Carla dal Forno is back. The reliably good Australian singer-songwriter has a new album called Confession coming in April, and today, she’s announcing the follow-up to 2022’s Come Around with the lead single “Going Out.” Dal Forno wrote Confession, which she says is about “a friendship that became emotionally charged in an unexpected way,” in […]
Rustie – “Trizkel Sun”
Rustie, the overwhelmingly influential pop-maximalist Scottish producer, took a long hiatus for mental health reasons after he released his surprise album EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE in 2015. In 2023, he returned with the single “Black Ice Mudra,” and then he disappeared again. More recently, though, he’s been quietly posting new tracks on YouTube, and they show that the […]
Seefeel Announce First New Album In 15 Years Sol.Hz.: Hear “Ever No Way”
Two summers ago, the veteran London shoegaze/electronica band Seefeel, the first guitar act signed to experimental electronic hub Warp Records, came back with their first new album in 13 years. Except, at six tracks, Everything Squared was more of a mini-album or an EP, so let’s try this again. On May Day, Warp will release […]
SUSS Announce New Album Counting Sunsets: Hear “Sunset II”
Last year, the prolific New York ambient country trio SUSS teamed up with Immersion, the duo of Wire’s Colin Newman and Minimal Compact’s Malka Spigel, for the collaborative album Nanocluster Vol. 3, and they also shared their version of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.” Today, SUSS announce plans to follow their own 2024 […]
Rhododendron Announce New Album Ascent Effort: Hear “Firmament”
Since forming in 2019, the trio Rhododendron have been a regular fixture in the live music scene of their native Portland, Oregon, earning a reputation for prog-y, big-swinging experimental rock. They’ll be bringing that sound to the masses this spring with Ascent Effort, their latest LP and first for new label home the Flesner. Today […]
Outside Lands 2026 Has Charli XCX, The Strokes, Turnstile, Dijon, & More
The music festival known as Outside Lands will once again bring a diverse array of sounds to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this summer. Topping the bill is Charli XCX, in what’s set to be her first musical performance in a year. Others in headliner font include the Strokes, the xx, Turnstile, Baby Keem, Djo, […]
Alexis Taylor – “I Can Feel Your Love” (Prod. The Avalanches)
Hot Chip co-leader Alexis Taylor has already released five solo albums. You probably haven’t heard all of them. It’s fine. There’s a lot of music out there. But you should absolutely not neglect Taylor’s upcoming solo LP Paris In The Spring, which comes out next week. I just listened for the first time, and it’s […]
Prince Daddy & The Hyena Announce New Album Hotwire Trip Switch: Hear “Big-Box Store Heart”
It’s been about four years since the fired-up, emo-adjacent Albany pop-punkers Prince Daddy & The Hyena released their self-titled album, and now they’re ready to drop another one on us. The band recorded the upcoming Hotwire Trip Switch with longtime collaborator and Hop Along/Algernon Cadwallader member Joe Reinhart, and they say that it’s a “singles” […]
Kesha Slams White House For Using Her Song In Military TikTok
A couple months ago, Sabrina Carpenter rebuked the White House for using her song “Juno” in a video promoting ICE. Now, Kesha is doing the same after the White House posted a military TikTok set to her 2010 hit “Blow” last month. The video, posted Feb. 10, depicts U.S. stealth fighter jets bombing vessels like […]
Chemical – “She She”
Last year, Chemical unveiled their eponymous debut EP, establishing themselves as a reliable source for cockeyed, unpredictable tunes. Today the Philly band is back with the sufficiently sinister song “She She.” “She She” is as off-kilter as possible. The lyrics are littered with haunting lines like, “25-year-old child soldier/ What you gonna do / Are […]