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, […]
Muzz – "Red Western Sky"
Muzz is the new band made up of Interpol’s Paul Banks, the Walkmen drummer Matt Barrick, and veteran producer/multi-instrumentalist Josh Kaufman, who’s played with people like the National and Hiss Golden Messenger and is currently one third of the folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman. Although the first Muzz songs just came out last month, their […]
Pottery – "Hot Like Jungle"
After releasing one of 2019’s best EPs, the Montreal art-rock weirdoes Pottery announced that they’d be following it up this year with their full-length debut Welcome To Bobby’s Motel. So far we’ve heard the multi-part lead single freakout “Texas Drums Parts I & II” — which ranked amongst our favorite songs that week — as […]
Amber Mark – "Waiting (Demo)"
On April Fool’s Day, Artist To Watch Amber Mark released a cover of Nirvana’s “Heart Shaped Box.” It was the first installment of Covered-19, a series of tracks Mark is producing and recording in her NYC flat and releasing “every fortnight” with a self-made visual during the lockdown. It’s been two weeks, and indeed Mark […]
Walter Martin Teams Up With The National's Matt Berninger For Funny Coronavirus Song "Quarantine Music (Loco)"
Hamilton Leithauser isn’t the only former Walkmen member with new music out these days. Since the breakup of the Walkmen, the great New York indie rock institution, multi-instrumentalist Walter Martin has been making what could be described as kids’ music; he just dropped the new LP The World At Night in January. Today, he’s come […]
Konradsen – "Give It Back To The Feelings"
The Norwegian duo Konradsen — made up of vocalist/pianist Jenny Marie Sabel and multi-instrumentalist Eirik Vildgren — just released their debut album Saints And Sebastian Stories in October. But last month, the Band To Watch announced they already had a followup EP ready: Rodeo No. 5, an extension of Saints. So far we’ve heard one […]
Brittany Howard – "You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks" (Funkadelic Cover)
Last year, Alabama Shakes leader Brittany Howard returned with her first new music since 2015. This time, it was a full-fledged solo debut under own name titled Jaime, and it wound up being one of the best albums of 2019. It remains to be seen what happens next — Howard’s solo outing was adored and […]
New Video: 50 Cent Ft. Post Malone “Tryna Fuck Me Over” | Rap Radar
You better watch your step. 50 Cent takes it back to his 2015 project, The Kanan Tape with this newly release video featuring Post Malone. The long-overdue clip begins with the two chatting in a car, before Fif bails after a knock on the window by the NYPD. Segueing to a hypnotic setting filled with […]
New Music: R.A. The Rugged Ft. Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, Kool G Rap, XX3eme “Dragon Fire”
Killers don’t die so easy. R.A. The Rugged Man brings the heat on this murderous collaboration featuring the Wu, Kool G Rap, and reggae artist XX3me. Over brolic chants of Wu-Tang, and R.A. The Rugged Man, SHROOM’s lays a soundbed with is uptempo cadence. Opening up the track, Ghostface Killah and Masta Killa bring their […]