Jamie xx has shared a new song today, “Idontknow.” It’s his first new single since the release of his 2015 debut solo album, In Colour. The xx member has been pretty quiet over these last few years, but earlier this month he popped up on a new mixtape from drill rapper Headie One and producer […]
Ryo Kawasaki, Guitarist, Composer and Inventor, Dies at 73
Ryo Kawasaki, who is known for creating the Kawasaki synth program for the Commodore 64, died on April 13 at his adopted home in Tallinn, Estonia. He was 73. “My daddy. A true original,” his daughter, Tane Kawasaki Saavedra, wrote in a Facebook post on Monday (April 13). “Just as your name suggests, you did […]
DJ Jazzy Jeff Describes Having COVID-19: 'Scared Me to Death'
DJ Jazzy Jeff has opened up about having COVID-19. In a conversation with Tamron Hall, Jeff said that he suspects that he contracted COVID-19 after performing at the annual Black Summit of the National Brotherhood of Skiers in Ketchum, Idaho in early March. “I didn’t even realize the severity of it,” he said in the video […]
Thurston Moore Shares Unreleased Song From 2016
Thurston Moore has shared an outtake from his work with Thurston Moore Group a few weeks after unveiling songs from Chelsea Light Moving. The song, “Instant Transcendent Conjecture,” comes was originally recorded in 2016 and sounds like, well, what you’d expect from the ex-Sonic Youth frontman and guitarist. This wild child was let loose in 2016 […]
Thurston Moore Group – “Instant Transcendent Conjecture”
Lately, scratchy-guitar godfather Thurston Moore has been throwing a bunch of his outtakes up onto Bandcamp. Last month, Moore shared a couple of unreleased tracks from his post-Sonic Youth band Chelsea Light Moving. Today, he’s dropped a 2016-vintage song from the Thurston Moore Group, the band that also included drummer Steve Shelley, Moore’s former Sonic […]
Ela Minus – "they told us it was hard, but they were wrong"
It’s a big week for Colombian expats making adventurous electronic music! Toronto multidisciplinary artist Lido Pimienta will release her astounding new album Miss Colombia on Friday, and today, Brooklyn-based Ela Minus has released her debut single for Domino Records. Minus has been active in various underground spheres for many years. At age 12 she began […]
Stream Florry's New 'Oh You Vacation Time' EP
About a year-and-a-half ago, Philadelphia musician Francie Medosch released her debut album as Florry, Brown Bunny, which led us to name the project a Band To Watch. Today, she’s has released a new EP called Oh You Vacation Time, four songs of bummer acoustic rock built on Medosch’s syrupy drawl and recurring feelings of weakness […]
The Walkmen Co-Founder Walter Martin Releases 'Quarantine Boogie (Loco)' With Matt Berninger
Hamilton Leithauser isn’t the former member of The Walkmen staying busy. On Wednesday morning, Walter Martin shared a new song that he recorded in isolation. Titled “Quarantine Boogie (Loco),” the song features guest vocals from Matt Berninger of The National (who also appears in the video) along with horn accompaniment by Stuart Bogie. “I made this […]
Norah Jones – “How I Weep”
Norah Jones was supposed to release a new album called Pick Me Up Off The Floor next month, but plans changed, and the album is now due for release a month and a half later. Back when Jones announced the LP, she shared the lead single “I’m Alive,” a collaboration with Jeff and Spencer Tweedy. […]
Bing & Ruth – "I Had No Dream"
Over the years, the composer David Moore has led the malleable classical group Bing & Ruth through all kinds of different explorations. Most recently, that resulted in 2017’s No Home Of The Mind. Now, Moore’s about to return with a new collection. Titled Species, it’s an album that delves into a variety of trance-like states, […]