The Charlatans' Tim Burgess started hosting interactive listening parties for classic albums on Twitter – where the artists who made them would share stories about the album in real time as fans listened along — back in the early days of COVID-19 lockdown as… Read More
Detroit ska-punks We Are The Union recently released two great new singles, and now they're getting into the spooky season spirit with a two-song covers medley that includes a revved-up, punky rendition of Norma Tanega's 1960s song "You're Dead" (which… Read More
“He used to sing me sweet melodies / He played me, made me believe it was real love…” LITTLE MIX. (Say it aloud like the opening of the “Shout Out to My Ex” BRITs performance for full effect.) The UK… Read More
This week: the genuinely wonderful second album from Loma (members of Shearwater and Cross Record); the terrific debut album from techno pop artist Ela Minus; the third album from Ty Segall's proto-metal-influenced trio Fuzz; the new album from jangle S.F.… Read More
Having put out their first demo song (“Mars”) in 2019, Baltimore punks Pinkshift came into 2020 with plans to release their debut EP and tour, until that was all stalled by the pandemic. These tour-less times have presumably been extra… Read More
Lydia Loveless doesn’t wilt. The past few years have been at least as fun for her as they have been for the rest of us, with a divorce and a move and the joyful political landscape of the US. In… Read More
The emotional restlessness and partnership-paranoia brought on by the doldrums of stay-at-home parenting fuel the polished, subtly poignant On the Rocks (Apple TV). It’s the latest effort from writer-director Sofia Coppola, who has certainly made more stylish films over the… Read More
Los Angeles-via-Virginia musician Lael Neale released her folky debut album, I'll Be Your Man, in 2015. She's since discovered the Omnichord, and in 2019 began writing songs with it. Now she's signed to Sub Pop and shared the first of… Read More
DeJ Loaf will release her new album Sell Sole II on Friday (10/23) and the list of guests is stacked. There's a song with Griselda's Benny the Butcher, Conway the Machine, and Boldy James; a song with 42 Dugg and… Read More
The great LA punk label Wiretap Records has just released the October installment of their 4x per year charity compilation Attention. It features 25 songs, with 100% of proceeds (after Bandcamp fees) going to the ACLU. It's got songs by… Read More