Alternative Rock
Goose Share New Single “Borne,” Announce Radio City Music Hall Headlining Show
Fast-rising jam band Goose are kicking off their 2022 with a new single out today called “Borne.” To accompany its release, the Connecticut quintet have also announced a headlining show at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on June 25th. The new single is a sweeping, steady rock number that sounds tailor-made for theater performances, doused in reverb and crystal-clear production. “‘Borne’ is a pretty unfiltered breath of newness; a beginning statement,” frontman Rick Mitarotonda said in a press release. “The song is a declaration to oneself to remember to not overthink things and make them more than they should be. It’s a reminder to try to be honest, and to let our work be what it is.” Goose’s Radio City concert will be a milestone performance for the group, featuring one acoustic set...
Geese Perform “Low Era” on Colbert: Watch
Geese landed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Friday night, where they performed “Low Era.” The track comes from the buzzy Brooklyn-based quintet’s debut album, Projector. Watch the replay below. Later this month, Geese will head out on their first official headlining tour, starting with a show at Pittsburgh’s Club Cafe on January 21. The multi-country trek — which also includes stops in the U.K. and Canada — carries on through the middle of spring, when it closes with a hometown show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on April 14th. Afterward, they’ll serve as support for Spoon on their own upcoming headlining tour. You can get tickets here. Check out our Artist of the Month feature on Geese, and watch the band play a game of “Band or Sham.” Advertisement [embedded content] Share this:...
David Bowie Coming to Peloton with New Remixes from St. Vincent, TOKiMONSTA
Let’s dance… bike, or run with David Bowie. The Starman’s entire catalog will arrive on Peloton starting January 19th. The at-home fitness platform has struck a deal to make Bowie its latest artist series. Alongside the musician’s full catalog, Peloton commissioned three exclusive remixes from St. Vincent (“It’s No Game (Pt. 1)”), TOKiMONSTA (“Golden Years”), and Honey Dijon (“Let’s Dance”). “I chose “It’s No Game (Pt. 1)”, because it has a part 2 on the record, and I figured maybe Bowie wouldn’t mind so much if I made a part 3,” St. Vincent’s Annie Clark said of her contribution. “I wanted to take Bowie’s throat-shredding vocal take from part 1, and make it front and center. ‘Three steps to heavaaaaaaaaaaaahn…’” Advertisement Related Video “To me, I connect with Bowie as an amazing ...
Watch St. Vincent Perform “Down” on Austin City Limits: Exclusive
St. Vincent will join the Three-Timers Club of Austin City Limits when she appears on the program this Saturday (January 15th) to kick off the second half of Season 47. Ahead of the episode, Consequence is exclusively premiering her performance of “Down.” Watch it below. While playing the ’70s glam-inspired number, the indie rock savant commands the stage while flanked by her band and a trio of fierce backup singers: Navonnah Holley, Stephanie Alexander, and Danielle Withers. The performance is just a taste of the ultra-stylized stage show Annie Clark put together behind her excellent 2021 full-length, Daddy’s Home (one of the best albums released last year.) St. Vincent’s latest ACL TV appearance was taped in September ahead of her ACL Fest gig. Entering the elite Thre...
Incubus Frontman Brandon Boyd Shares New Single “Dime in My Dryer”: Stream
Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd has released “Dime in My Dryer,” another arena-ready dose of his upcoming album ECHOES AND COCOONS. Stream it below. Combining foreboding synths with clanging percussion, “Dime in My Dryer” takes a journey into the mind of Boyd. “I miss you, come back soon to fill this void,” he sings on the chorus. “Clear eyes, crystal/ Be my signal in this noise.” In a statement, Boyd shared the inspiration for the single. “‘Dime in My Dryer’ is a tale of discovery of what is important in life when forced to slow down,” he explained. “It was in the relative silence of a world mostly shut down that I noticed how loud things had been in the before-times. Not the obvious part of my life that is governed by big sounds and traveling, no, but that chatter or noise that emits ...
Cat Power Releases New Album Covers: Stream
Cat Power released her new album Covers at the stroke of midnight on Friday. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. As its rather succinct title makes clear, the LP finds the indie rock stalwart covering the songbooks of other musicians, from Frank Ocean (lead single “Bad Religion”) and the Pogues (“A Pair of Brown Eyes”) to Kitty Wells (“It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels”), Lana Del Rey (“White Mustang”), and even Billie Holiday (tender album closer “I’ll Be Seeing You,” which serves as a tribute to the late French producer Philippe Zdar). “Performing covers is a very enjoyable way to do something that feels natural to me when it comes to making music,” Powers explained in a statement back in October when she first released her take on Ocean’s Channel Orange-era 2012 track. A...
