Talker is an LA-based pop-rock project led by Celeste Tauchar. “TWENTYSOMETHING,” the new Talker single out today, is brash, lively, and playfully hopeless in a way that feels akin to Wet Leg or Illuminati Hotties. Chanted lyrics abound, both spoken and shouted at the top of Tauchar’s lungs. As the music bashes along, she details […]
Blink-182 – “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got”
It sure seems like we’re getting a serious, mature late-career Blink-182 album. As seen above, today the band revealed the cover art for One More Time… — their first album with the classic Tom DeLonge-Mark Hoppus-Travis Barker lineup in more than a decade, releasing this Friday. They also shared “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got,” […]
We’ve Got A File On You: No I.D.
Dion “No I.D.” Wilson has made headline-grabbing music with some of the most famous rappers in the world, but you might not know who he is, and he’s fine with that. “I’ve always shunned a lot of things in my life as far as the limelight,” he says. As a Chicago hip-hop institution, he’s worked […]
Pure Bathing Culture – “The Sun”
A month after the surprise release of their EP Roxi’s Dream Pt. 1, Portland duo Pure Bathing Culture announced their new album Chalice. That LP comes out next month, and we’ve already posted early singles “The Memento” and “The River.” Today, they’ve shared another new track. On the Chalice tracklist, Pure Bathing Culture’s new song […]
Bananarama – “Feel The Love”
A couple of years back, we talked to the reunited Bananarama and later reviewed their 1986 chart-topper “Venus” in The Number Ones. You may also remember Lorde covered their other massive song, 1983’s “Cruel Summer,” last summer. Today, the pop act shares a new song, “Feel The Love,” from the compilation Glorious – The Ultimate […]
BADBADNOTGOOD & Charlotte Day Wilson – “Sleeper”
Earlier this year, BADBADNOTGOOD, who are known for eclectic collaborations, teamed up with Turnstile for the New Heart Design EP. Today, the Canadian instrumental group is sharing a new song with the R&B artist Charlotte Day Wilson called “Sleeper,” which was debuted at the London festival All Points East in August. “Sleeper wrote itself…we were […]
Carla Bley Dead At 87
Carla Bley has died at 87. As The New York Times reports, the influential jazz composer, arranger, and pianist passed away at her home in upstate New York due to complications with brain cancer. Bley was born Lovella May Borg in Oakland, California on May 11, 1936. She moved to New York City when she […]
Foo Fighters Playing SNL On October 28
Foo Fighters have been announced as the musical guest for Saturday Night Live‘s episode on October 28. They’ll be performing opposite host Nate Bargatze. This will be the band’s ninth time as the musical guest on SNL, and it will be their first appearance on the show since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. They […]
Video: BJ The Chicago Kid Ft. Coco Jones “Spend The Night”
Don’t hold back. BJ The Chicago Kid and Coco Jones link up at a diner in the accompanying music video to his latest single, “Spend The Night”. Portrayed as a cook, BJ eyes Coco dining at a table before he daydreams swooning her with a sultry performance. “Rolling around from the floor to the bed […]
How Sun June Made Their Remarkable New Album Bad Dream Jaguar
There aren’t many indie bands that can say they owe their existence to Ryan Gosling, but Austin’s Sun June is one that can. Lead vocalist Laura Colwell and guitarist Stephen Salisbury, the project’s two songwriters, both arrived in the city looking for work as editors in the film industry. They ended up working together on […]