Jan 29, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2021. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week. Due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and the inauguration, it was a week light on compelling new tracks. So this week we chronicle the best songs of the last two weeks, so it’s a Top 12 (and our Top 2 are both super long songs). More

Jan 29, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Arlo Parks has released her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, today via Transgressive. Last night she was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, making her network TV debut performing “Hurt.” Also, now that the album is out you can stream it here. And yesterday we posted our rave review of the album. More

Jan 27, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Arlo Parks is releasing her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, this Friday via Transgressive. Now she has shared another song from it, “Alone,” via a touching video in which Parks supports a depressed friend.  More

Jan 21, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Arlo Parks has announced a filmed variety show special that will feature performances by Romy (The xx), Dave Okumu (The Invisible), and Glass Animals. The hour long show, titled Tonight With Arlo Parks, will premiere on Jan. 29 at 12 p.m. PST / 3 p.m. EST, where it will be viewable on both the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and the Amazon Music app (it will also be made available on Feb. 1 via Prime Video). More

Dec 16, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Rising British musician Arlo Parks is releasing her debut album, Collapsed In Sunbeams, January 29, 2021 via Transgressive. Now she has shared a video for the recent single “Caroline,” which was one of our Songs of the Week. More

Dec 04, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 44th Songs of the Week of 2020. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s list covers the last two weeks and thus it’s a Top 12 rather than a Top 10. More

Nov 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Rising British musician Arlo Parks is releasing her debut album, Collapsed In Sunbeams, on January 29, 2021 via Transgressive. Now she has shared another song from it, the soulful “Caroline.” It was shared via a lyric video.  More

Oct 23, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 41st Songs of the Week of 2020. This week there was a second and final presidential debate that, unlike the first one, was an actual debate.  More

Oct 20, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Rising British musician Arlo Parks has announced her debut album, Collapsed In Sunbeams, and shared a new song from it, “Green Eyes,” via a video for the track (which features Clairo). More

Oct 16, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

British four-piece Glass Animals released a new album, Dreamland, back in August via Republic. Now they have shared a new version of the album’s “Tangerine” that features guest vocals from rising British musician Arlo Parks.  More

Sep 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoebe Bridgers has teamed up with British musician Arlo Parks to cover the Radiohead classic “Fake Plastic Trees” (from The Bends), performing it in a church, with Parks on piano, for BBC Radio 1’s Chillest Show with Phil Taggart. They also performed Bridges’ “Kyoto,” from her recent album Punisher.  More

Aug 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Jennifer Irving and Samantha Small)

Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2020. The Democrats had a virtual Democratic National Convention and made a convincing case against reelecting Donald Trump and for electing Joe Biden. Not that we needed convincing. More

Aug 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Promising new British musician Arlo Parks has shared a new song, “Hurt,” via a video for the track. “Oh wouldn’t it be lovely, to feel something for once?/Yeah wouldn’t it be lovely, to feel worth something whole?” More