Spectral folk singer Marissa Nadler has shared a new EP of covers for Bandcamp’s second revenue-waiving day today. Well, mostly covers — as BrooklynVegan reports, Covers 3 features Nadler’s takes on Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters,” Townes Van Zandt’s “My Proud Mountains,” Bob Dylan’s “I Was Young When I Left Home,” and King Crimson’s “Moonchild” in […]
Stream Gumm’s Piece It Together EP
Last month, the Chattanooga, Tennessee band Gumm landed in our Month In Hardcore column with a compilation track. Today, the group has dropped a three-song EP called Piece It Together, and it goes ridiculously hard. Gumm make what I guess you’d call melodic hardcore, though “melodic” is always a relative term when it comes to […]
Stream Sacred Bones Records' Black Sabbath Tribute Album 'What Is This That Stands Before Me?'
Black Sabbath is one of those bands that serves as a major gateway drug when you’re young and first discovering music, and then you can sort of wind up taking them for granted. You forget just how mind-blowing it was to hear “War Pigs” for the first time, or if you’re of a certain generation […]
Joan Shelley – "Bed In The River"
Less than a year after releasing Like The River Loves The Sea, Joan Shelley returned this spring with two new songs, the spare “Blue Skies” and the even more minimal “Between Rock & Sky.” Today she’s sharing another calmingly gorgeous new track. Like Shelley’s other recent output, “Bed In The River” amounts to little more […]
Archers of Loaf Share Cover of Rolling Stones' 'Street Fighting Man'
Earlier this year, Archers of Loaf announced their return with their first new song in over two decades. Now, they gave fans another treat in the form of a thunderous cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Street Fighting Man.” “Street Fighting Man” is the B-side to the North Carolina band’s upcoming Record Store Day single, with […]
Laura Stevenson – "After Those Who Mean It"
Laura Stevenson has shared a new song called “After Those Who Mean It.” It’s the second loose track she’s shared this year so far, following “Time Bandits” last month. She released her most recent album, The Big Freeze, last year. This one was recorded at the same time as those songs with producer John Agnello, […]
Empty Country – “Andi” & “10 Year”
Empty Country is Joseph D’Agostino, the former leader of the great indie rock band Cymbals Eat Guitars. Back in March, D’Agostino released Empty Country’s self-titled debut album. He put the LP out on the day that Bandcamp waived its share of revenue from album sales. Today, Bandcamp is doing the same thing again; all proceeds […]
Archers Of Loaf – "Street Fighting Man" (The Rolling Stones Cover)
In February, Archers Of Loaf released their first new song in 22 years, “Raleigh Days.” The beloved North Carolina band played some shows soon after and had another tour planned that was supposed to be going on right now, though those dates have now been cancelled. (They currently plan to pick it back up in […]
Fountains of Wayne Drop New Version of 'Hackensack'
Last week, Fountains of Wayne and Sharon Van Etten did a special performance of “Hackensack” to honor songwriter, the band’s late bassist and singer Adam Schlesinger on Jersey 4 Jersey, a televised special to raise funds for the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund. And today (May 1), the new version is available for purchase on […]
YG – “Laugh Now Kry Later!”
The last time we heard from California rap king YG, he was releasing “Konclusions,” a Valentine’s Day love song to Kehlani. Kehlani almost immediately responded by ripping YG a new asshole on the breakup song on the post-breakup diss track “Valentine’s Day (Shameful).” That’s pretty funny! Presumably, YG would very much like to put this […]