In 2016, the legendary British folk musician Shirley Collins re-emerged to release her first new album in 38 years, Lodestar. We won’t have to wait nearly so long for the next one. Today, Collins has announced that she’s putting out another new album later this summer, Heart’s Ease, which was recorded in Brighton at Metway […]
Led Zeppelin's Final Show to Stream This Weekend
Continuing their ongoing series of broadcasting classic shows from the past, YouTube will host a broadcast of Led Zeppelin’s Celebration Day. The show, at least for now, was the last time that Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones (with Jason Bonham filling in for his late father on drums) performed together under the Led […]
Painted Zeros – "I Will Try"
At the end of the week, Painted Zeros are releasing their sophomore album, When You Found Forever. Project leader Katie Lau has shared two songs from it so far, “Commuter Rage” and “Break,” and today she’s back with one last single, “I Will Try,” a gliding rocker about attempting to do the best that you […]
Widowspeak Return With New Song "Breadwinner": Listen
Last we heard from Widowspeak, they were covering Neil Young in the wake of their 2017 album Expect The Best. Today the earthy yet celestial Brooklyn band is back with “Breadwinner,” their first new song in three years. On Twitter, they explain that “it is a song about work. and there is a video, too, […]
Primavera Sound Reveals Lineup for June 2021
Primavera Sound, which was set to celebrate its 20th anniversary next week was pushed to August, due to the global pandemic. But it looks like they’re going to push the Barcelona festival to June 2021. Festival organizers share next year’s lineup earlier this morning (May 27), and it’s packed with a solid set of acts […]
Paddy Hanna – "Cannibals"
The last time we heard from Artist To Watch Paddy Hanna, it was in 2018, when he released his great sophomore album Frankly, I Mutate. Dialing up the Scott Walker influence, Hanna had crafted an urbane, ambling rock album that felt unmoored from exact time or location. It both refined and expanded the palette he’d […]
Drake's "Headlines" Gets A Jazz Piano Cover From Jessie Reyez
Canadian pop-R&B singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez followed up her impressive Being Human In Public EP this spring with an official debut album called Before Love Came To Kill Us. At some point this year, she stopped by East West Studios in LA to promote it by recording a Spotify Session. As is customary for this series, […]
Courtney Marie Andrews – “It Must Be Someone Else’s Fault”
Two years ago, the LA-based singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews released May Your Kindness Remain, an album of folky and soulful country music. It absolutely ruled. This summer, Andrews will follow it up with the new LP Old Flowers, which she recorded with Bon Iver/Big Thief producer Andrew Sarlo. The album features only three musicians: Andrews, […]
Bright Eyes – “One And Done”
In a couple of days, Bright Eyes’ tremulous, heart-wrecked landmark sophomore album Fevers And Mirrors will celebrate its 20th anniversary. (More on that one later.) Conor Oberst was a 20-year-old kid when he made that record. Over the years, his band has gone through a bunch of different permutations, triumphs, and stretches of inactivity. Bright […]
Watch Billie Eilish's 'Not My Responsibility' Video
When Billie Eilish opened her 2020 world tour in Miami on March 9, she debuted a short film clapping back at all the world’s constant opinions regarding her body and her wardrobe choices. And now, she’s finally shared the film with everyone. Meant to be played before “All The Good Girls Go to Hell,” the […]