With his long-running project the Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt loves releasing albums as grand conceptual stunts. The greatest of those stunts, the 69 Love Songs triple album, just turned 20. The latest of those stunts is a five-disc box set of 7″ singles that’ll be out next month. The new project Quickies will feature 28 […]
Eve Owen – "Blue Moon"
London singer-songwriter Eve Owen has spent the past few months rolling out singles from her debut album Don’t Let The Ink Dry, produced by the National’s Aaron Dessner and set for release this spring via his and Justin Vernon’s 37d03d label. First there was a lovely piano ballad called “She Says,” then a low-key folk-rock […]
Chuck D Says Public Enemy’s Split From Flavor Flav Was A Hoax To Promote New Album
It feels like ancient history now, but one month ago, there was a whole saga about the legendary rap group Public Enemy parting ways with longtime court jester and hypeman Flavor Flav. Public Enemy Radio — a side-project group that basically featured all of Public Enemy except for Flavor Flav — were announced as guests […]
Kings Of Leon – "Going Nowhere"
Kings Of Leon, just like the rest of the world, aren’t going anywhere right now, and they’ve decided to give us a song about it. Or rather, frontman Caleb Followill has decided to give us a song about it. “Going Nowhere,” unlike most of the Southern rock boys’ music, is a searching ballad for solo […]
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – "She's There"
Back in June of 2018, the Australian quintet Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever released their debut album Hope Downs. It was an endlessly replayable collection of impeccably crafted jangle-pop and old-school indie, and the band subsequently won themselves plenty of fans as they toured relentlessly behind it. Along the way, they released some other tracks — […]
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys – "Sacred Safe" (Feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier, & Homeboy Sandman)
The Detroit-raised, Brooklyn-based rapper and producer Quelle Chris is following up last year’s Guns with Innocent Country 2, a sequel to his 2015 collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Chris Keys. Every song on the album was co-produced by both Chrises, and it also features guest spots from Earl Sweatshirt, Pink Siifu, Billy Woods, Denmark Vessey, […]
Thomas Rhett Taps Reba McEntire, Keith Urban & More For Charity Single "Be A Light"
Thomas Rhett currently has the number one song on iTunes with “Be The Light.” A star-studded collaboration with Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Hillary Scott (of Lady Antebellum fame) and Chris Tomlin, the country star’s latest single raises money for COVID-19 relief efforts. As such, the stripped-back ballad is suitably inspiring and uplifting. “In a time […]
Clairo – "Everything I Know (Demo)"
Clairo released her debut album, Immunity, last year. It ended up having some lasting earworms on it, as it popped up on both our Favorite Songs and Top Pop Songs lists from 2019. Today, she has a new demo out in the world called “Everything I Know,” which she recorded earlier last year, per an […]
Ty Segall Releases 'Segall Smeagol', A New Free-Download EP Of 'Nilsson Schmilsson' Covers: Stream
The psychedelic rock wizard Ty Segall isn’t the type to sit idle. Segall released First Taste, his last solo album, back in August. Since then, Segall has also teamed up with Lightning Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale and formed the duo Wasted Shirt; they released their debut album Fungus II in February. By Segall’s own insane […]
Hailee Steinfeld Samples Annie Lennox On New Single "I Love You's"
Hailee’s ‘Wrong Direction’ EDIT: The post has been updated with Hailee’s stunning, black-and-white “I Love You’s” video. Watch it below. It’s a big day for Hailee Steinfeld fans. The pop star/actress has rolled out a new single called “I Love You’s” and announced an as-yet untitled two-part project. As I guessed from the 23-year-old’s social […]