Two weeks ago, the upstate New York post-hardcore collective Self Defense Family dropped a pair of new songs called “Florida Trip” and “Tissue Thin,” which they billed as a two-song EP called Kitten Beach. They followed those up last week with another one-off called “Jesus Of Nazareth.” And now they’ve delivered two more songs together […]
Ceremony Frontman Ross Farrar Starts New Band Spice, Shares Debut Single “First Feeling”
Since 2005, Ross Farrar has been the lead singer of Ceremony, the Bay Area punks who have progressed from feral hardcore to stately, stylish postpunk over the course of their existence. Last year, Ceremony released their album In The Spirit Now, and the lead single “Turn Away The Bad Thing” continues to rip extremely hard. […]
HAIM Use Lasers in 'I Know Alone' Home Performance on 'The Late Show'
Hours after announcing the June release date for their new album, Women In Music, Pt. III and the latest single, “I Know Alone,” HAIM performed the track on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (April 29). Each member had very distinct gear setups at their respective homes and did what seemingly every other […]
Oxford Collapse – "Dance, Dance, Dance" (Neil Young & Crazy Horse Cover)
Tomorrow, Bandcamp is once again waiving its share of sales revenue in an effort to support artists during the pandemic. Also tomorrow, not coincidentally, independent record label Comedy Minus One is releasing some new — well, previously unheard — music from the underrated mid-aughts New York indie rock band Oxford Collapse. Oxford Collapse released four […]
Radiohead Shares Stream of Coachella 2012 Set
As promised, Radiohead has released shows from their archive on Thursdays in order to entertain fans while in quarantine. This week’s set is a doozy. Debatably, 2012 was Coachella’s greatest year with a ridiculously stacked lineup (that looks even better as the years roll on), with Radiohead serving as the Saturday night headliner. The set […]
Lucy Dacus – "Tom Courtenay" (Yo La Tengo Cover)
Lucy Dacus, the rumors are true! The Virginia indie-rock all-star and boygenius member is going all out to celebrate this Saturday’s 25th anniversary of her Matador label-mates Yo La Tengo’s Electr-o-pura, which also happens to be her own 25th birthday. Matador has announced a deluxe reissue of the album today, much like the ones they’re […]
Liam Gallagher Is Unimpressed With Recovered Oasis Song: 'Make Sure I’m Singing on It'
On Wednesday (April 29), Noel Gallagher surprised and pleased Oasis fans by releasing a long lost song. “Don’t Stop…” was previously performed once…at a soundcheck in Hong Kong that circulated only on bootlegs before his discovering of the song on an unlabeled CD while in quarantine. While this seemed like a nice gesture from the […]
Billie Joe Armstrong Performs an Italian Song for New Cover Series
Billie Joe Armstrong is either a) super enthusiastic about performing while in quarantine or b) really, really bored. Either way, he’s been jamming away on music. On Wednesday, the Green Day singer shared a cover of “Amico” by Italian singer Don Backy. It’s part of his latest cover series for Wednesdays, aptly titled No Fun […]
Preview New Music Arcade Fire Have Been Working On Under Quarantine
On his 40th birthday, Win Butler shared a note revealing that Arcade Fire had begun recording the follow-up to 2017’s Everything Now and that work was continuing under quarantine. Now Butler has taken to Instagram to share some brief snippets of that music. It sounds pretty good! The Everything Now era was divisive to say […]
Watch Lucy Dacus Cover Yo La Tengo's "Tom Courtenay"
Yo La Tengo’s Electr-o-Pura turns 25 on Saturday (May 2), and Matador Records is celebrating it with a special reissue of the 1995 record. As the third installment of its Matador Revisionist History series, the label will be dropping two vinyl LPs that you can preorder here. Matador previously released a reissue of Pavement’s Wowee […]