Black Dresses have a song on Christmasasaurus X2, the latest edition of an annual holiday compilation that’s been put out since 2005. This year’s proceeds are going to the Gerstein Crisis Centre. Devi McCallion and Ada Rook gifted us with their take on “We Are Children Of The Light,” a religious song originally written and […]
Georgia Maq – “Joe Rogan”
Two years ago, Georgia Maq, leader of the great Australian punk band Camp Cope, released Pleaser, her first full solo album. This year, Maq has teamed up with Alice Ivy for the solo single “Someone Stranger,” while Camp Cope also came back last month with the new song “Blue.” Today, Georgia Maq has come out […]
Former Chromatics Singer Ruth Radelet Goes Solo, Shares Elliott Smith Cover
For well over a decade, Ruth Radelet sang the breathy, still vocals for Chromatics, the elusive and cultishly beloved synthpop group. This past August, Radelet and all the other non-Johnny Jewel Chromatics announced that the group had broken up. These days, Radelet is making her music on her own. She’s just shared her first solo […]
Big Thief – “Spud Infinity” & “No Reason”
In February, Big Thief are releasing a new double album, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You. In reflection of its extended tracklist, we’ve heard a whole lot of singles from it already: “Little Things” and “Sparrow,” “Certainty,” “Change,” “Time Escaping” — and most of those tracks have landed somewhere on our best songs […]
Best Coast – “Leading” (Feat. The Linda Lindas)
In February of 2020, just as the world was preparing to go to shit, Best Coast released Always Tomorrow, their first proper album since 2015. Shitty timing! But now that tour dates are once again possible, Best Coast are getting ready to release a deluxe version of Always Tomorrow, and it’ll include at least one […]
Cat Power – “I’ll Be Seeing You” (Billie Holiday Cover) & “Unhate”
Early next year, Cat Power, aka Chan Marshall, will release a new collection of cover songs, plus a few updated versions of her own tracks. Leading up to the release of Covers, she shared reworks of the Pogues’ “Pair Of Brown Eyes,” Frank Ocean’s “Bad Religion,” and “Pa Pa Power” (a 2010 song from Ryan […]
Video: Juice WRLD “Burn”
Hot off the release of his posthumous album, Fighting Demons, Juice WRLD delivers the blazing visual for “Burn”. Directed by Steve Cannon, the clip centers the late rapper in a L.A. studio while the world experiences a apocalyptical catastrophe cause by comets. Fighting Demons features 18 tracks including guests Justin Bieber, Polo G and Trippie […]
Cloakroom – “Lost Meaning”
Early next year, the Indiana heavy space-rock greats Cloakroom will return with Dissolution Wave, their first album in five years. As explained when they released lead single “A Force At Play,” the new album is a heady space opera inspired by Cloakroom’s experience as professional musicians and some intense circumstances in their personal lives, including […]
Animal Collective – “Walker”
Early next year, Animal Collective will return with Time Skiffs, their first proper album since they released Painting With all the way back in 2016. The band is back in full for this one, with Panda Bear rejoining his old comrades. We’ve already posted the early single “Prester John,” and now AnCo have also shared […]
Kevin Morby – “I Hear You Calling” (Bill Fay Cover)
Dead Oceans launched its Bill Fay tribute 7″ series in November with a cover of “Dust Filled Room” by Steve Gunn. Today the series continues with Kevin Morby’s spin on “I Hear You Calling” from the cult-beloved folk musician’s 1971 album Time Of The Last Persecution. Morby shared this statement: Bill Fay exists as a […]