Last year, Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington returned with their long-awaited sophomore outing as Darkside, Spiral. The album began as a weeklong jam session in New Jersey, which birthed several songs before the album was fleshed out and refined over another year and a half. Presumably, there’s some amount of material left over from all […]
Ibibio Sound Machine – “All That You Want”
Back in October, Ibibio Sound Machine released a new single called “Electricity,” produced by Hot Chip. It was a banger, and it ranked amongst our favorite songs that week. Today, the group is back with good news: “Electricity” was a title track from a forthcoming album, and it’s out in March. It also turns out […]
Stream Slowbleed’s Unrelentingly Heavy Debut Album The Blazing Sun, A Fiery Dawn
Going back decades, Oxnard, California and its surrounding suburbs have a long, rich hardcore history. In recent years, Oxnard standouts Dead Heat have been fusing metal and hardcore with serious chops and fury, doing the ’80s crossover-thrash style better than probably any other band since Power Trip. These days, another band from that same area […]
PUP – “Robot Writes A Love Song”
The return of PUP is nigh. A few months ago, the great Toronto pop-punk band released two new songs, “Waiting” And “Kill Something.” Today, they’ve announced that they’ve got a new album with the self-referential title THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND coming out this spring. PUP co-produced the new LP with Peter Katis, known for his […]
Jenny Hval – “Year Of Love”
Back in November, Jenny Hval returned with the announcement she had signed to 4AD and shared her debut single for the label, “Jupiter.” It was a lush and gorgeous song, and it ranked amongst our favorites that week. Turns out “Jupiter” was a preview of a whole new album. It’s called Classic Objects, and it’s […]
Sonic Youth Releasing ’00s Rarities On New Album In/Out/In
Sonic Youth were still cranking out incredible music upon their dissolution in the early 2010s, and now we get to hear quite a bit more of it. Two months from today the band will release In/Out/In, a collection of rare and unreleased recordings from their final decade together — from the Jim O’Rourke era to […]
Partner – “Time Is A Car”
Band To Watch alums Partner, who’ve succinctly summed up their vibe with the subgenre tag “Canadian lesbian post classic rock,” are back today with an extremely catchy new song. “Time Is A Car” commemorates the 30th birthday of Josée Caron, the younger of the two Partner members, with some immensely appealing ’80s pop-rock rock vibes. […]
Video: Rod Wave “Cold December”
Cruel winter. Rod Wave vents on a broken heart in the wintry music video to his new release. Out in the Denver mountains, Rod details the highs and lows of a former love while a couple goes through the motions of their relationship.
Phosphorescent – “Bad News From Home” (Randy Newman Cover)
Phosphorescent hasn’t released a new album since 2018’s C’Est La Vie, which itself arrived five years after 2013’s Muchacho. Is it time for another LP? Not exactly. Matthew Houck is instead launching something called The Full Moon Project with a cover of Randy Newman’s dark, brooding 1988 ballad “Bad News From Home,” with artwork showcasing […]
Fall In Love With Riotron’s EDM Masterpiece “Silent Night”
What can be better than an EDM Christmas track? Nothing! Riotron reshaped “Silent Night” into a most exceptional Indie-pop version that is both fun and festive and at the same does not lack in depth and sophistication. The Canadian artist with tens of thousands of followers delighted the world with “Silent Night” right in time […]