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Plus The Mary Onettes, Clark and Thom Yorke, M. Ward, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 26, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week we lost the Queen of Rock. Tina Turner’s death was the kind of passing that makes the world pause and garners comments from world leaders. More
Haunted Mountain Due Out August 25 via 4AD
May 24, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Buck Meek of Big Thief has announced a new solo album, Haunted Mountain, and shared its first single and title track, via a music video. More
New Single Out Now via 4AD
Oct 06, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Big Thief have shared a new song, “Change,” and have announced some new 2022 North American tour dates. The delicate song seems to tackle the passage of time and death. “Would you live forever, never die?/While everything around passes?” frontwoman Adrianne Lenker asks in the song, later singing: “Death/Like a door/To a place/We’ve never been before.” The new tour dates encompass next April and May. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. More
Let Me Do One More Due Out October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in Partnership with Hopeless Records
Sep 08, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Illuminati hotties (the project of singer/songwriter Sarah Tudzin) is releasing a new album, Let Me Do One More, on October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in partnership with Hopeless Records. Now she has shared another song from it, “Threatening Each Other Re: Capitalism.” It was shared via a lyric video directed by Tyler Coray and Ansley Lee. More
New Single Out Now via 4AD
Sep 07, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Big Thief have shared a new song, “Certainty.” It was recorded direct to four-track when there was a power outage for three days while they were recording with Sam Evian at Flying Cloud Recordings in the Catskills. Evian’s romantic partner Hannah Cohen adds harmonies to the track. More
Plus Big Red Machine, Ora the Molecule, Low, illuminati hotties, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 28th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a nice week for new music, with some strong new singles (some connected to album announcements) and some wonderful album tracks we’ve long wanted to share with our readers and can now that the albums are out. We had enough tracks for a Top 12 this week, but many of the honorable mentions are worthy too. More
Let Me Do One More Due Out October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in Partnership with Hopeless Records
Jul 22, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Illuminati hotties (the project of singer/songwriter Sarah Tudzin) is releasing a new album, Let Me Do One More, on October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in Partnership with Hopeless Records. Now she has shared another song from it, the country-tinged “u v v p,” which features Buck Meek from Big Thief, whose vocals come in at the end. More
Two Saviors is Due Out January 15 on Keeled Scales
Nov 17, 2020
By Joey Arnone
Buck Meek of Big Thief has shared a new song, “Pareidolia,” from his upcoming solo album Two Saviors, due out January 15 on Keeled Scales. More
