The London-based art-rock quartet Dry Cleaning have announced their full-length debut, New Long Leg, out via 4AD on April 2nd. Last spring, Dry Cleaning capitalized on the buzz generated by their brilliantly offbeat 2019 EPs Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks andSweet Princess with a tour of U.S. clubs that was …
Read More »Thurston Moore Surprise-Releases New Instrumental Album, 'Screen Time'
Thurston Moore has released a surprise instrumental album, Screen Time, which is available on Bandcamp. The former Sonic Youth member announced the project on Twitter, writing, “Thurston Moore new music ‘screen time’ (10 songs).” In a statement, he expanded upon the project, saying he wanted to compose a soundtrack for …
Read More »RS Country Music Picks for the Week of February 1st
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names.Rolling Stone Countryselects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists. Jake Hoot featuring Kelly Clarkson, “I Would’ve …
Read More »Selena Gomez Previews First Spanish Language EP With 'Baila Conmigo' Video
Selena Gomez has announced the release of her first EP sung in Spanish, Revelación. The seven-song set arrives on March 12th. In tandem with her EP announcement, she dropped a new video for the Tainy-produced song, “Baila Conmigo” (“Dance With Me”), which features Puerto Rican singer/rapper Rauw Alejandro. In the …
Read More »Yoko Ono, Janie Hendrix Launch the Coda Collection Music Channel
Yoko Ono and Janie Hendrix are among the principals behind new music channel, the Coda Collection, which will stream exclusively via Amazon Prime Video. The channel is named after the new multimedia company Ono and Hendrix cofounded with CEO Jim Spinello, director/producer John McDermott, and veteran entertainment lawyer Jonas Herbsman. …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Asha Gold, 'Passenger'
The core of “Passenger,” a track by the U.K. singer Asha Gold, is the stuff of late Nineties, early 2000s R&B: These simple, carefully articulated guitar riffs reach back to Marques Houston’s “Grass Is Greener,” Tyrese’s “Signs of Love Makin,’” and Jon B.’s “Don’t Say.” Gold slip-slides across this gilded …
Read More »Watch Future Islands' 'Tiny Desk (Home) Concert' Performance
Ten years after their first entry in NPR‘s Tiny Desk concert series, Future Islands returned to perform a Covid-19-safe remote set from an empty Carroll Baldwin Memorial Hall in their home base of Baltimore. “We lost the desk,” lead singer Sam Herring joked, but the band had an advantage: With …
Read More »Willie Jones Addresses Race in the U.S. in the Stunning 'American Dream'
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Louisiana country singer Willie Jones is releasing his poignant new song “American Dream,” recorded during the midst of Black Lives Matter protests this past summer. “Proud to be a black man/Living in the land of the brave and the free,” Jones sings …
Read More »Hiss Golden Messenger Seek 'Sanctuary' With New Song
Hiss Golden Messenger seek “shelter in the storm” on their new song “Sanctuary,” which the North Carolina band released Wednesday. “Feeling bad, feeling blue/Can’t get out of my own mind,” frontman M.C. Taylor sings on the track. “But I know how to sing about it.” “This song is, as far …
Read More »Hear Morgan Wallen, Chris Stapleton's Country-Soul Collab 'Only Thing That's Gone'
After nearly three months of teasing and a chain-store “leak,” Morgan Wallen‘s Dangerous: The Double Album — in all its 30-track glory — was released on Friday. One of the most anticipated tracks pairs Wallen with Chris Stapleton. “Only Thing That’s Gone,” written by Wallen with Matt Dragstrem, Chase McGill, …
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