Indie Rock
Wild Pink Share New Song “Q. Degraw”: Stream
New York indie rockers Wild Pink are back with a new song. Listen to the shoegazey single “Q. Degraw” below. “Q. Degraw” is a spacey, ethereal number, with steady drums marching over a blissed-out fuzz guitar. John Ross’ voice proves nearly unintelligible amid all the noise, but according to a press release, the singer is tackling some pretty serious emotions in the number. “This song is about my experiences with some health problems and how an extremely stressful situation can sharpen your focus on what’s important in life,” Ross said. “It’s also about how that stress can sometimes cause you to dissociate from yourself.” Advertisement Related Video The song stretches out for over six minutes, and despite its tough subject matter, it fades out on a warm, fulfilling note. Even better, Winde...
Indigo De Souza Expands 2022 Tour
2021 breakout star Indigo De Souza is continuing to capitalize on the success of her sophomore album, Any Shape You Take, by announcing a new run of 2022 tour dates. De Souza has become an in-demand tour mate, having wrapped a trek with Lucy Dacus last month and with plans to join My Morning Jacket and Courtney Barnett on the Here and Now touring festival this summer. Now, the North Carolina native has unveiled a new run of headlining dates beginning in the fall. After finishing with Here and Now in Austin on September 1st, De Souza will embark on a solo jaunt starting September 2nd in Houston, Texas. The eight-stop tour will see her sweep through the southeast and up along the east coast, including a performance in New York and an appearance at Firefly Music Festi...
Jordana Shares New Single “To the Ground”: Stream
Jordana has dropped the new single “To the Ground” as the latest preview from her upcoming album, Face the Wall. The admirably uplifting tune is described in a statement by the 21-year old indie-pop singer-songwriter as “about being alone and starting from square one, not knowing how and where to start, a venture into adulthood. With the path to growing up, it’s wanting to not ask for any help on any growth to feel accomplished and self-brought-up, emotionally and physically. The only help being asked for in this song is to be stripped completely and figuratively thrown to the ground to get back up.” Though she leads into the chorus by singing, “It’s not that I need your help or anything/ But if you’d like to start me off that would be pretty cool,” Jordana keeps much of the responsibility...
Tim Heidecker Announces New Album High School, Shares “Buddy”: Stream
Musician-comedian Tim Heidecker has announced a new album. Titled High School, the multi-hyphenate’s latest full-length is out on June 24th via Spacebomb Records, and today, we get to hear its lead single “Buddy.” Additionally, Heidecker has announced a North American tour for Summer 2022 featuring both his comedy and music. While much of Heidecker’s recent musical output has centered around the trials and tribulations of adulthood, High School — as its name implies — dials back the clock. Here, he’ll weave stories of childhood and coming-of-age into his whimsical folk rock. Heidecker co-produced the album with Mac DeMarco, Drew Erickson, and Eric D. Johnson. Pre-orders for the record are ongoing. Described in a press release as “a composite of a few woebegone friends,” “Buddy” i...
Phoebe Bridgers’ New Song “Sidelines” Soundtracks Trailer for Conversations with Friends: Watch
American songwriter Phoebe Bridgers and Irish author Sally Rooney are a match made in heaven, with works that mine world-shattering emotions out of everyday intimacies. Now you can find both in one place, as Hulu’s trailer for the adaptation of Rooney’s Conversations with Friends features a new Bridgers song, “Sidelines,” as its soundtrack. Bridgers is famously a fan of Hulu and Rooney’s work. In May of 2020, she tweeted that she had watched the miniseries adaptation of Rooney’s novel Normal People, writing, “and now I’m sad and horny.” This led star Paul Mescal to respond, “I’m officially dead,” prompting Bridges to flirt back, “nooo don’t die your so talented aha.” Now the pair are dating. But even apart from her interest in Normal People’s leading man,...
Interpol Release New Song “Something Changed”: Stream
Last week, Interpol announced their new album The Other Side of Make-Believe by sharing lead single “Toni,” and the first part of an accompanying short film. Now, the band is back to finish the story with “Something Changed.” Check out the single and visual below. “In ‘Something Changed,’ part 2 of our short film with Van Alpert, reality and reverie converge and our two lead characters find themselves in a kind of dream state — being pursued inexorably by an ominous figure (played by myself),” Interpol singer Paul Banks explained in a statement. “The lives of the three are intertwined in a nebula of fear, retribution, desire, and defiance.” The track matches the melancholy piano of “Toni” with equally foreboding keys. “I waded through shame for this,” Banks sings, in his famously resi...