Eddie Vedder Shares New Single “Brother the Cloud”: Stream
Eddie Vedder has released “Brother the Cloud,” the latest preview of his upcoming solo album, Earthling. Take a listen below. “If I could wish, wish it away/ I would bleed on my knees and pray/ If I could give all that I have/ To bring him back today/ These are the dreams, sad as it seems/ I’m always wide awake,” he wails over boisterous electric guitar on the mournful tune. “Brother the Cloud” follows previously released singles “Long Way” and “The Haves.” Earlier this week, the Pearl Jam frontman shared the full 13-song tracklist for Earthling, which also includes cuts like “Fallout Today,” “Rose of Jericho” and “Mrs. Mills.” Advertisement Related Video Vedder also recently divulged some of the big name guests who appear on the album, including Sir Elton John, Sir Ringo Starr, Stevie Won...
Tears for Fears Unveil New Song “Break the Man”: Stream
Next month, Tears for Fears will release The Tipping Point, their first new album in 17 years. Today, they’re shared the latest single, “Break the Man,” which you can stream below. With light piano and explosive guitar, “Break the Man” is a shimmering ode to women who rage against the patriarchy. “I feel that a lot of the problems we’ve been having as a country and even worldwide to a certain degree has come from male dominance,” Tears for Fears singer Curt Smith said of the single. “It’s a song about a woman who is strong enough to break the man. For me, that would be an answer to a lot of the problems in the world — a better male-female balance.” “Break the Man” is the third single from The Tipping Point, which arrives February 25th via Concord Records. Preorders are avail...
Parquet Courts Howl Through “Watching Strangers Smile” on Ellen: Watch
Parquet Courts stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday. As the episode’s musical guest, the Brooklyn post-punk band debuted “Watching Strangers Smile,” a B-side recorded during the sessions for their recent album, Sympathy for Life, that was previously only available in Japan. While Parquet Courts have always been known for their ferocious live performances, it’s something else to see it from the perspective of a camera — especially on daytime TV. Their Ellen performance especially spotlights vocalist Andrew Savage, who looks like he’s about to burst a blood vessel as he howls each word; we immensely respect his choice to not go easy on the casual daytime TV watchers. Watch Parquet Courts perform “Watching Strangers Smile” below. As Savage revealed in a statement, the...
Foo Fighters Tussle with Rock and Roll Demons in Trailer for Studio 666: Watch
Next month, Foo Fighters will lure you into their recording sessions from hell with Studio 666, a forthcoming feature-length horror-comedy starring the legendary rockers. Before its premiere on February 25th, Foo Fighters have shared the film’s official trailer. Watch it below. Studio 666 finds Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett, and Rami Jaffee suffering paranormal torment during the making of their most recent studio album, Medicine at Midnight. The trailer opens with the band moving into a gothic, vine-covered house. Frontman Grohl claps his hands, and a spooky face appears as a thunderous noise rings out. Most (smart) people would be cowed, but these Foo caricatures are genuinely excited. “The sound of this house is the sound of album 10,”...
Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional Announce Co-Headlining Tour
Alternative emo titans Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional are teaming up for what many will see as one of the most exciting co-headlining tours of the year. The “Surviving the Truth Tour” will find the bands playing 17 dates together from late February through March. The trek launches February 27th in Albuquerque, New Mexico before taking JEW and DC to Oklahoma City, Wichita, Little Rock, Louisville, Knoxville, Raleigh, New Orleans, and Charleston. In the middle of the tour, they’ll spend two nights at Pelham, Tennessee’s The Caverns, a unique underground venue with “prehistoric natural acoustics.” The tour will wrap on March 22nd at Houston, Texas’ 713 Music Hall. The “Surviving the Truth Tour” takes its name from both Jimmy Eat World’s and Dashboard’s latest albums. Jimmy’s Survi...
Courtney Barnett: “When You Decide That There’re Rules, That’s When it Becomes Hard”
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Courtney Barnett catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her latest LP, Things Take Time, Take Time (one of the best albums of 2021). Related Video The Australian singer-songwriter discusses how the pandemic limited her musical resources, noticing the way people communicated during the lockdown, and doing a bulk of her writing from bed (her favorite place). Barnett also gets into some of the guitar moments on the record, having a theme of writing letters to other people, and covering The Velvet Underground’s “I’ll Be Your Mirror.” Advertisement Listen to Courtney Barnett unpack her new album and more by listening to the ep...
