Ryley Walker loves covers! The man once covered an entire lost Dave Matthews Band album. A couple of months ago, he covered Grandaddy’s “The Go In The Go-For-It.” He also, of course, covered a 2000s song for us as part of our ongoing Save Stereogum campaign. And now covered some more! Today, Walker threw up […]
Is This Mysterious Occult Classic Album Actually By Illuminati Hotties?
Yesterday, artists including PUP, Lucy Dacus, and Sadie Dupuis tweeted a link to a mysterious album on SoundCloud. It’s a self-titled release from a project called Occult Classic. The SoundCloud upload offers no further details, but let me tell ya, this shit rips. The first song is called “will i get cancelled if i write […]
Nick Cave to Stream Solo 'Idiot Prayer' Piano Concert
Nick Cave, like the rest of the music world, had to cancel his 2020 concert dates due to the coronavirus pandemic. And like everyone else (at least that’s what it feels like), Cave will livestream a performance. The set, titled Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace, will see Cave perform solo on piano. […]
Bartees Strange – “Looking For Astronauts” & “The Geese Of Beverly Road” (The National Covers)
The Washington, DC-based singer and producer Bartees Strange — an environmental lobbyist when he isn’t releasing emo and folk-punk records — loves the National. For most of 2020, Strange has been working on radically remaking the discography of the wizened New York indie rock band. Earlier in 2020, Strange released Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy, […]
Watch Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever's Stripped-Down Cover Of Hole's "Malibu"
Last month, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever released their great sophomore album Sideways To New Italy. (It ranked amongst our favorite albums of the year so far.) And while they’re still unable to tour behind it, they’ve been filling the time with a couple cool performances. They already teamed up with Stella Donnelly to cover Deadstar […]
Porridge Radio & Lala Lala Team Up For A Quarantine Song About Resentment
One Band To Watch teaming up with another: It’s a beautiful thing. Porridge Radio, the Brighton indie-rockers who made a big splash with this year’s Every Bad, have linked up with their Chicago contemporaries Lala Lala on a new song called “Good For You.” Porridge Radio’s Dana Margolin and Lala Lala’s Lillie West recorded it […]
Soccer Mommy – “Drive” (The Cars Cover) & SASAMI – “Toxicity” (System Of A Down Cover)
Soccer Mommy released the great sophomore album color theory earlier this year, just before everything went to shit. Since she can’t tour behind it, she’s been doing something else: A series of split releases with friends that sends all proceeds to Oxfam’s COVID-19 relief fund and National Bail Out. In the Soccer Mommy & Friends […]
Billie Joe Armstrong Shares Fiery Cover of John Lennon's 'Gimme Some Truth'
It’s been a while since Billie Joe Armstrong shared a cover from his No Fun Mondays and occasional song on a Wednesday. But he’s back with a song that’s fitting for right now. Late on Wednesday, the Green Day singer shared a fiery cover of John Lennon’s “Gimme Some Truth.” “This song was written by […]
Black Marble Announces Covers EP 'I Must Be Living Twice', Shares New Version Of Wire's "In Manchester": Listen
Chris Stewart is a Los Angeles resident who releases stark, twitchy music under the name Black Marble. Musically, Black Marble draws on postpunk and synthpop, as well as the personal and lo-fi music that’s become its own internet-based underground phenomenon in the past couple of decades. Last year, Stewart released the Black Marble album Bigger […]
Shirley Collins – "Sweet Greens And Blues"
Last month, Shirley Collins announced her new album Heart’s Ease. It’s the followup to the legendary folk singer’s 2016 collection Lodestar, which in turn was her first album since the late ’70s. Now that she’s back to making music, apparently she’s not wasting any time. Along with the announcement of Heart’s Ease, Collins shared a […]