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Squirrel Flower Shares New Song “I’ll Go Running”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-29T17:51:59+00:00“>April 29, 2021 | 1:51pm ET Ella Williams, the Boston indie rocker who goes by the moniker Squirrel Flower, is back with another new single. It’s called “I’ll Go Running” and it comes from her upcoming album Planet (i), due out June 25th via Polyvinyl. Stream it below. This is the second single we’ve heard from Planet (i), following “Hurt a Fly”, and it sees Squirrel Flower veering in a dark direction. Over drawn-out, minimalist drumming and guitar strums that are barely there, Williams sings about a rebirth of sorts fueled by resentment. It increasingly sounds like a whispered Low song, and Williams puts her own spin on that slowcore style with melodically mono...
black midi Announce Fall 2021 North American Tour, Share New Song “Slow”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T17:16:54+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 1:16pm ET Experimental rock outfit black midi have announced dates for a 2021 North American tour. It kicks off this fall, and to herald the trek the band has shared the new song “Slow” off their upcoming album Cavalcade. The London rockers will land in San Francisco on October 4th as the first of 16 stops. The tour neatly divides into four groups of four shows; after performing a California quartet, black midi will make a four-date jaunt through the midwest, followed by an east coast four-night stand, before ending the month by heading south through North Carolina and Louisiana into Texas. The tour is in support of Cavalcad...
Cold Cave Announce New Album Fate In Seven Lessons, Share “Prayer From Nowhere”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T18:42:35+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 2:42pm ET New York dark pop group Cold Cave have announced a new album. It’s called Fate In Seven Lessons and it’s due out June 11th via Heartworm Press. To tease the release, the gothic duo have just shared a music video for the single “Prayer From Nowhere”, which you can stream below. Fate In Seven Lessons has been a long time coming for fans because it’s Cold Cave’s first full-length record in a decade. It follows the duo’s 2018 EP You & Me & Infinity and their 2011 album Cherish the Light Years. A press release calls Fate In Seven Lessons the band’s “heaviest and most romantic release yet” despite its relatively ...
Garbage Unveil New Song “No Gods No Masters”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T19:53:14+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 3:53pm ET Garbage have shared a new song, “No Gods No Masters”, the title track from their upcoming album. It’s the latest taste from No Gods No Masters, the alternative rock band’s seventh studio album, and first in five years. Featuring New Wave synths, the track finds Shirley Manson taking control of her own destiny. “The future is mine just the same,” she sings. “No master or gods to obey/ I’ll make the same mistakes/ Over and over again.” In a statement, Manson said the single was inspired by a visit to recent protests in Santiago, Chile. “We were driving down the street, and the whole city was covered in graffiti, like all the old museums...
heka Shares New Song “(a) dab” : Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T14:52:03+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 10:52am ET From her upbringing in the rural Italian countryside to her current city life in London, multi-instrumentalist Francesca Brierly explores the hidden connections between sound, space, and memory through rich experimental folk landscapes under the name heka. Following the release of her acclaimed debut single “(a) wall” last month, heka has shared the new song “(a) dab” as another noir taste of her upcoming (a) EP slated for release on May 19th via Balloon Machine Records. heka’s debut EP mines her past travels and integrates various field recordings she collected from different eras and time zones into one lush composite sketch a...
Mykki Blanco Announces New Mini-Album, Shares “Love Me” featuring Jamila Woods, Jay Cue: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-27T16:13:28+00:00“>April 27, 2021 | 12:13pm ET Rapper Mykki Blanco has announced their new mini-album Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep. It’s out June 18th, and you can catch a preview with new single “Love Me” featuring the incandescent songwriter Jamila Woods and Mykki’s real-life brother Jay Cue. Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep isn’t just Blanco’s debut with Transgressive Records, it’s also their first project since 2016’s Mykki. It was produced by FaltyDL, with additional contributions by Hudson Mohawke, God Colony, and Physical Therapy, and features guest work from Blood Orange, Big Freedia, Kari Faux, Bruno Ribeiro, and the aforementi...
