Tindersticks will release a new album, Distractions, in 2021, which will be their first since 2019's No Treasure But Hope. While details are few, they have released the first single, which is a cover of "You'll Have to Scream Louder"… Read More
Ska-punk lifers Less Than Jake are gearing up to release their new album Silver Linings on Friday (12/11) via Pure Noise (pre-order), and so far they've released three singles from it that find them in fine form. It sounds like… Read More
Pearl River Mart, NYC’s one-stop shop for tea, lucky cat figurines, lamps, ramen, clothing, hot sauce and more, is closing its current Tribeca flagship location in early 2021. “With the future of our economy uncertain and little relief on the… Read More
Netflix Announces ‘First Love,’ a Series Inspired By Hikaru Utada Songs Hikaru Utada is no stranger to supplying key musical moments in television, movie and video game soundtracks, from the Kingdom Hearts franchise (stop asking her if she plays, she… Read More
There is a common notion that incoming President Joe Biden has a responsibility to “heal America”. “It’s time to put aside the partisanship and the rhetoric designed to demonize one another,” Biden tweeted on 24 November. “We have to come… Read More
60. Thin Lear – Wooden Cave [EggHunt Records] Queens-based singer-songwriter Matt Longo, who records under the moniker Thin Lear, may only be in his mid-30s, but he’s an old soul – musically, at least. His latest album is chock full… Read More
Nils Frahm’s dominant mode is the eyes-closed fantasia: immersive, rapturous, sentimental. That goes for his post-classical solo-piano work, which is indebted to both Keith Jarrett and George Winston, as well as his surging electronic pieces, which translate the grammar of… Read More
25. Frank Jacket – You Say Adios (Mula) Chilean artist Frank Jacket is a living testament to the far-reaching quality of honest-to-goodness classic country movement. Inspired by the honky-tonk of Roger Miller more than anything, Jacket recalls the likes of recent revivalist… Read More
The Parlor, the latest release from New Orleans bluesman, Alabama Slim and arrives 29 January 2021. The project is a joint effort between Cornelius Chapel Records and the Music Maker Relief Foundation. The LP was tracked in 2019 at the… Read More
Even if it seems like the Grinch and Scrooge conspired to ruin the 2020 holidays by spreading the coronavirus months ago, leave it to Heather Maloney to provide the rightful remedy with Christmas Anyway. A global pandemic helped push the… Read More