The Maccabees‘ Felix and Hugo White have formed a new band. The siblings have joined forces with their brother Will and drummer Jamie Morrison to create a new group called 86TVs and they have promised […]
Luke Pritchard, vocals, guitar, songwriter I wrote Naive when I was 15 or 16 – before we had the band – but I didn’t like it. I was quite a paranoid, unconfident kid and I […]
“Still in shape, my methods refined,” sings Paul Banks on Toni, the opening track of Interpol’s seventh studio album. Banks is a lyric writer who, throughout his career, has tended to deal in allusion and […]
3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Greg Puciato, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Guided By Voices Greg Puciato image via Jim Louvau July 4, 2022 There’s so much good music out […]
Half Waif goes back to the basics today with a surprise-released EP called Portraits. The four-track project sees the band’s Nandi Rose take two tracks each from her two previous full-length albums — 2020’s The Caretaker and […]
By Grant Sharples From the first few moments of “With U,” cascading synth arpeggios crest an enormous wall of sound. It’s not a texture that you’d typically associate with Soccer Mommy, the performing/recording sobriquet that […]
Festival goers were treated with a euphoric set of dance classics and special guests from headliner Pete Tong and The Essential Orchestra yesterday, for the Saturday instalment of cinch presents The Isle of Wight Festival […]
Alex G-has announced that his next proper studio album will be out September 23rd via Domino. It’s called God Save the Animals, and he’s previewing the record with the new single “Runner.” Alex G tends […]
A minute in to recent single Hold the Line, Bartees Cox Jr – AKA Bartees Strange – tees up a wrenching slide-guitar solo. It is not caked in slacker scuzz, nor is it a knowing […]
Sam Fender is to move to a “dancey” new sound in a bid to crack America. The ‘Seventeen Going Under’ singer has teamed up with producer Markus Dravs – who has worked with the likes […]
Surging synthwave outfit The Midnight have announced a brand new album. Set for release September 9th via Counter Records, Heroes is the final album of a trilogy that spawned in 2018 with Kids, which was followed by the […]
Angel Olsen has never repeated herself. Her debut Half Way Home introduced Olsen as a psych-folk songwriter with a powerhouse voice, before the lo-fi indie of Burn Your Fire For No Witness reframed her within […]
Last week, Athens, Ga.-based indie rock outfit Futurebirds took over the city of Charleston, S.C., with the help of My Morning Jacket’s Carl Broemel. Their stint in the Holy City started on Wednesday, May 25 […]
beabadoobee has given us another peek inside Beatopia today with the new track “Lovesong.” The aptly-named tune is third single off her forthcoming sophomore album, which arrives July 15th. beabadoobee wrote the chorus of “Lovesong” years ago, […]
Every year, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival features over 150 top-tier performers like Tame Impala, Billie Eilish, Harry Styles who fill the desert stages. But what if instead of building their lineups around […]
Harry Styles is off to an explosive start on this week’s Official Albums Chart as Harry’s House claims the fastest-selling album of 2022 so far after just one weekend of sales and streams, the Official […]
In the most recent step towards Michelle Zauner’s impending world takeover, Japanese Breakfast served as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live’s season finale. The indie rock band performed “Be Sweet” and “Paprika” from their 2021 […]
Two weeks after Shaky Knees Festival took center stage in Downtown Atlanta, the city’s other major festival, Music Midtown Festival, has ceased the limelight with yet another thoroughly stacked lineup. Going down from September 17th […]
Rank and File finds us sorting through an exhaustive, comprehensive body of work or collection of pop-culture artifacts. This time, we celebrate Arcade Fire’s entire catalogue by revisiting all 85 of their anthems. This article […]
Treat yourself, if you haven’t watched it in a while, to the sight of Arcade Fire winning album of the year over Lady Gaga, Eminem, Katy Perry and Lady Antebellum at the 2011 Grammy Awards. […]