Sunflower Bean
Sunflower Bean’s debut last year was impressive.
Now an equally impressive new song, I Was a Fool.
I Was a Fool
Awaken I Am
Awaken I Am, a rock quintet out of Australia, recently released their album Blind Love.
The song Black Dreams soars with melodic power.
Black Dreams
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is an American experimental composer who studied at the Berklee College of Music.
Her latest album The Kid is simply too beautiful to break up in parts so we present it in its entirety here.
The Kid
Sleigh Bells
Simply a great new song from Sleigh Bells.
And Saints from his Brooklyn duo is included on their new EP Kid Kruschev.
And Saints
nothing, nowhere.
nothing, nowhere. Is the nom de plume of Joe Mulherin. Born in Foxborough, MA he spends his time in Vermont.
Blending emo with hip-hop, his first official debut is Reaper and includes Hopes Up featuring Dashboard Confessional.
Hopes Up
Trashique (Grimes and HANA)
The Con X: Covers is a 10-year celebration of Tegan and Sara’s album The Con.
Like-minded friends (Hayley Williams, Ryan Adams, Chvrches, PVRIS, Bleachers, and Cyndi Lauper to name a few) have adapted the songs from the original and proceeds benefit the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which fights for health, economic justice, and representation for LGBTQ girls and women.
Grimes and HANA (under the name Trashique) cover Dark Come Soon.
Dark Come Soon
Dog Party
There is so much good new music that it takes years to hear all that is worthy. Here is a band that I discovered recently. Sacramento Sisters Gwendolyn and Lucy Giles call themselves Dog Party.
This punk duo opened for Green Day in 2016.
Play the song I Don’t Need You (from their latest album Til You’re Mine) at full volume.
I Don’t Need You
The Breeders
It’s been 24 years since the most prominent lineup of The Breeders recorded together.
Now guitarists Kim and Kelley Deal, bassist Josephine Wiggs, and drummer Jim Macpherson have reunited.
And we have a new classic Breeders song Wait in the Car.
Wait in the Car
Morrissey
Our favorite musical curmudgeon Morrissey offers a new song that rails against the TV media.
Expect the album Low in High School soon.
Spent the Day in Bed
Jason Isbell
Singer-songwriter Jason Isbell generally performs solo or with his band the 400 Unit.
A former member of the band Drive-By Truckers, his latest album, The Nashville Sound, contains the exquisite melancholy love song If We Were Vampires.
If We Were Vampires