Earlier this week, Kacey Musgraves officially announced her Golden Hour follow-up star-crossed, which will be out in just two weeks time. She also shared its title track, a rippling opening number that sets the scene for the rest of the album. It was more of an introduction than a proper single, and she’s already back […]
Annie Blackman – “Glitch”
Earlier this year, Annie Blackman made her Father/Daughter Records debut with a trio of songs that were pretty and swirling and immersive. Today, she’s back with another new single, “Glitch,” that’s much more pithy and direct. It’s one of those songs where the words start tumbling out and don’t stop and Blackman has a lot […]
Stream Gorillaz’s New Meanwhile EP
Gorillaz have released a new three-track EP called Meanwhile. A celebration of the Notting Hill Carnival, which is cancelled this year due to the pandemic, and the band’s West London home, Meanwhile features collaborations with rappers AJ Tracey and Jelani Blackman and the Jamaica-born dancehall star Alicaì Harley. Gorillaz debuted all three songs during a […]
Preview John Coltrane’s Previously Unreleased A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle Featuring Pharoah Sanders
It’s been over 50 years after John Coltrane’s death and we’re still discovering new recordings. The jazz legend rarely played his 1965 masterpiece A Love Supreme live, and until now, the only recorded public performance available took place at a French festival in 1965. But now, following the release of the lost album Both Directions […]
Video: Joyner Lucas, Lil Tjay “Dreams Unfold”
For the kids. Joyner Lucas is for the kids in the video to his new single featuring Lil Tjay. Directed by Joyner Lucas and Ben Proulx, Lucas and Lil Tjay give their take on the influence of hip hop on kids. Impersonating various characters idolized by children, Lucas plays a Santa giving guns and drugs […]
Nothing – “Amber Gambler”
Nothing, pioneers of the heavy music to shoegaze pipeline, have announced The Great Dismal B-Sides, a collection of tracks recording during the sessions for the Philadelphia band’s 2020 album The Great Dismal. It will include three brand new songs: “The Great Dismal,” “Amber Gambler,” and a cover of the Delfonics’ “La La Means I Love […]
Patti Smith – “Blame It On The Sun” (Stevie Wonder Cover)
Patti Smith has released a new live EP, the latest installment of Spotify and Electric Lady Studios’ Live At Electric Lady series also featuring Japanese Breakfast, Faye Webster, Bleachers, and more. Smith’s seven-track EP includes a number of her own songs in addition to covers of Bob Dylan’s “One Too Many Mornings” and Stevie Wonder’s […]
Hand Habits – “No Difference”
Meg Duffy announced their new Hand Habits album Fun House, the follow-up to 2019’s excellent placeholder, last month. The LP was produced by Sasami Ashworth and engineered by King Tuff’s Kyle Thomas, and lead single “Aquamarine,” one of our favorite songs of the week when it came out, was a successful sonic departure that ventured […]
Rina Sawayama – “Enter Sandman” (Metallica Cover)
We’re getting closer and closer to the release of The Metallica Blacklist, the bugged-out new project where 53 different artists cover the songs from Metallica’s self-titled Black Album. One of the weirdest things about this whole project is that it seems to involve very few metal bands, or even artists with a noticeable metal influence […]
IDLES – “The God That Failed” (Metallica Cover)
In a few weeks, Metallica will release The Metallica Blacklist, the strange new project that will feature 53 different artists covering songs from Metallica’s self-titled “Black Album.” We’ve already heard a ton of those covers; people like Phoebe Bridgers, Weezer, and Chris Stapleton have offered their own incongruous takes on Metallica’s originals. Today, British bellowers […]