Indie Rock
Marketa Irglova Announces New Album LILA, Shares “My Roots Go Deep”: Stream
Marketa Irglova has readied LILA, her first album in eight years. Ahead of its August 19th release date, the singer-songwriter has shared the first single, “My Roots Go Deep.” Listen to the track below. A lot has changed since Irglova released her last album, 2014’s Muna; besides the obvious political upheaval and global pandemic, she got married and had three children. Subsequently, LILA reflects these changes, with an overall emphasis on love and acceptance. As the artist puts it, “Simply sitting with things I can’t change, rather than trying to solve them or run away from them, has brought me into a deeper place in my heart and I am grateful for that.” Irglova recorded LILA with her partner, the producer Sturla Mio Thorisson, and worked with string player Marja ...
Manchester Orchestra Announce Fall 2022 Tour Dates, Share Live Video for “Dinosaur”: Watch
Manchester Orchestra are hitting the road. Fresh off of last year’s The Million Masks of God, one of the best albums of 2021, the Atlanta rockers have announced a new run of 2022 tour dates. Plus, to get you excited, they’ve shared a new live video of the album cut “Dinosaur.” The brief stretch is bookended by performances at Ohana Festival and the first weekend of Austin City Limits, with stops in Ventura, California; Tucson, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Denver, Colorado. It comes after a summer slate heavy on this year’s festival circuit, with appearances at Lollapalooza, Firefly, and more. See Manchester Orchestra’s full list of 2022 tour dates below. Tickets for the Ventura and Tuscon shows go on sale beginning Thursday, June 23rd at 9:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Grab...
Bartees Strange Announces First-Ever Headlining North American Tour
Bartees Strange just released his 4AD debut, Farm to Table, and now, he’s readied a lengthy 2022 North American run marking his first-ever headlining tour. Spanning more than 20 dates, the trek kicks off in November, where the rising indie rocker will perform in cities like Pittsburgh, Detroit, Austin, Los Angeles, Nashville, and, of course, his hometown of Oklahoma City. Throughout most of the leg, he’ll be supported by Pom Pom Squad, with Spring Silver and They Hate Change joining them in Boston. Tickets go on sale beginning Friday, June 24th at 10:00 a.m. local time via via Ticketmaster. Related Video The string of dates follows the European leg of Strange’s tour, which begins in July. After a stretch of headlining shows, he’ll open up for The National before lending support t...
Hazel English and Day Wave on The Perks of Collaborating With Your Friends
Both Hazel English and Day Wave have had a busy couple of weeks. Last Friday (June 17th), Hazel English released a new EP, the dreamy and nostalgic Summer Nights, and this Friday (June 24th), Day Wave will release his first album in five years, Pastlife. However, the pair of releases come at a very different point in each artist’s career — whereas Day Wave (the project of Oakland musician Jackson Phillips) has been a major proponent of the dreamy bedroom pop that is unavoidable on TikTok these days, Phillips has been very deliberate about taking these five years to hone his sound and arrive with a fully-formed sophomore LP. Meanwhile, Hazel English — the project of Australia-to-California musician Eleisha Caripis — has been hard at work over the last couple years, releasing her brilli...
Foals Preview 2022 Mad Cool Festival Set: “It’s a Great Vibe Playing in Spain”
Listen via Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | RSS Mad Cool Festival goes down from July 6th to 10th in Madrid, Spain, and the lineup is truly stacked: amidst headliners like Metallica, Jack White, Muse, Florence + The Machine, The Killers, alt-J, and more, Mad Cool will host major performances from Glass Animals, The War On Drugs, CHVRCHES, Two Door Cinema Club, Carly Rae Jepsen, Deftones, Modest Mouse, and many others. Related Video Set to grace the stage on Thursday, July 7th are British rock trio Foals, who also celebrating the release of their excellent seventh album, Life Is Yours, today (June 17th). The band’s new album is destined for a late-night dance party — perfect for a music festival; it will fit Mad Cool’s unforgettable atmosphere well. Foals ...
Alex G Announces New Album God Save the Animals, Shares “Runner”: Stream
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 to loosely envelop his albums in broad metaphors and concepts, and God Save the Animals is no different. Though he references “God” multiple times on the record, he uses the term to embody faith as a whole and a means of connection among the human race rather than a strict religious doctrine. Longtime fans will also note that the album sheds Alex of his typical homespun grit, as he’s opted to use proper studios and a larger team of engineers for the first time. The result means God Save the Animals might objectively be his most high-quality record yet, but it still includes the odd...
