Jun 22, 2021 By Dom Gourlay Highly acclaimed experimental trio Haiku Salut release their fifth album The Hill, The Light, The Ghost on Friday 27th August through Secret Name Records. It marks another stark departure sonically for the Derbyshire based trio, whose fusion of electronica, folk, lo-fi and avant garde indiepop sets them out as […]
Second Lives
Jun 22, 2021 Web Exclusive By Haydon Spenceley Graham Costello is one of a slew of rising jazz voices in the UK scene. Here, following the success of his breakthrough ensemble album Strata, he presents Second Lives, a second slice of hugely enjoyable, uplifting, and intriguing ensemble work. Whether it’s the Portico Quartet-eque brass and […]
Earth Trip
Jun 22, 2021 Web Exclusive By Mark Moody Mama, take these psychedelic garage rockin’ chains off of me! For those of us that don’t give two hoots and a holler about Wooden Shjips or Moon Duo, Rose City Band is the Ripley Johnson train we ride. Three Rose City Band albums in, the prolific Mr. […]
Streetwise/Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell
Jun 22, 2021 Web Exclusive By Dustin Krcatovich Documentaries rarely come as harrowing as Martin Bell and Mary Ellen Mark’s Streetwise. Spinning off from a photo shoot Mark did for Life Magazine about street kids in Seattle, it is a time capsule of a city worlds away from, but also presaging, the Seattle of today. […]
Exclusive: Watch Christopher Lloyd Kick Butt in this Behind-the-Scenes Clip from “Nobody”
Jun 22, 2021 By Austin Trunick Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing their new action thriller, Nobody, today on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD. The release comes packed with additional bonus content, including breakdowns of each of the movie’s fight sequences. The Certified Fresh action film stars Bob Odenkirk as an everyday, underappreciated father who […]
Premiere: Sarah Walk Shares New Live Version of “same road”
Jun 22, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Daniel Smith Coleman Following her 2020 sophomore album, Another Me, singer/songwriter Sarah Walk is back this week with her new EP, Simply. Walk’s latest work features reinterpreted, stripped-back versions of choice highlights from Another Me, along with a handful of new songs and even a cover of […]
Watch Lucy Dacus Perform “Brando” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Jun 22, 2021 By Mark Redfern Lucy Dacus is releasing a new album, Home Video, this Friday via Matador. Last night she was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where she performed the album’s latest single, “Brando,” from the Theatre Gym of the Virginia Repertory Theatre, in her native Richmond. Watch the black & […]
Low Announce New Album and Tour Dates, Share Video for New Song “Days Like These”
Jun 22, 2021 By Mark Redfern Photography by Nathan Keay Low have announced a new album, HEY WHAT, and shared its first single, “Days Like These,” via a video for it. They have also announced some tour dates. HEY WHAT is due out September 10 via Sub Pop. Karlos Rena Ayala directed the “Days Like […]
Wye Oak Share Hair-Raising Video for New Song “Its Way With Me”
Jun 22, 2021 By Mark Redfern Wye Oak (Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack) have shared a new song, “Its Way With Me,” via a video for the track. It is a standalone single released by Merge. Spencer Kelly directed the video, which features Wasner singing the song as fans blow her hair in different patterns, […]
Premiere: Tamaraebi Debuts New Acoustic Version Of “Serious”
Jun 22, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Faith Aylward Alt pop artist Tamaraebi returned this month with his latest EP, Spectrum, once again pulling together spellbinding genre fusions which pull from psychedelic soul, synth pop, R&B, and funk. His sprawling approach to sounds and styles is quickly becoming a trademark for the Nigerian-born, London-based […]
Premiere: Christopher Paul Stelling Debuts New Single “Wildfire”
Jun 22, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Joshua Black Wilkins Introspective folk troubadour Christopher Paul Stelling is returning this fall with his first self-released record in eight years, Forgiving It All. Recorded in the wake of the passing of his beloved grandmother, Stelling’s sixth studio album serves as some of his most introspective work […]
Carpet Unleashes Second Single “Terror Tear”
Jun 22, 2021 By Dom Gourlay Photography by Ash Scott Just four weeks after the release of his first track “Burnt and Cold”, musician and recording engineer Rob Slater (The Spills, Crake, Mi Mye, Thank) delivers his second offering under the Carpet pseudonym, with new single “Terror Tear”. Although equally restless, where “Burnt and Cold” […]
Don Lifted Shares New Single “Golden (The Wait)” Featuring MadameFraankie
Jun 22, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Fans last heard from Memphis-based musician and visual artist Don Lifted (a.k.a. Lawrence Matthews) with the news that he signed to Fat Possum Records with new music on the way. We previously shared Matthew’s debut single with Fat Possum, “Lost In Orion” in March and since then he’s continued […]
Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz Announces New Solo Album, Shares New Song
Jun 22, 2021 By Mark Redfern Photography by Linda Brownlee Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz has announced a new solo album, The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows, and shared its title track. The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows is due out November 12 via Transgressive, his first the […]
Rick and Morty (Season Five)
Jun 21, 2021 By Jeremy Nisen Web Exclusive Rick Sanchez, the universe’s smartest man and deadliest, most debauched, degenerate grandfather, and his rather earnest but increasingly unhinged grandson, Morty, are back for more sci-fi and reality-bending misadventures. If you haven’t boarded the Rick & Morty train yet, all you really need to know to get […]
