We haven’t heard too much from Nashville DIY duo Twen since early last year when they released two songs, “Soothsay” and “Thrice,” which followed their 2019 debut album Awestruck. That’s about to change, though, because Twen are back with a brand-new track, “HaHaHome.” A pleasant, mid-tempo jaunt, “HaHaHome” is a wash of twanging guitars and […]
Pike Vs The Automaton – “Alien Slut Mum”
Sleep guitarist/High On Fire frontman Matt Pike has announced his debut solo album under the name Pike Vs The Automaton. “I was just going bonkers during the pandemic,” Pike explains. “It was like really, truly miserable. And then all the riots here in Portland and all the political shit. I was trapped in my garage, […]
Stream New Grass’ Brutal, Frantic Post-Hardcore Album Scordatura Perforations
Technically New Grass is a one-man screamo band, but project mastermind Lucio Oquendo doesn’t really scream, at least not usually. That pained and urgent sound that comes out of his mouth are more like a bark — hearty and aggressive yet as this-is-an-emergency frantic as any other vocalist in the genre. On Scordatura Perforations, his […]
Burna Boy – “B. D’OR” (Feat. Wizkid)
Nigerian pop superstar Burna Boy has kept busy since releasing his Grammy-winning album Twice As Tall in 2020. Since then, he’s dropped a handful of singles, including “Kilometre,” “Question,” and “Want It All,” which featured a verse from Chicago rapper Polo G. Now, just a few days after announcing a spring 2022 concert at Madison […]
Black Dresses – “We Are Children Of The Light”
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 […]