Wilmette have released a video for “Adderall.”
Read More “Wilmette – “Adderall” Video”SOAK – “I’m Alive”
SOAK have shared the new spoken word track “I’m Alive.”
Read More “SOAK – “I’m Alive””The National’s Aaron Dessner Talks Taylor Swift’s New Album
The National’s Aaron Dessner talked with Pitchfork about working on Taylor Swift’s latest album:
So when [Taylor] reached out, I had this large folder of ideas that were pretty well on their way. She was very clear that she didn’t want me to edit any of my ideas; she wanted to hear everything that was interesting to me at this moment, including really odd, experimental noise. So I made a folder of stuff, including some pretty out-there sketches. A few hours later, she sent “cardigan,” fully written in a voice memo. That’s when I realized that this was unusual—just the focus and clarity of her ideas. It was pretty astonishing. Over the next couple months, this would just happen; all of a sudden, I’d get a voice memo. And then another. Eventually, it was so inspiring that I wrote more ideas that were specifically in response to what she was writing.
Go Radio – “So Love”
Go Radio have released the new song “So Love.”
Read More “Go Radio – “So Love””Cokie The Clown – “Fair Leather Friends” Video
Cokie The Clown has released a video for “Fair Leather Friends.”
Read More “Cokie The Clown – “Fair Leather Friends” Video”August Brodie – “Playing for Keeps”
August Brodie has released the new song “Playing for Keeps.”
Read More “August Brodie – “Playing for Keeps””Jessie Ware – “What’s Your Pleasure?” Video
Jessie Ware has released a video for “What’s Your Pleasure?”
Read More “Jessie Ware – “What’s Your Pleasure?” Video”Liner Notes (July 24th, 2020)
This week has thoughts on Taylor Swift, Neon Trees, bad violin playing in movies, and much more. Plus, there’s a playlist of ten songs I enjoyed this week, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (July 24th, 2020)”Review: Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue
Brightest Blue is Ellie Goulding’s attempt to tell us exactly who she is.
In my preview of Brightest Blue through a review of EG.0, the accompanying EP (which she has since rightfully tacked “Sixteen” onto on streaming services), I wrote that “I sometimes think that Ellie Goulding didn’t know what to do with herself.” Over the next couple of days, interviews began to appear that supported this.
“I feel like I’ve never been able to explore who I am as a songwriter and as a pop artist. So that’s what [Brightest Blue] is,” she told London’s Evening Standard. In the Guardian, she talks of choosing Max Martin as a producer for 2015’s Delirium: “I need to commit to something. No one seems to know what I am. Maybe I don’t know who I am.”
Read More “Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue”The Score “All of Me” (feat. Travis Barker)
The Score have released the new song “All of Me” featuring Travis Barker.
Read More “The Score “All of Me” (feat. Travis Barker)”Movements Announce New Album
Movements will release their new album, No Good Left to Give, on September 18th. Today they’ve shared a video for the new song “Don’t Give Up Your Ghost.” Pre-orders are up.
Read More “Movements Announce New Album”Bad Religion to Release Autobiography
Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion, the first autobiography of the band, written with their full cooperation and support of co-author Jim Ruland, will be released on August 18th. The press release is below and pre-orders are now up.
Read More “Bad Religion to Release Autobiography”The Strokes – “Ode to the Mets” Video
The Strokes have released a video for “Ode to the Mets.”
Read More “The Strokes – “Ode to the Mets” Video”Creeper – “Poisoned Heart”
Creeper have shared the new song “Poisoned Heart.”
Read More “Creeper – “Poisoned Heart””Ben Folds Performs on Colbert
Ben Folds performed “2020” on Colbert.
Read More “Ben Folds Performs on Colbert”