropa and Pop. So it makes perfect music biz sense that the album, 20 years later, is getting the proverbial red carpet rolled out for its anniversary. All editions will feature the remastered […]