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Covers Will Be Out December 9 on Matador
Dec 01, 2020
By Joey Arnone
Muzz, the trio between artists Paul Banks (Interpol), Matt Barrick (The Walkmen), and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman), have announced Covers, a new EP which features covers of songs by Arthur Russell, Bob Dylan, Mazzy Star, and Tracy Chapman. Coinciding with the announcement, they have released their version of Russell’s “Nobody Wants a Lonely Heart.” More
Muzz Out Now via Matador; Band Features Paul Banks (Interpol), Matt Barrick (The Walkmen), and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
Jul 29, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. Last month they released their self-titled debut album via Matador. Now they have shared a video for the album’s “Summer Love.” More
Green/Green 7-Inch Due Out August 7 via 37d03d
Jun 23, 2020
By Julian Roberts-Grmela
Bonny Light Horseman have shared a new single, “Green Rocky Road,” and announced an upcoming 7-inch single, Green/Green, due out August 7 via 37d03d. “Green Rocky Road” is the A-side of Green/Green. The B-side will be called “Greenland Fishery.” More
Plus Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Hinds, NZCA LINES, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 05, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Mark Moody, Samantha Small, and Jake Uitti)
Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2020. And what a trying week it was. More
Muzz Out Now via Matador; Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
Jun 05, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. Today they have released their self-titled debut album via Matador. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, yesterday we posted our review of the album. More
Plus Club Intl, Skullcrusher, Art Feynman, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 29, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie, Samantha Small, and Julian Roberts-Grmela)
Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. In terms of this week’s new songs, the pickings were somewhat slim, perhaps partly because Monday was Memorial Day, meaning less new tracks of note were shared these week. But we’ve still come up with some that we liked (albeit, only a Top 9, instead of our usual Top 10). More
Muzz Due Out June 5 via Matador; Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
May 28, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. They are releasing their self-titled debut album on June 5 via Matador. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Knuckleduster,” via a video for the track. More
Muzz Due Out June 5 via Matador; Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
May 22, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. They are releasing their self-titled debut album on June 5 via Matador. Now they have shared a new live acoustic video of the three members performing a new previously unreleased song from the album, “Trinidad,” separately and remotely in these socially distant times. More
Elliott Smith: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition Due Out August 28 via Kill Rock Stars; Listen to “Big Decision (Live at Umbra Penumbra)”
May 21, 2020
By Samantha Small
From the crushing melodies of Either/Or to the raw honesty of XO, Elliott Smith’s music lives on in hearts of millions. But Kill Rock Stars is giving fans something extra special on August 28: the Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition of Smith’s self-titled second solo album. More
Muzz Due Out June 5 via Matador; Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
May 13, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. They are releasing their self-titled debut album on June 5 via Matador. Now they have shared a new live acoustic video of the three members performing the album’s previous single “Bad Feeling” separately and remotely from their homes in these socially distant times. More
Plus Muzz, Ela Minus, Austra, Faye Webster, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 17, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie)
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under lockdown, with lots of debate on when things can get back to normal. Still not anytime soon it seems. More
Muzz Due Out June 5 via Matador; Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
Apr 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. Now they have announced their self-titled debut album and shared another song from it, “Red Western Sky,” via a video for the single. More
Plus Bob Dylan, Man Man, Hamilton Leithauser, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 27, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the twelfth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was another scary week out there, as America surpassed China and Italy to become the country with the most COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the world, with 101,242 known U.S. cases at the time of this writing and 1,588 American COVID-19 deaths. Meanwhile the world economy is in tatters and there’s no realistic end to the quarantine in sight, despite what President Trump says about everything opening back up again in time for Easter. More
Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
Mar 24, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Paul Banks of Interpol has formed a new band, Muzz, that also features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman). Now they have shared a new song, “Broken Tambourine,” via a video for the track. More
Plus Muzz, The Lemon Twigs, Caroline Rose, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 06, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s been a topsy-turvy week. SXSW was just cancelled due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. The Democratic presidential primaries have dramatically changed in the last week, with Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg, and, sigh, Elizabeth Warren all dropping out of the race, leaving just Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. More
Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
Mar 05, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Paul Banks of Interpol has formed a new band, Muzz, that also features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman). They have shared their first song, “Bad Feeling.” More
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