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Plus Meg Baird, The Big Moon, Alvvays, Julien Chang, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 14, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we’ve been too busy working on our next two print issues and we also didn’t feel like there were a lot of strong contenders last week. So this week’s list encompasses songs released in the last two weeks and is thus a supersized Top 16 list. More
Momentary Presence Out Today via Dedstrange
Oct 14, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Brooklyn-based psych-rock quintet GIFT have released a new album, Momentary Presence, today via Dedstrange. They have also shared an interactive video for the album track “Lost For You” (which can be viewed here), as well as a video for the song “Stuck In a Dream.” The album features the seven-minute closing track, “Here and Now (Time Floats By).” More
Momentary Presence Due Out October 14 via Dedstrange
Oct 05, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Brooklyn-based psych-rock quintet GIFT have shared a video for their new single, “Share the Present.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Momentary Presence, which will be out on October 14 via Dedstrange. More
Plus Phoenix and Ezra Koenig, girlpuppy, Beth Orton, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 09, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2022. Yesterday the world lost a historical icon. Regardless of your thoughts on the Royal Family, there’s no question that Queen Elizabeth II had a massive impact on the last 70 years of world history. More
Momentary Presence Due Out October 14 via Dedstrange
Sep 07, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Brooklyn-based psych-rock quintet GIFT have shared a video for their new single, “Feather.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Momentary Presence, which will be out on October 14 via Dedstrange. More
Plus Hot Chip, Young Jesus, Whitmer Thomas, Hans Pucket, Suede, The 1975, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 05, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 30th Songs of the Week of 2022. There were lots of strong contenders this week, although there was a pretty clear #1 and our #2 was a new band we’d never even heard of before this week. We settled on a Top 12 again this week, like last week. More
Momentary Presence Due Out October 14 via Dedstrange
Aug 03, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Brooklyn-based psych-rock quintet GIFT have announced the release of their debut album, Momentary Presence, which will be out on October 14 via Dedstrange. They have also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Gumball Garden.” More