Mannequin Pussy Sound “Perfect” on New Single: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-26T15:51:35+00:00“>April 26, 2021 | 11:51am ET Philadelphia punk rockers Mannequin Pussy have released the title track to Perfect, their upcoming EP due out May 21st. The new song comes with a flashy music video that’s inspired by the kitschy glamor of Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, too. Check it out below. Musically, “Perfect” is a distorted blaze of rock guitars that sees vocalist-guitarist Missy eviscerating the idea that people must manicure their own social media presence. “Last year, I found myself spending more time on my phone than I ever had in my life… I realized that through years of social media training, many of us have grown this deep desire to manicur...
The Alchemist Recruits Earl Sweatshirt and Boldy James for New EP This Thing of Ours, Shares “Nobles”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T14:09:07+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 10:09am ET Red-hot producer The Alchemist has announced a new EP, This Thing of Ours, out April 30th via EMPIRE. To kick off the project, he shared the first single, “Nobles”, featuring Earl Sweatshirt and Navy Blue. The press release for the EP lists appearances from Earl, frequent Alchemist collaborator Boldy James, and “a few others,” but fans got a closer look at the guest roster earlier this month. On April 12th, the cover art was shared by Alchemist, Earl, Boldy, and Navy Blue, as well as Pink Siifu and Maxo. “Nobles” features a beat reminiscent of Alchemist’s 2001 Jadakiss collab, “We Gonna Make It“, with triumphant, soaring strings. It ...
Sparks and Todd Rundgren Reunite for New Song “Your Fandango”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T15:05:08+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 11:05am ET Sparks have reunited with the producer who gave them their big break, Todd Rundgren, on the new song “Your Fandango”. While calling themselves Halfnelson in the late 1960s, brothers Ron and Russell Mael came to the attention of Rundgren while he was working for Albert Grossman. At Rundgren’s urging Grossman signed Halfnelson, and after the duo rebranded as Sparks they had their first minor hit with “Wonder Girl”. The rest is art pop history. Their latest collaboration is bonkers fun. “Everybody loves it when you do your fandango,” Sparks sing. “When you do your fandango/ When you do your fandango.” There’s a harpsichor...
Hayley Williams Brings Cover of Broadcast’s “Colour Me In” to Streaming Services: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T15:10:47+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 11:10am ET Hayley Williams has officially released her cover of Broadcast’s “Colour Me In” to digital streaming services. The song was first available for 24 hours only via the Bandcamp voter registration compilation, Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, released in September 2020. Check it out below. The Paramore lead singer’s take on “Colour Me In” is just as haunting as the original. Williams gives it her own twist by adding echoing background vocals. “Let’s share the blue of the towering sky,” she sweetly sings. “The green of the hills that roll by/ Leave the red of your heart to decide/ If you cannot choose which co...
The Chemical Brothers Release New Single “The Darkness That You Fear”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T04:00:07+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 12:00am ET The Chemical Brothers have been relatively silent since dropping their apocalyptic dance album No Geography in 2019, but that’s about to change. The legendary electronic duo — comprised of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons — have just returned today with “The Darkness That You Fear”, their first new single in two years. Stream it below. “The Darkness That You Fear” is equal parts retro dance music and disco-styled vocal coos. It blends the moodiness of alternative club hits with deep-cut ’80s pop in a way that feels more mysterious than anything else, and potentially signals a new direction for The Chemical Brothers moving forward. If you s...
Dave Grohl and His Daughter Violet Share Cover of X’s “Nausea”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-23T04:00:53+00:00“>April 23, 2021 | 12:00am ET Violet Grohl has teamed up with her father Dave Grohl for a cover of X’s “Nausea”. The track, which was recorded for Dave’s upcoming documentary What Drives Us, will arrive on digital music services on Friday. In an Instagram post, Papa Grohl shared the lengthy background behind the song. As it turns out, X drummer D. J. Bonebrake (a.k.a. Johann Christian Breinbrech) is a long-lost cousin of the family. He wrote, “I wanted to record a song that would not only pay tribute to the people and music that influenced me to become a musician, but also pay tribute to my long family history. So, what better song than an X song? And what better...
