Love’s Holiday, the new album from San Francisco experimental rock veterans Oxbow, is coming this summer. It’s the first Oxbow album in six years, it was co-produced by Joe Chiccarelli and Oxbox guitarist Niko Wenner, and it features today’s awesome lead single “1000 Hours” — a rumbling, wide-open landscape that sort of sounds like an […]
Rancid – “Tomorrow Never Comes”
Berkeley punk legends Rancid, literally my favorite band of all time, have never broken up or gone inactive, but they tend to go long stretches without releasing new music. Rancid’s last album was Trouble Maker, which came out way back in 2017. The band keeps touring, and its members keep themselves busy; just last month, […]
Sufjan Stevens, Timo Andres, & Conor Hanick – “Ekstasis”
Sufjan Stevens has a long history of writing music for ballets, and he’s about to release a new album of that music. Stevens has a long working relationship with the choreographer Justin Peck, and he’s released his scores for several of Peck’s dance pieces. The most recent was 2019’s Principia, and now Stevens is announcing […]
The Band’s Garth Hudson Gives Surprise Public Performance, First In Five Years
As a member of the legendary country-rock outfit the Band and beyond, Garth Hudson had a long career onstage. But he’s getting up there in years, and he doesn’t often perform anymore. So it was quite the special occurrence Sunday when Hudson, 85, made a surprise performance at a house show hosted by musician Sarah […]
Video: 38 Spesh “Crowned King”
Bow down. 38 Spesh is rap’s royalty in his “Crowned King” music video. Courtesy of Phresh Vision, the Rochester rapper hits NYC and delivers his illustrious flow while attending and performing at his and Grafh’s Art Of Words‘ album release party and a private dinner with his crew. “Why would I give a fuck for? […]
Shop Talk – “Mirage Of Love”
There’s a new band of punk purists. Brooklyn’s Shop Talk are a three-piece act that take clear inspiration from punk’s first wave (think: the Damned, X, Buzzcocks) but update that aesthetic for 2023. On April 21, Shop Talk will share their debut EP, The Offering, via Mon Amie Records. It’s produced by Guided By Voices […]
Synthia – “So Low” (Feat. Clairo)
Upon their launch in 2019, Synthia were billed as a “boogie synth-pop” supergroup bringing together artists from Big Crown Records, the label founded by Leon Michels of El Michels Affair and Danny Akalepse. The group’s first single matched vocals from Lady Wray with production by Michels and Holy Hive’s Homer Steinweiss. Synthia is back this […]
Video: Wiz Khalifa “Why Not Not Why”
Why not? Wiz Khalifa keeps the new music flowing just because in his new music video, “Why Not Not Why”. Directed by Braden, the clip captures the typical day for the Taylor Gang boss. Here, he’s working out with his son Sebastian, attending a PFL fight, and kicking it with the homies including Ty Dolla […]
Eluvium – “Mass Lossless Interbeing” & “A Floating World Of Demons”
Next month, Eluvium is releasing a new album called (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality, which he’s been rolling out two tracks at a time since late last year. Today, he’s sharing the album’s final pair of singles, which means there’s just one left over when the entire thing comes out on May 12. These ones […]
Christine And The Queens – “True Love” (Feat. 070 Shake)
Later this spring, art-pop titan Christine And The Queens will release the new album PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE. Christine recorded the new LP with mega-producer Mike Dean, and it’s got multiple collaborations with both Madonna and 070 Shake. We’ve already posted first single “To be honest,” and now Christine has also shared one of those […]