In April, the longtime Saturday Night Live music producer Hal Willner died from complications of COVID-19 at the age of 64. Before his death, Willner was working on his dream project: AngelHeaded Hipster, a tribute album dedicated to the music of glam gods T. Rex and their late mercurial frontman Marc Bolan. The compilation is […]
Uniform – "Delco"
Uniform’s last proper full-length album, The Long Walk, came out back in 2018, and they’ve spent the few years in close collaboration with the Providence duo the Body, releasing their second collaborative album, Everything That Dies Someday Comes Back, last year. They returned at the top of 2020 with a one-off track through Adult Swim’s […]
The Psychedelic Furs – "Come All Ye Faithful"
Earlier this year, the legendary ’80s alternative group the Psychedelic Furs announced their first album in 29 years, Made Of Rain. (The band has been back together and touring since 2000, but this is the first bit of new music they’ll release since 1991’s World Outside.) So far, we’ve heard a few singles, including “Don’t […]
Watch Phoebe Bridgers on 'The Late Late Show'
Last week, Phoebe Bridgers dropped her latest record, Punisher, a day early last week to the delight of her fans. Last night, she participated in a round of Carpool Karaoke to talk about the decision to do so. “I just had a couple of people reach out and ask me if I was going to put the record […]
Jess Williamson – “Pictures Of Flowers” (Feat. Hand Habits)
Last month, the country-folk singer songwriter Jess Williamson released the great new album Sorceress. Today, she’s followed it up with a non-album song that might be as good as anything on Sorceress. Williamson wrote during the early days of quarantine. The first lines of the song say a whole lot: “If it’s the end of […]
Bonny Light Horseman – "Green Rocky Road"
At the beginning of the year, Bonny Light Horseman — a group made up of Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell, Fruit Bats leader Eric D. Johnson, and Craig Finn/Josh Ritter/the National collaborator Josh Kaufman — put out their self-titled debut album. Today, they’re announcing the upcoming release of a 7″ called Green/Green containing two songs intended […]
Psychedelic Furs Share Latest Single From First Album in Nearly Three Decades
Earlier this year (though it seems like many moons ago), the Psychedelic Furs announced the release of their first album in nearly three decades. That record got pushed due to the coronavirus pandemic but didn’t stop the band from sharing new music and giving fans a sense of what’s to come. The veteran new wave […]
Kelly Lee Owens – "On"
Kelly Lee Owens is now a couple months out from releasing her sophomore album, Inner Song. It was supposed to come out in April, but was pushed back due to the pandemic. We’ve already heard two great songs from it, though — “Melt!” and “Night” (the latter made our best songs of the week list) […]
Cults' Great New Single "Spit You Out" Has A Funny Mukbang Parody Video
Cults singer Madeline Follin is part of the new supergroup Club Intl with Johnny Jewel and others, but we haven’t heard from her main band since they released an album-length cover of the Motels’ self-titled debut in 2018. Their last album of originals was 2017’s Offering. They seem ready to launch a new album cycle, […]
Sigur Ros Frontman Jonsi Announces New Solo Album 'Shiver', Shares New Single "Swill": Listen
It’s been seven years since Sigur Rós, the great Icelandic chest-swelling institution, released Kveikur, their last proper album, and we don’t know when we’ll hear from them again. But right now, we might be getting something more exciting. A full decade ago, frontman Jónsi Birgisson released his gorgeous solo debut Go. Today, Jónsi announces that […]