Anthemic, emo-flavored Philly indie rockers Sweet Pill are preparing to return with their sophomore album There’s Still A Glow, and we were really into lead single “No Control.” Today, they follow it with “Glow,” the album’s sort-of title track. It’s a soaring chest-thumper, and much like “No Control,” it’s all about realizing that you need […]
Cate Le Bon – “Always The Same” (Feat. St. Vincent)
There’s a new Cate Le Bon song with St. Vincent. Le Bon, the Welsh art-pop wonder, released her latest opus Michelango Dying in September. “Always The Same,” her new collaboration with Annie Clark, was crafted during the sessions for the album, and its surreal, woozy synth environment is of a piece. The main difference is […]
Bruno Mars Announces Stadium Tour With Anderson .Paak, Leon Thomas, Raye, & Victoria Monét
Bruno Mars is one of those pop stars who can seemingly fade into the background while still quietly cranking out gigantic hits. It’s been more than eight years since Mars released 24K Magic, his last solo album, but he’s still racked up a couple more #1 hits since that record arrived. So it’s a big […]
Watch Robyn’s Life-Affirming Colbert Performance Of “Sexistential”
Robyn season is truly upon us. Yesterday, the Swedish pop supernova finally announced Sexistential, her first album in almost eight years. She also followed her 2025 single “Dopamine” with two new singles that she debuted at her New Year’s Eve show, “Talk To Me” and the Sexistential title track. Of those two songs, “Talk To […]
Blackstar Turns 10
ISO/Columbia/Sony 2016 When I awoke that Sunday morning, I was so confused. My wife, not much of a music fan, mentioned she’d just read some news about David Bowie. I replied something along the lines of, “Yeah, he just released a new album.” I assumed she’d encountered coverage of Blackstar, which the music legend had […]
Robyn Announces New Album Sexistential: Hear Two Songs
For the first time in nearly eight years, a new Robyn album is upon us. And this time around, she’s horny. Robyn’s last album was Honey, which came out in 2018 and which was her first in nine years. Recently, Robyn has been teasing a new LP, and she dropped her excellent single “Dopamine” in […]
Music-Playing Lollipop Makes The Rounds At CES
Look, it’s harder and harder for musicians to make a living at what they do. You have to be more and more creative to figure out ways to turn music into money. But how about this: A lollipop that costs nine dollars and plays a song in your head while you eat it? Boom. Problem […]
Katie Alice Greer – “Expo ’70”
Katie Alice Greer, former frontperson for the DC punk band Priests, re-emerged last fall after a couple years out of the spotlight. In September, the now LA-based musician released “Talk To Leslie,” a dreamy pop song with the kind of downtempo electronic beat I’d expect to hear on a late ’90s chillout track. She’s got […]
Gladie Announce New Album No Need To Be Lonely Produced By Jeff Rosenstock: Hear “Future Spring”
A couple of months ago Gladie, the current project of ex-Cayetana frontperson Augusta Koch, released a new single called “Car Alarm.” Produced by Jeff Rosenstock, it also marked the Philly punks’ debut release for Get Better Records. Today, Gladie have announced a whole Rosenstock-produced LP arriving this March called No Need To Be Lonely, and […]
Album Of The Week: Winged Wheel Desert So Green
If you’re tapped into the right corners of the underground, Winged Wheel are a supergroup. Recruiting a member of Sonic Youth — arguably the greatest experimental rock band of all time, and inarguably one of the most popular — certainly bolsters that designation. But even before Steve Shelley got behind the kit for 2024’s Big […]