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Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify New Sounds playlist. Music hasn’t pussyfooted around in 2020. Nor has it turned a blind eye to what’s going on in… […]

The UK has a nationalized health care system, and the US has a president who makes fun of face masks, and so it’s no surprise that England was faster at getting its coronavirus crisis under control. With new cases decreasing since mid-May, and total cases now under 30,000, the UK… […]

Lady A, the country band formerly known as Lady Antebellum, is suing Anita “Lady A” White, a Black blues singer who has been performing under the name for over 20 years, over the rights to her moniker. Now, Anita White has issued a new statement to Pitchfork in response to that… […]

It’s been seven long years, but Throwing Muses are finally set to release a new album later this summer. Sun Racket, the follow-up to Purgatory/Paradise, finds the Rhode Island-bred rockers drawing influence from the countless lakes and rivers that surround them. Throwing Muses submerged themselves in “Dark Blue” waves of distortion… […]

Lana Del Rey has been teasing the release of a poetry collection and companion spoken word album called Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass since the beginning of the year. Now, she has revealed the release dates for the two projects. As The FADER notes, an Amazon listing has the 112-page hardcover tome… […]

Metallica are teaming up with their longtime manager Cliff Burnstein and other investors to purchase classic rock song catalogs and other intellectual property, according to Variety. Sources tell Variety that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band has started a new venture called Worldwired Music IP Fund with Burnstein… […]

Jeremy Gara, drummer for Arcade Fire, has announced his sophomore solo album, Passerine Finale. It arrives September 11th through Invada Records, and he’s provided a preview with new single “wraith”. Gara made his solo debut with 2016’s Limn. It’s a work of abstract expressionism, and each track is not so much a song… […]

Kanye West has only been in the presidential race for less than a week, and already he’s on the verge of losing his biggest backer. Space X founder Elon Musk was quick to endorse Kanye’s candidacy following his Fourth of July announcement. “You have my full support!” Musk tweeted in… […]

The Avett Brothers announced a new album, The Third Gleam, earlier this month. Now, we have our first official preview of the record in “Victory”. The forthcoming LP is said to touch on universal themes of isolation and resilience, and the lead single reflects this accordingly. On “Victory”, Scott and… […]

Erasure are back with another slice off their forthcoming album, The Neon. It’s titled “Shot A Satellite” and follows last month’s first single, “Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)”. “You shot a satellite/ to catch a man alive/ You spun a web of love for me,” Andy Bell sings in… […]