Alt-Pop
Alice Merton Shares Origins of New Song “Loveback”: Exclusive
Our recurring new music series Origins is where artists can reveal the stories behind their latest release. Today, Mom + Pop artist Alice Merton shares “Loveback.” Alice Merton is today sharing the latest preview of her forthcoming S.I.D.E.S. LP with the single “Loveback.” “Loveback” serves as the opening salvo on the singer-songwriter’s sophomore full-length. It sets the stage for a powerful indie pop sound, one that’s full of fun, scream-along chorus, but also underscores the album’s prevalent themes of self-reclamation. Advertisement Related Video “‘Loveback’ talks about waking up one day and realizing someone has stolen a part of you that you want back,” Merton explains. “It was the realization that I didn’t ‘need’ anyone to exist. I was never dependent on anyone or anything, even...
Watch Twenty One Pilots Deliver Mash-Up of ‘Mulberry Street’ & Elton John’s ‘Bennie and the Jets’
Twenty One Pilots performed an inventive cover of Elton John‘s “Bennie and the Jets” on Sunday as part of their set for AT&T Playoff Playlist. Calling it his dad’s “favorite song,” singer Tyler Joseph first kicked off the number with a verse and chorus of “Mulberry Street,” from the band’s latest album Scaled and Icy, before transitioning into the 1973 classic. “Hey kids, shake it loose together/ The spotlight’s hitting something/ That’s been known to change the weather/ We’ll kill the fatted calf tonight, so stick around/ You’re gonna hear electric music/ Solid walls of sound/ Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen her yet?/ Oh, but they’re so spaced out/ B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets,” he sang, vamping on the piano while bandmate Josh Dun commanded the drums. Explore See latest videos, cha...
Lydia Ainsworth Gets Lost in a Pop Dream on New Single “Cosmic Dust”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-05T14:03:04+00:00“>May 5, 2021 | 10:03am ET Avant-pop artist Lydia Ainsworth has shared a new single called “Cosmic Dust”. It’s from her upcoming album Sparkles & Debris. Stream it below. Musically, “Cosmic Dust” sees Ainsworth doing what she does best: infusing a pop song structure with futuristic flair, heavenly instrumental flourishes, and skipping from one falsetto to the next with ease. It’s breezy and anthemic, but Ainsworth manages to sneak great, intimate details into the mix despite that, like harp notes and gentle piano notes that descend one after the other. This is the third single Ainsworth has shared from Sparkles & Debris so far. It follows the retro lead s...
Rina Sawayama Reschedules North American Tour for 2022
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-26T16:40:19+00:00“>April 26, 2021 | 12:40pm ET Less than two weeks after announcing a 2021 North American tour, alt-pop songwriter Rina Sawayama has pushed back that slate of dates to spring of 2022. Those who have already bought tickets will see them honored, and everyone else has a fresh opportunity to catch our former Artist of the Month in action. She’ll start off the trek on April 11th and 12th with a two-night stand in San Francisco, making stops in Seattle and Portland before cutting across the heartland to Denver, Minneapolis, and Chicago. From there it’s north to Toronto and Montreal, then back across the border to Boston, Washington DC, and Philadelphia. Saway...
Mina Tindle Teams with Sufjan Stevens for New Song “Give a Little Love”: Stream
French singer-songwriter Mina Tindle, a.k.a. Pauline de Lassus Saint-Geniès, may be known to many for her collaborations with The National. She is, after all, married to the band’s Bryce Dessner, and appeared frequently on I Am Easy to Find and its subsequent tour. Now, she’s expanding her indie reach with her new album, SISTER, and its latest single, “Give a Little Love” featuring Sufjan Stevens. Lonesome but sweet, “Give a Little Love” flows along gently reverberating guitars and piano notes that seem to coo under Tindle’s voice. The track was written, arranged, and produced by Stevens, and he also contributed subtle backing vocals, adding to the song’s warm feel. “I have always deeply loved Sufjan Stevens music,” Tindle said in a press statement. ”His words and melodies have resonated i...
Billie Eilish and Her Father Launch “me & dad radio” on Apple Music
Billie Eilish and her father, the actor Patrick O’Connell, have announced “me & dad radio”. The new show will premiere on Apple Music this Friday, May 8th, at 3 pm EDT. This will be Eilish’s second program on Apple Music, after her 2018 show “groupies have feelings too”. That preceded her Grammy-winning breakout LP, WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, and now she has the clout to demand her dad be a part of the proceedings. O’Connell has a four-decade acting career, with bit parts in NYPD Blue, The West Wing, Supergirl and Baskets. As it turns out, he also has pretty good taste in tunes. “My dad and I have been putting each other on to music since I can remember, and we want to share it with you,” Eilish told Zane Lowe. She added, “My dad and I have had this relationshi...
