Pinkshift, which SPIN previously deemed “2020’s perfect antidote of pop-punk angst,” just released their first single, “Nothing (In My Head),” with new label Hopeless Records. The Baltimore-based rockers are following their critically acclaimed 2021 Saccharine EP. “Nothing (In My Head)” swirls with 90s grunge and 2000s pop-punk inspirations for a song about a cry for help. “It’s about […]
Phoenix offer up an enticing electro- and dance-tinged sound on their new single “Alpha Zulu,” which heralds the French group’s first new album since 2017’s Ti Amo. The track begins with chopped-up vocal samples before grooving to a hip-swinging beat that sounds very little like anything in Phoenix’s catalog to date. According to a press […]
Panic! At The Disco battle a man-eating piano on the set of a retro TV show in the Brendan Walter-directed video for “Viva Las Vengeance,” the first single from its upcoming album of the same name. The project is due Aug. 19 from Fueled by Ramen/DCD2 Records. [embedded content][embedded content] According to a statement, Viva Las […]
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs opened their first show in three years last night (May 30) at Los Angeles’ Teragram Ballroom by debuting their new single, “Spitting Off the Edge of the World.” The studio version of the track, which features Perfume Genius, will be released tomorrow. They also performed new songs “Fleez” and “Splitting.” [embedded […]
Will Butler has released his first new music since his surprising March departure from Arcade Fire in the form of two songs from Merge Records, “A Stranger’s House” and “Nearer to Thee.” Butler will also tour this summer for the first time since 2019, with a seven-show run beginning Aug. 11 in Cambridge, Mass. Unsurprisingly, […]
Harry Styles broke another record: he now has the largest sales week for a vinyl album released in the U.S. since Luminate (formerly known as Nielsen SoundScan) began tracking this data in 1991. Styles’ third solo album, Harry’s House, sold 182,000 copies in its opening week. The previous record-holder was Taylor Swift’sRed, Taylor’s Version, which […]
Elvis Costello has re-teamed with old friend Allan Mayes to record for the first time music they once performed back in the early 1970s in the band Rusty. The six-track EP Rusty: The Resurrection of Rust will be released by Capitol on streaming platforms on June 10, with a CD release following on July 1. […]
Ronnie Hawkins, the rockabilly musician who would serve as a mentor to The Band, has died at the age of 87. Hawkins’ wife Wanda confirmed the news to The Canadian Press (via the CBC). “He went peacefully and he looked as handsome as ever,” she said. Born in Huntsville, Arkansas on January 10, 1935, Hawkins […]
It’s been a big calendar for Japanese Breakfast and an even bigger past two weeks. Last June, Michelle Zauner released her breakthrough album, Jubilee, to deserved accolades, and before that, she released her book Crying in H Mart which is now being adapted into a film. The album was ranked as our second-best album of […]
A few months ago, members of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden formed a new group called 3rd Secret and out of seemingly nowhere, dropped a new album. The secrets keep coming as Krist Novoselic, Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron-led vehicle shared a new video for “Rhythm of the Ride.” The song was recorded by Erik […]