Folk pop’s Darlingside share their third single from the upcoming LP, Fish Pond Fish, produced by Peter Katis (Brian Fallon, the National, Frightened Rabbit), and releasing on 9 October via Thirty Tigers. As usual, Darlingside sport divinely gorgeous harmonies, so… Read More
London pop singer Cristina Hart may be a “Bad Girlfriend”, but she has a way with a catchy tune. The Swiss-born, Spanish and Brazilian artist is in the business of making dance-pop bangers with huge anthemic choruses that are easy… Read More
It’s been 25 years since Maxinquaye, the trip-hop classic that shook the world. Since then, Tricky—the stage name of Adrian Thaws—has been living in its shadow. It’s as though every new Tricky album comes prepackaged with the disclaimer: “Not bad,… Read More
When Nadia Tehran recorded the video for High back in January, she had no idea how much more pertinent its message would become. Weaving her own journey of emotional healing with the cultural trauma of the Iran-Iraq war that displaced… Read More
Chapter 3974820 of the ongoing "Are Guitars Dead?" saga: in a New York Times article by Alex Williams, the headline declares "Guitars Are Back, Baby!" "Painted by some as a boomer relic just years ago, the guitar is seeing a… Read More
Dagny delivers consistently good pop. True to the track record of Scandinavia as a whole, the Norwegian singer-songwriter’s provided buoyant, euphoric synth-pop earworms for the past few years now. Certifiable Bops™, if you will. And, for the Katy Perry Smile… Read More
It's been five years since New Order released Music Complete, and it seems like they might be announcing something new soon. They've shared a very short video with a snippet of a swelling synthesizer with the date 08.0.9.2020. That is this Tuesday.… Read More
Madonna is doing…something with Diablo Cody, and it sure as hell looks and sounds like a biopic. As for the approximate timespan of the (maybe) movie about the Re-Invention Queen’s life? We know that she’s pulled out the archival photographs… Read More
Tricky has always worn his bruised heart on his sleeve. His brilliantly desolate debut album, Maxinquaye, was inspired by his mother, who died when he was four years old, and a song like “Strugglin’” laid bare in excruciating detail his… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. In… Read More