Birds In Row don’t release new albums that often, but when they do, hoo boy. The French experimental hardcore band, who specialize in screamo-adjacent clenched-body freakouts, last graced us with new music in 2018, when sophomore album We Already Lost The World flipped my whole shit around. Today they’re back with a new song and […]
Phoenix – “Alpha Zulu”
It’s been five years since the last Phoenix album, 2017’s Ti Amo, and we haven’t heard much from the band since then, save for “Identical,” the one-off song that they contributed to the soundtrack for Sofia Coppola’s On The Rocks. Today, they’re back with a new single, “Alpha Zulu” — per a press release, the […]
of Montreal – “Marijuana’s A Working Woman”
of Montreal self-released a sprawling album, I Feel Safe With You, Trash, last year, but Kevin Barnes’ last one with Polyvinyl Records was 2020’s UR FUN. Today, he’s announcing a new album, Freewave Lucifer f<ck f^ck f>ck. Lead single “Marijuana’s A Working Woman” goes a few different directions over its five minutes, and it comes […]
Gang Gang Dance & Meditations On Crime – “Crime Seed”
A little over a month after collaborative project Meditations On Crime released its debut single, Julia Holter and Harper Simon’s “Heloise,” it’s now back with a new song by Gang Gang Dance. “Crime Seed” features Lizzi Bougatsos and Brian Degraw of Gang Gang Dance, plus Paz Lenchantin (Pixies), Carla Azar (Autolux), and songwriting and production […]
Joan Shelley – “Home”
In a few weeks, the great Kentucky-based folk musician Joan Shelley will release her new album The Spur, James Elkington produced the LP, and it features contributions from people like Meg Baird and the novelist Max Porter. We’ve already posted two early singles, the LP’s title track and the Bill Callahan duet “Amberlit Morning,” and […]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World” (Feat. Perfume Genius)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are officially back. After announcing some shows and signing to Secretly Canadian, the trio has announced a brand-new album, Cool It Down, which will be out in September. It’s their first album since 2013’s Mosquito. Today, they’re sharing its lead single, “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World,” which they debuted live […]
Nation Of Language – “Androgynous” (The Replacements Cover)
Do you ever think about the Replacements’ “Androgynous,” about how that song’s existence is a total miracle? Nobody could accuse the ’80s Replacements of performative wokeness, but in the perilous cultural era of 1984, these perma-drunk urchins still wrote and recorded a song about deep empathy that goes way beyond gender. There’s nothing cynical or […]
Viagra Boys – “Punk Rock Loser”
Towards the end of April, Viagra Boys announced their new album Cave World, the quick followup to last year’s Welfare Jazz. We’ve heard a couple songs from it, including “Ain’t No Thief” and “Troglodyte.” Today, they’re back with another. Viagra Boys’ latest is called “Punk Rock Loser.” The group once more teamed with SNASK for […]
Video: Payroll Giovanni “Back 2 The Ba$ics”
New bag alert. Fresh off the release of his new album, Back 2 The Ba$ics, Payroll Giovanni is securing the bags in the video to its title-track. Courtesy of Jerry productions, the Detroit rapper puts in work with his crew from inside a trap house, while he casually collects a few duffle bags of money. […]
Video: Tanna Leone “Picasso”
Still hot off the releases of his Sleepy Soldier album, pgLang artist Tanna Leone releases the project’s latest video. In the clip, the L.A. artist takes a quick moment to reflect from a cruise through the city in a Benz and a massive server room to a phone booth on an erupting street corner and […]