New Jersey pop-punk duo the Front Bottoms are a huge deal in their world; before the pandemic hit, they were planning to spend their summer on a co-headlining tour with Jimmy Eat World. That’s not happening, of course, but now the Front Bottoms have unveiled plans to release a new album with the excellent circa-now […]
Mary Lattimore – "A Unicorn Catches A Falling Star In Heaven"
The remarkable harpist Mary Lattimore has put a handful of songs up on her Bandcamp during quarantine, ones in which she tests out new instruments and relies on familiar friends. Today, she’s releasing a very long track called “A Unicorn Catches A Falling Star In Heaven,” the longest piece of music she’s put out on […]
Magik Markers Return After 6 Years With New EP 'Isolated From Exterior Time: 2020'
New England noise-rock cult heroes Magik Markers have returned today with a new EP, their first release since 2014. In the meantime we’ve heard the occasional peep from members Elisa Ambrogio (both solo and in collaboration with Ben Chasny) and Pete Nolan (via his supergroup Spectre Folk with Steve Shelley and Mark Ibold). A new […]
Duffy Writes Open Letter to Netflix to Remove '365 Days'
Earlier this year, British singer Duffy reemerged after a lengthy, mysterious absence. We found out in a lengthy essay that the singer had been kidnapped and raped, but now, she’s using her platform to help victims. In an open letter, Duffy is asking Netflix CEO Reed Hastings to remove the Polish film 365 Days, a film she […]
Westside Gunn Releases New Mixtape 'Flygod Is An Awesome God II': Stream
Along with the rest of the Buffalo rap crew Griselda, Westside Gunn has been on a huge upward trajectory lately. Last year, Griselda released WWCD, their major-label debut, and their avant-garde goon-rap caught on in a big way, finding an audience outside the rap underground that they’d been supplying for years. Just a few months […]
Sufjan Stevens Releases 12-Minute Protest Song 'America'
Earlier in the week, Sufjan Stevens announced that he’d be releasing his first solo studio album in five years. Now, we have the first single from The Ascension. Album closer “America,” is a long one, 12-and-a-half minutes to be precise. But the song — just like the album — Stevens says is an indictment of a […]
Father John Misty – “Anthem” (Leonard Cohen Cover)
“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen wrote a lot of extremely quotable lines in his long career, but that’s one of the best of them. That line comes from “Anthem,” a song that Cohen included on his 1992 album The Future. Cohen said that it took him […]
John Carpenter – "Skeleton" & "Unclean Spirit"
Legendary filmmaker John Carpenter is releasing a two-song single today, his first piece of non-movie-related music since 2016’s Lost Themes II. For these, he worked again with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, who also worked with him on the latest Halloween movie. The songs are called “Skeleton” and “Unclean Spirit,” and they’ll […]
New Video: Russ “Live From The Villa” | Rap Radar
Mood. Live from the Villa comes Russ and the gaudy music video to his new single. Lounging at his plush estate, the newly independent artist raps his success, new moves, and accomplishments while showcasing his whips, jewelry, roasting marshmallows on his patio, and sipping bubbly in his outdoor jacuzzi. Life is good, and his is […]
Stream Cloud Nothings' Quarantine Album 'The Black Hole Understands'
Hey, a whole new Cloud Nothings album! Dylan Baldi and friends have just released The Black Hole Understands, their first release since 2018’s Last Building Burning. Baldi and his longtime drummer Jayson Gerycz made it under quarantine this spring, passing audio files between Cleveland and Philadelphia. Here’s Baldi with further details: When the world shut […]