Need help. Reks and Pharoahe Monch sound off on PTSD on their new collaboration. Produced by Statik Selektah, the Lawrence, Massachusetts lyricist and the Queens wordsmith weigh in on the political powers controlling psychiatric disorders and traumatic events. The track will be featured on Reks’ forthcoming, T.H.I.N.G.S. which drops September 11. They discuss more on […]
Michel Gondry Directed IDLES' New "Model Village" Video
IDLES, the extremely popular British rock band with big reply-guy energy, are ramping up to the release of their new album Ultra Mono. They’ve already shared three songs from the LP — “Mr. Motivator,” “Grounds,” and “A Hymn” — and today they share a fourth, complete with a video by legendary director Michel Gondry. Gondry, […]
Chelsea Peretti Shares New Coffee-Themed EP Featuring Kathleen Hanna, Wale, Nick Kroll
Actress-comedian-singer Chelsea Peretti dropped five new songs today on the Phosphorescent Panic EP, which features Wale, Kathleen Hanna, Money Mark, Nick Kroll, Reggie Watts, Kate Berlant and Kid Mero. It joins the previously released Foam & Flotsam EP for a 10-song preview the full-length, coffee-themed album, due in Fall. Along with the single “JAVADAWGS,” other caffeinated […]
New Video: Black Eyed Peas “Action” | Rap Radar
Don’t trust the screen. The Black Eyed Peas bring all the action for their Indian-influenced music video. Re-imaged and directed by, will.i.am, Pasha Shapiro, and Ernst Weber, the action-packed thriller finds the trio reenacting scenes from Indian classic films from 2003’s Koops to 2015’s Ambala. The clip ends with a message regarding social media and […]
Slow Pulp – "Falling Apart"
Last year, Slow Pulp impressed us with their ability to take the aesthetics and moods of shoegaze and bring it into a poppier songwriting mold. We named them a Band To Watch, and their EP Big Day was one of the best of the year. So it was exciting news when, last month, they announced […]
The Goodbye Party – "Unlucky Stars"
Michael Cantor’s power-pop project the Goodbye Party hasn’t released an album since 2014’s Silver Blues, but today the Philadelphia-based musician is announcing a new full-length called Beautiful Motors, which will be out on Double Double Whammy in a couple months. It features contributions by a number of notables from the Philly scene: Yowler’s Maryn Jones, […]
Eels – “Baby Let’s Make It Real”
Mark Oliver Everett has now been making music with his sharp, personal studio-pop project Eels for a quarter century. Two years ago, Everett came out with the album The Deconstruction, his first in four years. Today, with no prior warning, Eels have come out with a new single called “Baby Let’s Make It Real,” and […]
Jeff Tweedy's New Book Will Teach You How to Write a Song
Wilco singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy will release How to Write One Song, billed as a “candid and fascinating primer on the art form he knows best,” on Oct. 13 on Dutton. The new book, which follows up his 2019 memoir, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), promises to reveal the “the behind-the-scenes process, and the […]
Throwing Muses – “Frosting”
Throwing Muses come from the same great ’80s Boston alt-rock scene that produced Pixies, and founding member Tanya Donelly, who has her own new album coming out this week, went on to the Breeders and Belly. But Throwing Muses have never really stopped, though they’ve had periods of hiatus. And next month, Throwing Muses are […]
Erasure – "Nerves Of Steel"
Back in June, the great synth-pop duo Erasure announced a new album called The Neon. The name seemed strikingly appropriate for any ’80s synth-pop act, but especially here: Their 18th album finds Vince Clarke building up many of the songs from his oldest synths, and the songs we’ve heard so far have had a bit […]