Last month, Doja Cat went on social media and pointedly refused to tell her fans that she loves them: “I don’t though cuz I don’t even know yall.” It’s time that someone said something about parasocial stan armies, and Doja is exactly the kind of pop star who doesn’t mind doing stuff like that. The […]
Yours Truly Turns 10
Ariana Grande’s debut album starts with a whoosh of strings, twirling like the spell that magicked Cinderella into her ballgown. The next track, “Baby I,” begins with the LucasArts THX intro, just before brass hits lock into place like spotlights. They’re less hooks than overtures, the first few notes before the curtain rises on the […]
Slowdive – “alife”
We’ve already weighed in on Slowdive’s magnificent new album everything is alive, which drops this Friday, but they might as well keep that hype train rolling with one more advance single. Today it’s “alife,” a lush and uptempo track that helped the band to really get into album mode. Neil Halstead offers some context: “alife” […]
Beirut – “So Many Plans”
Beirut, aka the worldly indie band started by Zach Condon, has announced his first new album in more than four years. (Not counting 2021’s Artifacts, a double-album collection of unreleased tracks, EPs, and B-sides.) Out November 10 on Condon’s own Pompeii Records, Hadsel is written, recorded, and performed by Condon, and named for the Northern […]
Video: DJ Premier Ft. Westside Gunn, Rome Streetz “Runway”
That ‘ol real shit. Producer DJ Premier linked with Griselda on the “Runway” for his latest single featuring Westside Gunn and Rome Streetz and has since released his self-directed music video. Backed by Preem’s signature boom bap sound and scratches, Rome Streetz sets it off with his witty bars in the Poe and Erikson Corniel-shot […]
Tiesto Ft. BIA, 21 Savage “Both”
For love and money. Dutch DJ and producing extraordinaire Tiesto and BIA connect on their new single, “Both” featuring 21 Savage. Lead by Tiesto and The Monarch’s dance-production, BIA’s all about the paper and being pampered. “This money and the love, I need both of them / In the back of the ‘Lac, gimme both […]
Hovvdy – “To Me It Was” (Samia Cover)
Back in June, Samia announced a single release series Honey Reimagined featuring artists (Maya Hawke, Hovvdy, Ruston Kelly, and Blondshell, to name a few) covering songs from Honey, which originally came out in January of this year. We’ve already heard Hawke’s cover of “Honey” and Blondshell’s take on “Charm You,” and now we get to […]
Amanda Palmer & The Righteous Babes – “The Last Day Of Our Acquaintaince” (Sinéad O’Connor Cover)
Last month, the great Sinéad O’Connor died at the way-too-young age of 56. I’m sure a lot of people have been binging O’Connor’s music hard since her passing, and I am definitely one of those people. Since Sinéad’s loss, the song that’s been hitting me hardest is “The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance,” a gut-twisting […]
Teenage Halloween – “Getting Bitter”
This fall, just 11 days before actual Halloween, the New Jersey pop-punkers Teenage Halloween will release their sophomore album Till You Return. We’ve already posted the early singles “Supertrans” and “Takeaway,” and now Teenage Halloween have shared another track. Teenage Halloween bassist Tricia Marshall wrote the new song “Getting Bitter” about struggles with a family […]
Oneohtrix Point Never – “A Barely Lit Path”
Last week, the extremely busy synth wizard Daniel Lopatin, otherwise known as Oneohtrix Point Never, announced the impending release of his new album Again. It’s his follow-up to 2020’s Magic Oneohtrix Point Never. Lopatin was already a big deal before that album. Since then, he’s produced for the Weeknd and Soccer Mommy, done musical-director duties […]