Just before Halloween, Danny Elfman released his first solo single in 36 years, an “absurd anti-pop song” called “Happy.” Today, the famed composer/musician is giving us another taste of new material with “Sorry.” The anger-fueled track pulls from industrial and prog-rock influences to create an uneasy atmosphere that’s made even more unnerving with a jarring video […]
The Hold Steady shared a new song, “Heavy Covenant,” which singer/guitarist Craig Finn says is about “travel, technology, and human connection.” It’s the second cut released from Open Door Policy, which is out on the band’s Positive Jams label via Thirty Tigers on Feb. 19. “The song came out of two different music pieces that […]
David Bowie’s birthday today would have been the Starman’s 74th, and to celebrate, two previously unreleased covers are being shared — Bowie’s version of John Lennon’s 1970 classic “Mother” along with Bob Dylan’s “Tryin’ to Get to Heaven.” The tunes come as limited-edition singles and are on streaming platforms now. The Lennon song was done […]
In 2019, the Woolsey Fire took out large swaths of land in the greater Los Angeles area, stretching from Thousand Oaks to Malibu. Miley Cyrus was one of those victims who lost their homes. Also gone in the fire was unfinished music and instruments. On Thursday, Cyrus shared a previously unheard song titled “Mary Jane […]
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and System of a Down’s Serj Tankian joined forces on a cover of Gang of Four’s “Natural’s Not In It,” the first single to emerge from The Problem of Leisure: A Celebration of Andy Gill and Gang of Four. The tune, which first appeared on the Gang of Four’s 1979 debut LP, Entertainment! sees […]
PJ Harvey shared an unreleased demo of “This Mess We’re In” from the upcoming vinyl reissue of her Stories From The City, Stories From the Sea album, which originally released in 2000. The LP, along with a collection of unreleased demos, Stories From The City, Stories From the Sea – Demos, arrives on CD, vinyl and digital, Feb. 26 via UMe/Island. The […]
Foo Fighters are ringing in the New Year on a bright note. The group shared “No Son of Mine,” the second single off their upcoming album, Medicine at Midnight. The song slightly veers off the path Dave Grohl outlined in early 2020 when he compared the band’s 10th studio album to David Bowie’s Let’s Dance. Opening […]
As originally teased on social media yesterday, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds released a demo of a brand new track today to conclude the year. “We’re Gonna Get There in the End” is an appropriate farewell to 2020 by the legendary rocker, and it sounds like he may have plenty of new material in the […]
On Christmas Day, Deftones singer Chino Moreno’s electrorock side project ††† (Crosses), which also features guitarist Shaun Lopez, released their first new song in six years. It wasn’t an original, but rather a cover of “The Beginning of the End” by the ’90s electropop band Cause & Effect. Listen to the song below. [embedded content] The cover […]
Even though this year’s holidays are shittier than ever, we still have Mac DeMarco’s annual Christmas song. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” done in his signature twangy indie style, is his contribution to the 2020 holiday canon. It comes with a music video where he’s performing in the mountains next to a blow-up Santa […]