Nov 30, 2022 Web Exclusive By Michael James Hall Iron Maiden are the most enduring metal band of our times and undoubtedly one of the most endearing. They crossed over in 1982 with debuting vocalist Bruce Dickinson and a pair of hit singles in “Run to the Hills” and “The Number of the Beast” informing […]

Nov 30, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Dustin Condren Folk rock singer/songwriter Darren Jessee first got his start drumming for Ben Folds Five before going on to front indie rock outfit Hotel Lights and play drums for Sharon Van Etten, Hiss Golden Messenger, and The War on Drugs. In recent years, Jessee broke out […]

Nov 30, 2022 By Joey Arnone Nilüfer Yanya has announced the release of a deluxe edition of her most recent album, PAINLESS. The deluxe edition will feature three reimagined versions of songs from the album as well as two remixes and a cover of PJ Harvey’s 1993 song “Rid of Me.” Yanya has shared the […]

Nov 30, 2022 By Joey Arnone Photography by Wyndham Garnett King Tuff (aka Kyle Thomas) has shared a video for his new single, “Portrait of God.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming album, Smalltown Stardust, which will be out on January 27, 2023 via Sub Pop. View the video, directed by Nicola and […]

Nov 30, 2022 By Joey Arnone Photography by Lucie Rox Petite Noir (aka Yannick Ilunga) has shared a new single, “Simple Things.” The song features jazz musician Theo Croker and is out now via Roya. Listen below. In 2018, Ilunga released the mini-album, La Maison Noir / The Black House, via Roya. Read our 2015 […]

Nov 30, 2022 By Joey Arnone Photography by Jesse Dufault The Natural Lines have announced the release of their self-titled debut album, which will be out on March 24, 2023 via Bella Union. They have also shared a video for the new single “Monotony,” featuring Nikki Glaser. View the video below, along with the album’s […]

Nov 30, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Alicia Owen Rising indie singer/songwriter Shirley Hurt debuted early this year with a pair of expansive roadworn tracks, “Empty Hands” and “Problem Child,” introducing the compelling world explored in Hurt’s forthcoming self-titled debut album. Largely written on a months-long road trip through the American West Coast, Hurt […]

Nov 30, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Klaus K Rising alt pop act Elita debuted back in 2019 with their EP Sick Girl, following quickly after with their 2020 EP, Blood Sucker, and 2021’s Anxiety Angel, cementing a sound based around sharp hooks, darkly alluring aesthetics, and Elita’s crystalline vocals. This Halloween week they […]

Nov 30, 2022 By Mark Redfern Photography by David Richardson England’s The Go! Team are releasing a new album, Get Up Sequences Part Two, on February 3, 2023 via Memphis Industries. Now they have shared another song from it, “Whammy O,” via an amusing video that cuts together a slew of vintage TV clips. Watch […]

Nov 30, 2022 By Laura Studarus Behold, another Why Not Both Wednesday! Every week, in partnership with Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives. Between wild adventures on Russian trains and music fans with machetes, Elias Rønnenfelt […]

Nov 29, 2022 Web Exclusive By Caleb Campbell In the waning days of fall, as the weather gets colder and the last of the leaves drift from the trees, there’s a bittersweet nostalgic beauty to be found in the ending of the year and the beginning of a new one. It is easy to turn […]

Nov 29, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Ben Pier Composer and saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has been bubbling under the surface of the jazz world for years before he had his breakthrough moment last year with his tenth album, Jesup Wagon. Lewis is keeping up this prolific streak next year with his new album […]

Nov 29, 2022 By Mark Redfern Photography by Steve Gullick The WAEVE—a new duo consisting of Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon—are releasing their self-titled debut album on February 3, 2023 via Transgressive. Now they have shared the album’s third single, “Kill Me Again,” which is led by Coxon’s vocals and saxophone playing. […]

Nov 29, 2022 By Dom Gourlay Photography by Andy Von Pip Web Exclusive There ain’t no party like a Confidence Man party! No, really. If there’s one act that epitomises the spirit of having the best time then encapsulates it into everything they do it’s Brisbane’s finest. Their ascent from playing tiny basements to cavernous […]

Nov 29, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Portland-based four-piece Mission Spotlight make plaintive and sincere offerings at the intersection of folk and plaintive alt country. The band most recently returned with their 2018 record, Remember the Time, followed by their latest single, “Precious Memories.” Today, the band are back with another new release, “Miss You (For […]

Nov 29, 2022 By Joey Arnone Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes has shared a new single, “Long Live the Strange.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming solo album, Turn the Car Around, which will be out on January 13, 2023 via Hot Fruit/Virgin. Listen below. Coombes elaborates on the inspiration behind the single, which […]

Nov 29, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Fabio Enzo Norwegian producer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Marius Elfstedt has spent the last few years making idiosyncratic and effortlessly cool alt pop under the name Whose Rules. After coming across an abandoned cabin on his family farm and repurposing it into a recording studio, Elfstedt debuted as […]

Nov 29, 2022 By Caleb Campbell Photography by Jessica Jacobson Canadian singer/songwriter Jill Barber is back early next year with her new album, Homemaker, out February 10th via Outside Music. After exploring the worlds of elegant chamber pop and bluesy vocal jazz on her latest records, Homemaker finds Barber stripping her sound back, returning to […]

Nov 29, 2022 By Joey Arnone Photography by Pooneh Ghana Hot Chip have shared a video for the song “Broken” from their latest album, Freakout/Release. The band have also shared three remixes of the song, created by Jacques Lu Cont, Planningtorock, and Each Other, respectively. View the Maxim Kelly-directed video and listen to the remixes […]

Nov 29, 2022 By Joey Arnone Photography by Hazel Gaskin Metronomy have released a special edition of their latest album, Small World, today via Because. They have also shared a video for Sébastian Tellier’s version of “J’en ai assez vu.” View the video and stream the special edition now. In a press release, Metronomy’s Joe […]

Nov 28, 2022 By Greg Hyde Web Exclusive Brighton, a small city on England’s southern coast, has had a considerable LGBTQIA+ population for a long time now, as far back as the 19th century, but for much of that time, members of this community have had to keep their activities and identities secret from the […]

Nov 28, 2022 Issue #70 – My Favorite Movie (Sharon Van Etten and Ezra Furman) By Chris Drabick There are two versions of the band Wand. There was the earlier, skronky, guitar-based, metal-adjacent Wand, and the newer, art rock, more arranged version that now exists. Listeners are able to celebrate a decidedly scuzzy version of […]

Nov 27, 2022 By Dom Gourlay Web Exclusive Sheffield-based musician, DJ, producer and all round agent provocateur ACID KLAUS released his eagerly anticipated debut album on Yard Act’s Zen F.C. label last Friday (18th November). Entitled Step on My Travelator: The Imagined Career Trajectory of Superstar DJ & Dance Pop Producer, Melvin Harris, it’s a […]