Derek Smalls, the bassist for heavy metal greats Spinal Tap, has released a new single, “Must Crush Barbie,” aimed at the blockbuster sensation of the summer. “Been spending the last year or so as Brand Ambassador for BruegelCoin, the Dutch cryptocurrency,” Smalls explained in a statement. “Since it was cratering this past spring, I was […]
Bad History Month – “Touch The Riff”
Last month, Philly’s Bad History Month (Sean Sprecher) announced a new album, God Is Luck, which follows the just-released True Delusion EP. We’ve already heard the new album’s title track, and today Sprecher is sharing another album track called “Touch The Riff.” “I re-learned ‘Touch The Riff’ recently and I like it better than I […]
Aesop Rock – “Mindful Solutionism”
A couple of months ago, the world was presented with a strange spectacle: A video of Mark Zuckerberg, one of the most powerful men on the planet, wakeboarding while listening to Aesop Rock. (It turned out to be an Aesop guest verse from an Evidence song, but still.) That must’ve been weird for Aesop Rock, […]
Brutus – “Love Won’t Hide The Ugliness”
One year ago, the Belgian power trio Brutus came roaring back with Unison Life, another album of epic and pulverizing hard rock. Today, as a nice little surprise, they’ve announced a 2024 North American tour and dropped a new single called “Love Won’t Hide The Ugliness.” It’s got Stefanie Mannaerts wailing over crashing chords, and […]
Land Of Talk – “Pwintiques”
Lizzie Powell’s firmly revived Land Of Talk is nearing the release of the third album since the project picked back up in 2017. Performances is due out in October, and we’ve heard lead single “Your Beautiful Self” from it so far. Today, Powell is sharing the seven-minute closing track “Pwintiques,” a moody and escalating instrumental […]
The Staves – “You Held It All”
In early 2021, fantastic folk-rock sisters the Staves released Good Woman, the last thing Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor recorded with their sister and bandmate Emily Staveley-Taylor before she stepped away to focus on motherhood. Today the UK band has returned with their first new song since then, their debut as a duo. It’s called “You […]
Rap Radar Podcast: Allen Hughes
More than 30 years after directing 2Pac’s first music videos, director Allen Hughes returned to the small screen with his Emmy nominated docuseries, Dear Mama. Executive produced by Drake’s Dreamcrew production company, the film chronicled Pac’s relationship with his mother, Afeni. Here, Allen speaks on his acclaimed series, Menace II Society‘s 30 year anniversary, Dead […]
Sia – “Gimme Love”
Sia has released a new single, “Gimme Love.” It’s her first track in two years, and it serves as the first preview of a new album called Reasonable Woman, which will be released next spring. It’s being billed as her first proper pop album in 8 years, since 2016’s This Is Acting. Earlier this year, […]
Belle And Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch Publishing Debut Novel Next Year
Belle And Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch is releasing his debut novel next year. As The Bookseller reports, the Scottish musician’s book Nobody’s Empire will be published in September 2024 — it’s described as “part memoir and part fiction” and follows a character named Stephen who was diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome, which […]
Yumi Zouma – “KPR”
Yumi Zouma’s 2022 album Present Tense was truly spectacular, and not enough people noticed. Today the transcontinental indie-pop band is back with another effervescent single. “KPR” charges ahead with both force and finesse, matching those achingly dreamy vocals with some truly aggro guitar outbursts, building to one of those gorgeous finales this band does so […]