Josephine Wiggs, the Breeders' original bassist, has just announced her debut solo album, entitled, We Fall. The announcement comes with the album's lead single, "Time Does Not Bring Relief," and its accompanying music video. It's a tense, piano-led ... more info

Big week for Death Cab For Cutie covers! First Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst broke out "Title And Registration" at a Better Oblivion Community Center show, and now the Beths have released a rendition of "Soul Meets Body," off the band's 2005 album... more info

Father Of The Bride, Vampire Weekend's long-awaited LP4, is fast approaching. We've gotten two pairs of songs so far -- "Harmony Hall" and "2021," "Sunflower" and the Steve Lacy-featuring "Big Blue." We've also gotten two accompanying music videos --... more info

In a few weeks, John Vanderslice is releasing his first new album in six years, The Cedars. We've heard a couple of tracks from it already, "I'll Wait For You" and "Will Call," and today he's sharing another song, "Spectral Dawn." In a press stat... more info

One of the best and worst aspects of SXSW is the ability to wander from showcase to showcase. Sometimes, on nights when you're presented with an embarrassment of riches, you end up seeing a fraction of multiple great performances rather than sticking... more info

In a couple of months, former Smiths frontman and future Broadway star Morrissey is releasing a covers album called California Son . It'll feature renditions of songs by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Dionne Warwick, Phil Ochs, Carly Simon, Melanie, Buff... more info

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… more info

Red Bull Music Festival is known for curating tasteful, heavy-hitting lineups of shows spread across a month that appeal to wide ranges of taste. The 2019 NYC edition has finally been announced and the lineup does not disappoint. FKA twigs, Rosalía,... more info

The Los Angeles musician Michael Collins used to work under the names Salvia Plath and Run DMT, and now he's getting ready to release an album under the honestly-just-as-problematic moniker Drugdealer. This time around, Collins is messing around with... more info

Legendary gospel singer Mavis Staples teamed up with producer Jeff Tweedy for a pair of albums, most recently 2017's If All I Was Was Black. Today, she announces her 12th studio album, We Get By -- this time with all the songs written and co-produced... more info