Toronto quartet Little Kid are led by Kenny Boothby, who was raised Pentecostal and whose music continues to be seasoned with reflections on the Christian faith. The band’s forthcoming album is called Transfiguration Highway, and its opening track is called “I Thought That You’d Been Raptured.” Yet new single “Losing” is probably not most people’s […]
Mark Lanegan Walks Back on Liam Gallagher Critique
Last week, a decades-old feud between Mark Lanegan and Liam Gallagher that stemmed from an Oasis-Screaming Trees tour was reignited over a passage in the ex-Screaming Trees singer’s memoir. Now, Lanegan seems to be extending the proverbial olive branch. “[The book] doesn’t reflect how I actually feel about [Gallagher] now,” Lanegan said to PA (via […]
Spielbergs – "Go!"
Norwegian Band To Watch Spielbergs play huge, anthemic, punch-the-sky indie rock. And now they’re back with their first new music since 2019’s Running All The Way Home EP, a new installment in Adult Swim’s 2019-2020 Singles series. “Go!” — pretty much the perfect Spielbergs song title — reunites the band with Tord Øverland Knudsen, the […]
The 1975 – "Guys"
Can you believe it? We are this close to the arrival of the 1975’s new album Notes On A Conditional Form. The much-anticipated followup to 2018’s A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships finally comes out next week and, as you are likely aware, there have been a whole bunch of songs shared in advance. Starting […]
Inter Arma Announce Covers Album 'Garbers Days Revisited', Share Version Of Neil Young's "Southern Man": Listen
Hey, some good news! Inter Arma, the great Richmond metal destroyers, released Sulphur English, an absolute rib-crusher of an album, just over a year ago. Today, they’ve announced plans to follow it up with an all-covers album called Garbers Days Revisited, which they recorded in between Sulphur English tours. Garbers Days Revisited — clearly a […]
Lee Ranaldo Shares Cover of John Lennon's 'Isolation'
Earlier this year, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo released a collaborative new album with Raul Refree and also launched his own Bandcamp page where he shared a bunch of rarities. Now, the guitarist has unveiled yet another buried gem from his catalog: 1998’s Amarillo Ramp (for Robert Smithson). In conjunction with that release, Ranaldo shared a video […]
Noel Gallagher Says Why He Stopped Cocaine Use
Noel Gallagher recently opened up about his experiences with cocaine in the 90s and how doing the drug landed him in the hospital. “I did have to check into hospital once,” the Oasis songwriter/guitarist said on Matt Morgan’s Funny How? podcast. “Imagine having the psychosis and having to have to go to hospital [sic]. They […]
Bing & Ruth – "Live Forever"
Last month, Bing & Ruth — the compositional project led by David Mooe — announced a new album, Species, with the lead single “I Had No Dream.” Today, they’re sharing the album’s centerpiece, a 13-minute slow burn called “Live Forever,” which glides through its long runtime with a preternatural calm. “Depending on how you’re registering […]
Ben Harper Shares New Single 'Don’t Let Me Disappear'
Veteran singer/songwriter Ben Harper has shared “Don’t Let Me Disappear” along with a video for the song. He released “Uneven Days” last summer, which was his first solo song without Charlie Musselwhite, his mother Ellen Harper, or the Innocent Criminals since 2011. Harper released a video for the song as well, which features two modern dancers […]
Luke Jenner – “If There Is A God”
Just before the pandemic hit, Luke Jenner, frontman of reunited New York dance-punk greats the Rapture, announced his intentions to drop a solo album. He also released the spare and vulnerable “You’re Not Alone,” that album’s first single. 1, Jenner’s first record without the Rapture, was supposed to come out this month. Like so many […]