Helado Negro Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song “Gemini and Leo”
Jun 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern Photography by Nathan Bajar Helado Negro (Miami-born, New York-based artist Roberto Carlos Lange) has announced a new album, Far In, and shared its first single, “Gemini and Leo,” via a video for it. Far In is due out October 22 via 4AD, his first album for the label. Jacob […]
Stockholm Syndrome [Tribeca 2021]
Jun 21, 2021 By Kaveh Jalinous Web Exclusive The Architects’ Stockholm Syndrome is the first documentary about Rakim Myers, more famously known as rapper A$AP Rocky. The documentary’s first act explains the rapper’s quick rise in both the music and fashion world. Mixing archival footage with interviews with the rapper himself and with his close […]
This Is Really Going to Hurt
Jun 21, 2021 Web Exclusive By Haydon Spenceley There’s something hypnotically beautiful about the music of Flyte on this, their second full-length album. Falling somewhere between the sparse beauty of the work of Elliott Smith and the soundtrack-ready universal pop of Travis, these are carefully crafted and perfectly honed indie pop songs of a depth […]
Death of a Cheerleader
Jun 21, 2021 Web Exclusive By Mark Moody After a couple of punchy EP’s, the Mia Berrin-fronted quartet, Pom Pom Squad, deliver their debut LP with an unanticipated level of aplomb. With a stated affinity for Courtney Love, Berrin proves more nuanced and agile over the course of the album, which was co-produced by illuminati […]
Premiere: Dana Sipos Debuts New Track “Hoodoo”
Jun 21, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Chris Dufour Canadian folk singer/songwriter Dana Sipos is set to return later this week with her latest album, The Astral Plane, releasing via Roaring Girl Records. Her newest record comes on the heels of critical acclaim for her 2018 record, Trick of the Light. Sipos took 2020 […]
Algiers Announce Fall 2021 U.S. Tour Dates
Jun 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern Photography by Christian Högstedt Algiers have announced some fall 2021 U.S. tour dates. They go down this September and October and span both coasts and some cities in between. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. Check them all out below. Algiers’ most recent album, […]
Premiere: Jxst J Debuts New Video For “Pets”
Jun 21, 2021 By Caleb Campbell New York City-based indie pop producer and musician Jxst J (aka James Pratley Watson) spent quarantine inside his Brooklyn apartment, crafting the songs that would go on to make up his upcoming debut album, How To Pronounce Jxst J. After spending his early years playing in bands in LA, […]
Premiere: Chanel & The Circus Debuts New Single “Life Takes Time”
Jun 21, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Shaina Rose Woolley Chanel & the Circus is an LA-based indie rock band, fronted by genderfluid musician and director Chanel Samson (they/them). They’ve been an electric live presence in LA’s queer DIY scene, including headlining an actual circus and cabaret event, but lately, Chanel has taken quarantine […]
Premiere: Roscoe Roscoe Shares New Music Video “Jacob’s Ladder”
Jun 21, 2021 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Holly Whitaker London five-piece psych outfit Roscoe Roscoe made their debut last year in the midst of 2020’s quarantine summer with their single “Brain Retrieve.” Earlier this month the band returned with their follow-up single, “Jacob’s Ladder,” another taste of their melding of avant-garde rock, ‘60s psychedelia, […]
Gone to Color Share New Song “Voyeur Nation” (Feat. Carson Cox of Merchandise)
Jun 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern Gone to Color are a new electronic rock band led by Tyler Bradley Walker and Matt Heim. They are releasing their self-released self-titled debut album on October 25 and now they have shared its second single, “Voyeur Nation,” which features Carson Cox of Merchandise. Listen below. Previously they shared […]
Efterklang Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song “Living Other Lives”
Jun 18, 2021 By Mark Redfern Photography by Dennis Morton Danish trio Efterklang have announced a new album, Wildflowers, and shared its first single, “Living Other Lives,” via a video for it. “Living Other Lives” has a Talk Talk vibe. Wildflowers is due out October 8 via City Slang. Søren Lynggaard Andersen directed the “Living […]
12 Best Songs of the Week: Tachys, Ora the Molecule, Wet Leg, Indigo De Souza, and More
Jun 18, 2021 By Mark Redfern Welcome to the 23rd Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a strong week for new songs, so we ended up with a Top 12 and some excellent honorable mentions as well. This is a very Scandinavian Songs of the Week, with artists from Denmark (two of them), […]
Sparks and Edgar Wright Dissect “The Sparks Brothers”
Jun 18, 2021 Web Exclusive By Owen Maxwell Despite a strong, fifty-year career that’s produced 25 albums, pop pioneers Sparks are equally described as being overlooked yet highly influential. From their 1960s debut as Halfnelson and through multiple reinventions they’ve gone from preppy pop, to Queen-style anthems, to electronic music, all with their cinematic kind […]
Dreamers Are Waiting
Jun 18, 2021 Web Exclusive By Hays Davis Dreamers Are Waiting, the first album from Crowded House since 2010’s Intriguer, finds the band freshly crowded with a new lineup and a batch of songs that reflect the band’s maturity, both lyrically and musically. A new Crowded House lineup came together in 2020, two years after […]
Sally Shapiro Come Back From Retirement with New Song “Fading Away”
Jun 18, 2021 By Mark Redfern Swedish duo Sally Shapiro (the project of producer Johan Agebjörn and an anonymous singer who goes under the name Sally Shapiro) have returned with a brand new song, “Fading Away,” despite announcing in 2016 that they were putting an end to the project. What’s more, they are working on […]