Jun 12, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Mark Moody and Samantha Small)

Welcome to the 23rd Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a bit more of a chill week than last week. Black Lives Matter protests continued across the world, but generally remained peaceful.  More

Jun 11, 2020 By Samantha Small

Shamir has shared a new song, “On My Own,” released via a video for the single. It is said to be the first taste from a forthcoming album due out later this year (details are all still TBA).  More

May 27, 2020 By Mark Redfern (with Lily Guthrie)

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Shamir. More

Mar 09, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Shamir released a new album, Revelations, last November via Father/Daughter Records. He had previously announced a new 7-inch, Room, to be released today via Father/Daughter and shared a video for its title track. And while that EP has been released as planned, he has also surprise released an entire new album to Bandcamp, Resolution.  More

Mar 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

The full list of 2018 Record Store Day releases has been revealed. Record Store Day goes down on April 21 and just in case you don't already know, the basic idea is to get music fans out to their local independent record store, with the bait being a slew of exclusive limited edition releases.  More

Feb 16, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Shamir released a new album, Revelations, last November via Father/Daughter Records. Now he has announced a new 7-inch, Room, and shared a video for its title track. The EP is due out March 9, also via Father/Daughter. The video, fittingly, seems to feature Shamir in his bedroom.  More

Oct 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Shamir is releasing a new album, Revelations, on November 3 via Father/Daughter Records. Previously he shared a video for its first single, "90's Kids," which lamented the challenges of those born in the 1990s.  More

Oct 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

SXSW (aka South By Southwest), the annual conference/festival in Austin, Texas, has announced the first round of artists to be performing during the music portion (there's also film and interactive portions) in 2018.  More

Sep 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Shamir released his debut album, Rachet, in 2015 via XL. It included his breakthrough single "On the Regular." Now he has signed to San Francisco indie label Father/Daughter Records and announced a new album, Revelations, which is due out November 3. He has shared a video for its first single, "90's Kids." More

Sep 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Tegan and Sara previously announced that they are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their album The Con with a tour and The Con X: Covers, an album due out October 20 (via Warner Bros) in which other artists cover each song on The Con, with all net proceeds going to the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which works in support of LGBTQ girls and women.  More

Apr 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Shamir released his debut album, Rachet, in 2015 via XL. It included his breakthrough single "On the Regular," which has recently gotten renewed exposure via an Old Navy ad. More

May 23, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Saturday night saw the season finale to Saturday Night Live. Former cast member Fred Armisen was the guest host and Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Courtney Barnett was the musical guest. Below are some highlights of the episode. More

Jan 20, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Bonnaroo have announced their 2016 lineup. The festival goes down in Manchester, Tennessee from June 9-12 and this year, their 15th year, the lineup includes LCD Soundsystem, M83, Tame Impala, CHVRCHES, Father John Misty, HAIM, Death Cab For Cutie, Kurt Vile, Natalie Prass, Purity Ring, Pearl Jam, and many others. More

Jan 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2016 festival, their 15th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. It's a stacked lineup, including The Cure, M83, Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, Florence and the Machine, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, Jamie xx, Caribou, Yeasayer, Savages, Kurt Vile, Mac DeMarco, and others.

Nov 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Shamir appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night. He performed "On the Regular," probably still his best-known song. His performance memorably opens with Shamir singing to himself into a bank of mirrors.  More

Sep 15, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Shamir has shared a fun new video for "In For the Kill." In it he pilots a UFO and drops cassette tapes from the sky. Anthony Sylvester directed the clip (he also did Shamir's videos for "On the Regular" and "Darker"), which was inspired by the "balloon boy" UFO hoax. Rookie Mag premiered it and you can watch it below. More

Aug 19, 2015 By Julia Underwood

Last weekend Helsinki hosted Flow Festival. More

Jul 22, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Last weekend, Chicago hosted the annual Pitchfork Festival. Check out Annie Lesser’s shots from day two, featuring Jimmy Whispers, Protomartyr, Bully, Future Brown, Mr. Twin Sister, Ariel Pink, Shamir, ASAP Ferg, The New Pornographers, Future Islands, and Sleater-Kinney.  More

Jul 13, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Las Vegas singer/musician Shamir has announced a fall North American tour. It's his first full on major tour in support of his recently released debut album, Rachet.  More

Jul 08, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Mac DeMarco news galore! The most pressing DeMarco news is that today at 1 PM he is hosting a free BBQ, as he announced last night. It's happening at 153 Morgan Ave. and DeMarco promises he'll be playing unheard music from his car stereo. More

Mar 10, 2016 By Matt Fink

"Where's my Emmy?"—that's how Shamir Bailey replies when I tell him that he appeared confident and in command during his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Only 48 hours have passed since Shamir performed "On the Regular"—the standout single from his full-length debut, Ratchet—and he fears that his nerves leaked through his normally stoic façade. More

Jul 13, 2015 By Billy Hamilton

You can see why Shamir Bailey is hot stuff right now. The Las Vegas native's debut LP is a luminously cool engineering of synths and beats that will no doubt furnish the dancefloors of hipster hangouts across the globe. More