Bartees Strange Tears Down the Walls with “Wretched” Kimmel Performance: Watch
Bartees Strange rung in the release of his new album, Farm to Table, by performing his latest single, “Wretched,” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Watch his appearance below. With the support of a lively backing band, Strange drew a standing ovation for baring his entire soul during the performance. Tearing down his inner walls, the Washington, DC-based musician reflected on the people who have supported him along his journey, singing, “You were the only one who/ Would come through calling/ You found ways to rescue me.” “This song is about the people who’ve always stood by me, even when I was wretched,” Strange said in a statement about the track. “When I was trying to be something other than myself — they saw me even through that and held me down. Folks from past lives, and folks who’ll play a big p...
Foals on the Ecstatic, Unified Energy of New Album Life Is Yours
Back in November, days before the release of Life Is Yours‘ lead single “Wake Me Up,” Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis assured listeners that this album would be a return to a “sweaty, late-night dance floor.” He wasn’t kidding: Life Is Yours is undoubtedly the most groove-oriented, shimmering Foals album yet, destined for the peak of a wild night and smartly positioned as an antithesis to a long period of lockdown. If you are a Foals fan, the streamlined style of Life Is Yours is a bit of a left turn, albeit one that’s closer to the frenetic dance punk of their debut Antidotes and the introspective glow of Total Life Forever. Though a restless energy populates the dance-centric Life Is Yours, there’s very little agitation in the mix — where previous Foals jams like “I...
Preoccupations Announce New Album Arrangements, Share “Ricochet”: Stream
Preoccupations have revealed their upcoming fourth LP Arrangements, which is set to arrive on September 9th. The four-piece also unveiled the album’s lead single, “Ricochet,” as well as dates for their North American tour this fall. Arrangements was recorded in two parts: first in a series of studio sessions in Montreal during Fall 2019 where most of the album’s bedrock instrumentation was recorded, and then in individual home studio setups over a period of 16 months amid COVID-19 lockdowns, where each band member completed their parts and tinkered with new ideas separately. Produced completely by the band, Arrangements was then mixed by Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck) and mastered by Mikey Young (Total Control). The extended, isolated sessions found the band reaching for more guitar-oriented tun...
III Points Festival 2022: LCD Soundsystem and Flume Join Rosalía as Headliners
III Points Music Festival will be returning to Miami’s Mana Wynwood from October 21st to 22nd, and now its previously announced 2022 headliner Rosalía will officially be joined at the top of the line by Flume, LCD Soundsystem, and more. The two-day multimedia event is hosting one of its biggest lineups yet with over 150 artists across its typical six-stage setup as well as visual arts installations and on-site experiences. As usual, the festival blurs the line between genres with acts like James Blake, Black Coffee, Porter Robinson, Orbital, Joji, Chris Lake, Freddie Gibbs, Kenny Beats, Pink Siifu, Shygirl, and Fisher all making appearances. Other major electronic acts include Bob Moses, John Summit, Polo & Pan, Madeon, ARTBAT, and Loco Dice. See the full lineup poster below....
The Beths Announce New Album Expert in a Dying Field, Share “Silence Is Golden”: Stream
The Beths have a new album on the way. The New Zealand rockers will release their third LP, Expert in a Dying Field, on September 16th, and as a preview, the first single “Silence Is Golden” is out today. The group began recording Expert in a Dying Field in 2021 at guitarist Jonathan… Please click the link below to read the full article. The Beths Announce New Album Expert in a Dying Field, Share “Silence Is Golden”: Stream Carys Anderson [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”post_title” class=”fl-input” title=”Title” value=”” required=”true”][f...
Phoebe Bridgers on Her New Carpenters Cover with Jack Antonoff for Minions Soundtrack
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Phoebe Bridgers catches back up with Kyle Meredith to update us on her recent happenings. Related Video The singer-songwriter first discusses her single “Sidelines” — one of our favorite songs of the year so far — and its involvement with Conversations with Friends, making definitive statements in songs and having to stand behind them to some degree forever, and what she’s up to with her Saddest Factory record label. Bridgers also talks about teaming with Jack Antonoff to cover The Carpenters’ “Goodbye to Love” for the upcoming Minions: The Rise of Gru soundtrack, and her gig opening for The Ro...
