A few months back, Sally Shapiro announced a new album, the Johnny Jewel-produced Sad Cities, the duo’s first full-length album since 2013’s Somewhere Else that represents their first new material since they called it quits for a time back in 2016. We’ve heard “Forget About You” and “Fading Away” from that album so far, and […]
Snow Ellet – “Boys Don’t Cry” (The Cure Cover)
Earlier this year, Chicago musician Eric Reyes released his debut EP as Snow Ellet, Suburban Indie Rock Star — one of 2021’s great EPs!– and he’s followed it up with an expanded edition that included “Wine On The Carpet” and a team-up with producer Ryan Hemsworth called “Cannonball.” Today, Reyes is back with a chiming […]
Bad Bad Hats – “Sally Sweet Tooth”
Earlier this year, Minneapolis trio Bad Bad Hats released a new album, Walkman, and today they’re back with “Sally Sweet Tooth,” a spunky and inspired original holiday track. “We initially wrote ‘Sally Sweet Tooth’ a year ago for our Patreon page,” the band explain. “Every month we write an original song based around a musical […]
Blue Hawaii – “L.O.V.E.”
Last year, Blue Hawaii — the dancey team-up between Raphaelle “Ra” Standell-Preston (of Braids) and Agor “DJ Kirby” Cowan — released the very fun Under 1 House, which made our list of Great EPs From 2020. Today, they’re announcing another EP, My Bestfriend’s House, which is out in February and is being introduced by “L.O.V.E.,” […]
*NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” Gets The Sad And Slow Treatment For Acclaimed New Simon Rex Movie Red Rocket
A new A24 movie Red Rocket hits theaters this weekend, and if you already watched the trailer, you might have noticed that *NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye” is featured prominently. You might have also caught a somber cover of the No Strings Attached single in the trailer — it’s by actress Suzanna Son (who plays the […]
Stream Drakeo The Ruler’s New Mixtape So Cold I Do Em 2
A little more than a year ago, the influential Los Angeles underground rapper Drakeo The Ruler cut a plea deal with authorities and got out of jail, where he’d been awaiting trial for years. Since his release, Drakeo has been on a creative tear. He’s released the mixtapes We Know The Truth, The Truth Hurts, […]
Tame Impala – “No Choice”
Early next year, Tame Impala will release a The Slow Rush deluxe box set, an expanded edition of their 2020 album The Slow Rush. The set includes some remixes and extended cuts and there are two previously unreleased B-sides called “The Boat I Row” and “No Choice.” Today, Kevin Parker is sharing the latter, which […]
Mitski – “Heat Lightning”
In February, Mitski is releasing her sixth album, Laurel Hell, the follow-up to 2018’s Be The Cowboy. We’ve heard “Working For The Knife” and “The Only Heartbreaker” from it already, and today we’re getting a third single, “Heat Lightning.” It starts out ponderous and slow but builds to a crescendo of fluttering piano keys and […]
Superchunk – “Endless Summer”
Indie-rock lifers Superchunk have announced that they’re readying a new album for 2022. It’s called Wild Loneliness and it’s the follow-up to 2018’s What A Time To Be Alive. Additionally, Superchunk shared the album’s lead single, “Endless Summer” and a slew of tour dates. Featuring Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley on harmonies, “‘Endless […]
A Place To Bury Strangers – “Hold On Tight”
Earlier this year, veteran New York noisemakers A Place To Bury Strangers unveiled their new lineup, with bassist John Fedowitz and drummer Sandra Fedowitz joining longtime frontman Oliver Ackermann, and the trio also released an EP called Hologram. Early next year, they’ll follow that EP with a new album called See Through You. A couple […]