Phish’s Trey Anastasio has announced his first acoustic solo album, Mercy, which will arrive on March 11. Mercy features nine songs written over the course of the pandemic. The album was produced by Bryce Goggin and Robert “RAab” Stevenson, and engineered and mixed by Mike Fahey. The LP will come …
Read More »Belle and Sebastian to Return With First Studio Album in Seven Years
Belle and Sebastian‘s tenth album is on its way. On Wednesday, the indie-pop group dropped “Unnecessary Drama,” the first single off their first album since 2015,A Bit of Previous, out May 6. “The song is about a young person experimenting in being a human again after a forced hiatus”, said …
Read More »Banks Slithers into the Driver's Seat of Her Destiny as She Announces LP 'Serpentina'
“You know when you have cheerleaders that just want what’s good for you?” asks Banks. “This is what’s good for me.” It took a pandemic lockdown filled with “isolation in the best way possible” for Banks to shed her old skin and learn to live life in the present moment. …
Read More »Tomberlin Asks Us to Kneel at an 'Altar for the Feelings'
Tomberlin goes full cottagecore in the video for “Happy Accident,” the first taste of her upcoming album ‘I Don’t Know Who Needs to Hear This…’ The black-and-white clip opens in the woods, while a message about magic once ruling the forest scrolls across the screen. Sarah Beth Tomberlin enters behind …
Read More »Aly and AJ Cope With a 'Near-Death Experience' on Deluxe 'A Touch of the Beat'
A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun… but make it deluxe. On Friday, Aly and AJ released four additional songs on the refreshed version of their sun-kissed album originally released last year. Included on the tracklist are songs …
Read More »Metallica's Kirk Hammett Promises 'Soundtracks to the Movies in Your Mind' With Debut Solo EP
Thirty-nine years after joining Metallica, guitarist Kirk Hammett will put out his first solo release, Portals, on April 23. The all-instrumental, four-song EP will be available digitally and on CD and “ocean blue” vinyl for Record Store Day. “This music was created with what I describe as an ‘audio-cinematic’ approach,” …
Read More »Red Hot Chili Peppers Release First Song With John Frusciante in 16 Years
Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced their 12th studio album, Unlimited Love. The follow-up to 2016’s The Getaway marks the band’s first new album with guitarist John Frusciante since 2006’s Stadium Arcadium. It’s also their first with longtime producer Rick Rubin since 2011. Unlimited Love arrives April 1. “Our only …
Read More »Bright Eyes to Reissue Catalog — But Conor Oberst Doesn't Feel 'Nostalgic and Self-Indulgent'
Bright Eyes have announced an ambitious plan to reissue their entire catalog with accompanying EPs, aptly titled the Companion series. On May 27, the band will kick off with the first three albums: A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997, 1998’s Letting Off the Happiness, and 2000’s Fevers and …
Read More »Ty Segall Previews 'Whirlybird' Soundtrack With New Song
Ty Segall has dropped new single “Story of the Century” from the upcoming soundtrack for documentary film, Whirlybird. It’s the musician’s first feature film score. He collaborated on the set with the film’s director Matt Yoka, whom Segall has previously worked with on music videos and other projects. For the …
Read More »Cypress Hill Preview New LP 'Back in Black' With Latest Single 'Bye Bye'
Cypress Hill have announced their new album Back in Black, the legendary West Coast hip-hop group’s first LP in nearly four years. The album, produced entirely by Black Milk, arrives March 18 via MNRK. Ahead of Back in Black’s release, Cypress Hill shared the LP’s latest single “Bye Bye” featuring …
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