Last night at Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, The Smile—Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood and Sons of Kemet's Tom Skinner–debuted a new song, "Bending Hectic." The live performance marked some of the first new music from The Smile after… Read More
Rhett Miller has an album on the way, his first in four years. The Misfit is due September 16 via ATO (pre-order), and its lead single "Follow You Home" is out now. The album was cowritten and produced by Rhett's… Read More
Archers of Loaf have been talking about a new album for a few years now, and they've finally put their money where their mouth is. Reason in Decline, their first long-player since 1998's White Trash Heroes, will be out October… Read More
Seattle metal/punk/noise rock unit Turian are releasing their fourth album No Longer Human on August 5 via Wise Blood Records (pre-order), and after putting out the speedy, riffy lead single "Snakehead," they go in a slightly different direction on second… Read More
So many artists, so many songs, 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… Read More
Madi Diaz is back with a new single, "Hangover," a wrenching breakup song which follows last year's excellent History Of A Feeling and its companion EP, Same History, New Feelings. You can watch the Joey Broadnax-directed video below. “I wrote… Read More
Post-rock greats Mogwai composed and performed the score for excellent new Apple TV+ crime drama series Black Bird. The series was created by mystery author Dennis LeHane (Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, Shutter Island) and stars Taron Egerton (Rocketman, Kingsman),… Read More
Frank Ocean probably needs no introduction, but in case he does, a quick refresher: he started his career as a songwriter signed to Def Jam penning for other artists (including Brandy, Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, and John Legend), and when the… Read More
“You say you’re obsessed with me, so I took a second…and I said ‘me too.’” We need to (tik)talk about Addison Rae. It’s been well over a year now since the 21-year-old TikTok dance titan and He’s All That thespian,… Read More
Belle and Sebastian stopped in DC to play a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR. The Glaswegian band played "Unnecessary Drama," "Working Boy in New York City," and "Reclaim the Night" from their new album A Bit of Previous. They closed… Read More