[ad_1] Art Brut have announced a new compilation album, A Record Collection, Reduced to a Mixtape. For the 2xLP or 5xCD set, the south London indie-pop institution selected highlights from its albums Bang Bang Rock & Roll, It’s a Bit Complicated, Art Brut vs Satan, and Brilliant! Tragic!, along with demos, alternate takes, and live recordings […]

[ad_1] Les Savy Fav have shared “World Got Great” from their comeback album Oui, LSF. Accompanying the new song is an animated video by Emmy-winner Jimbo Matison, in which Les Savy Fav defeat world-ending monsters in a battle through the power of tickle fights and flower power. Check it out below. Oui, LSF is Les […]

[ad_1] Nilüfer Yanya is back with her first new single in two years. “Like I Say (I Runaway)” arrives with the news that Yanya has signed to Ninja Tune. It also comes with a music video directed by Yanya’s sister, Molly Daniel, that follows her sprinting off into the distance as a runaway bride. Check […]

[ad_1] The estate of Tupac Shakur has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Drake over the Toronto rapper’s “Taylor Made Freestyle.” The track, a diss aimed at Kendrick Lamar, features vocals meant to sound like 2Pac, likely created using artificial intelligence. The estate is asking Drake to take down the song, which he posted on his […]

[ad_1] Robyn Hitchcock has announced a memoir, 1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left. The cult singer-songwriter and bandleader of the Soft Boys and the Egyptians chronicles a 12-month span of his early adolescence in the book, documenting his alienating move to a new school and subsequent obsessions with the Beatles, Brian […]

[ad_1] Overmono have shared the remix of the Streets’ “Turn the Page” that has been a staple of their live sets since its debut at Lost Village in 2022. Check it out below. The remix will also be released as a 12″ single, via XL. Tom and Ed Russell released Good Lies, their debut LP […]

[ad_1] Guitarist Steve Gunn; bassist and synthesizer player Shahzad Ismaily; saxophonist, guitarist, and vocalist Zoh Amba; and drummer Jim White have come together to form the new band Beings. On June 7, the New York quartet will release its debut album, There Is a Garden, via No Quarter. Below, listen to Beings’ first two songs, […]

[ad_1] girl in red has shared her cover of Talking Heads’ “Girlfriend Is Better,” from the upcoming A24 compilation album, Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense. Reimagining the funky arrangement of 1983 original in a post-nu-disco setting, girl in red’s take on “Girlfriend Is Better” sees the Norwegian pop star […]

[ad_1] AIDS-awareness nonprofit Red Hot has announced another new tribute album honoring Sun Ra. Outer Spaceways Incorporated – Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra, out June 21, is the fourth volume in the label’s Red Hot & Ra series. Listen to two songs from it, a reimagining of Sun Ra’s “Daddy’s Gonna Tell You […]

[ad_1] Brooklyn-via-Florida rapper Niontay, Hartford cloud-rap star RealYungPhil, and New York rap crew Surf Gang have joined forces for a new single called “Halftones.” It’s produced by Harrison and Flea Diamonds. They’re also releasing the track’s video, in which Niontay and RealYungPhil take turns rapping around the streets of New York. Check it out below. […]