How Artist of the Month Wet Leg’s Authentic Joy Led to Massive Buzz
Artist of the Month is an accolade given to a rising artist or band on the cusp of stardom. In April 2022, we give the nod to one of the buzziest bands around, Wet Leg. Getting Wet Leg on the phone for an interview is impressively challenging. In the run-up to last week’s release of their self-titled debut, the Isle of Wight duo of Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers were, in their own press rep’s words, “scheduled within an inch of their lives.” Between countless interviews, their second tour of the United States, and performing on nearly every late-night show there is, the buzziest band around is hard to lock in for a 30-minute chat. All the attention has been a wild ride for Wet Leg, but an understandably exacting one. As Teasdale notes, it’s hard to appreciate the landmarks when they co...
Sleater-Kinney Announce Dig Me Out Covers Album for 25th Anniversary
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their third LP, Dig Me Out, Sleater-Kinney have announced a covers album arriving this summer. Among the artists that Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker recruited for Dig Me Out – A Covers Album are St. Vincent, Wilco, Courtney Barnett, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires, The Linda Lindas, Margo Price, and more. The band took to social media today to share the news, writing, “To commemorate 25 years of Dig Me Out, we’re releasing a covers album featuring some of our closest friends and admired artists! We can’t wait to share these unique renditions with you. Coming this summer!” Advertisement Related Video The duo will be donating a portion of proceeds from the celebratory studio set to Sexual & Gender Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC), an LGBTQIA+...
Father John Misty’s Chloë and the Next 20th Century: Doomed Love Songs For the Pseudo-Nostalgic
“What’s ‘deeply funny’ mean anyhow?” Father John Misty asks on “Q4,” a single from Chloë and the Next 20th Century. The song is the album’s clearest, most cutting satire, but this question feels earnest, the stakes intimate to the singer — as a performer and person seeking connection in a modern wasteland. Over five albums, singer-songwriter Josh Tillman has been a craftsman of story-songs delivered via absurdist personae, scaffolding ironic provocation with heartfelt croons and soaring folk-inspired instrumentation. On Chloë, singer-songwriter Josh Tillman returns with his first new material since 2018’s taciturn God’s Favorite Customer. Written and recorded in fall/winter 2020, the album sees Tillman continuing to collaborate with multi-instrumentatlist/producer Jonathan Wilson and engin...
Pavement Unveil Terror Twilight and Spit on a Stranger Reissues: Stream
Happy April 8th to all Pavement fans who celebrate: two long-awaited projects, reissues of 1999’s Terror Twilight LP and Spit on a Stranger EP, are out now on Matador Records, and they’re available to stream below. Pavement first announced they were reissuing their final album back in January. Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal compiles a remastered version of the original album, B-sides, home demos, rehearsal tapes, and live recordings from the era on 4xLP and 2xCD editions. In addition, the package features the rough tracks from a scrapped studio session recorded at Sonic Youth’s Echo Canyon studio. In all, the reissue spans 45 songs — 28 of which have never been heard before. The Spit on a Stranger reissue, meanwhile, presses the EP to 12-inch vinyl for the first time. ...
Father John Misty Releases New Album Chloë and the Next 20th Century: Stream
J. Tillman has released his fifth album as Father John Misty, Chloë and the Next 20th Century, via Sub Pop and Bella Union. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The 11-track opus was once again produced by Tillman and Jonathan Wilson, who has overseen every Father John Misty project from his 2012 debut Fear Fun to the most recent follow-up, 2018’s God’s Favorite Customer. The album’s exquisite orchestral sweeps and retro aesthetics, credited to the likes of Dan Higgins, Wayne Bergeron, and arranger Drew Erickson, were showcased on preceding singles “Funny Girl,” “Q4,” and “Goodbye Mr. Blue.” Father John Misty will be on the road through next year in support of Chloë and the Next 20th Century with an extensive world tour that was just announced. He’ll ease into the global trek with ...
Porridge Radio Unveil Heartbreaking New Single “The Rip”: Stream
Porridge Radio are gearing up to release a new album next month, and today they’ve shared the latest single, “The Rip,” and its accompanying music video. Meant to combine the “massive pop” of Charli XCX with the instrumentation of bands like Slothrust or Deftones, “The Rip” was the last song to be completed for Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky after lead singer Dana Margolin took a few years to write the lyrics. Opening with new wave synths, “The Rip” combines 80s pop with shoegaze, as Margolin bares her soul about losing grip on a relationship. “You’re all that I need,” she screams. “The back of my head/ The back of my hands/ I threw it away before it went bad.” Advertisement Related Video “At the beginning, it was a song about a power dynamic where I was in control, by the end...
