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City Lights Out Today via Transgressive; Band Features Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur’s Graham Coxon
Sep 20, 2024
By Mark Redfern
The WAEVE—aka Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon—have released a new album, City Lights, today via Transgressive. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. Also they have shared new live performance videos for two songs from the album, “Moth to the Flame” and “Song For Eliza May,” as part of their City Lights Sessions series. More
City Lights Due Out September 20 via Transgressive; Band Features Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur’s Graham Coxon
Aug 28, 2024
By Mark Redfern
The WAEVE—aka Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon—are releasing a new album, City Lights, on September 20 via Transgressive. Now they have shared its third single, “Broken Boys,” along with a live performance video for the song.
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Plus Peel Dream Magazine, Party Dozen, Pom Pom Squad, and a Wrap-up of the Last Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 28, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Marina Malin)
Welcome to the 21st Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 25 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 12. More
City Lights Due Out September 20 via Transgressive; Band Features Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur’s Graham Coxon
Jun 25, 2024
By Mark Redfern
The WAEVE—aka Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon—have announced a new album, City Lights, and shared its second single, “You Saw,” via a music video. More
Plus Lionlimb, Why Bonnie, Jon Hopkins, Font, La Luz, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 03, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 20 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 12. More
The Ballad of Darren Due Out July 21 via Parlophone
May 18, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Britpop icons Blur have announced a new album, The Ballad of Darren, and shared its first single, “The Narcissist.” More
Plus Wings of Desire, Alex Lahey, The WAEVE, H. Hawkline, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 03, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were lots of strong contenders this week, the Top 7 is especially solid. We settled on a Top 12 this week. More
Plus The National, Wednesday, Braids, Murray A. Lightburn, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 20, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2023. It was a stacked week for new songs and album announcements. Boygenius alone released three songs to consider! There were enough tracks we liked that we settled on a super-sized Top 13 this week. More
Verse, Chorus, Monster! Due Out February 21, 2023 via Faber Books
Dec 13, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has announced the U.S. release of his memoir, Verse, Chorus, Monster!, which will be out on February 21, 2023 via Faber Books. More
Plus Petite Noir, The Natural Lines, Sweet Baboo, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Dec 02, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 41st Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because of the Thanksgiving holiday, so this week’s list covers songs from the last two weeks. More
The WAEVE Due Out February 3, 2023 via Transgressive
Nov 29, 2022
By Mark Redfern
The WAEVE—a new duo consisting of Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon—are releasing their self-titled debut album on February 3, 2023 via Transgressive. Now they have shared the album’s third single, “Kill Me Again,” which is led by Coxon’s vocals and saxophone playing. It was shared via a David J East-directed video. More
Plus Young Fathers, Amber Arcades, Alice Boman, John Cale and Weyes Blood, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 28, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 38th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we were turning our new print issue into the printer last Friday. So this week’s list encompasses songs released in the last two weeks and is thus a slightly supersized Top 13 list. 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
The WAEVE Due Out February 3, 2023 via Transgressive
Sep 06, 2022
By Mark Redfern
The WAEVE—a new duo consisting of Rose Elinor Dougall and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon—have announced their self-titled debut album and shared a new song from it, “Can I Call You,” via a video for it. More
Verse, Chorus, Monster! Due Out October 6 via Faber
Jun 09, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon has announced the release of a memoir, Verse, Chorus, Monster!, which will be out on October 6 via Faber. More
Plus Porridge Radio, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Florist, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 06, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 18th Songs of the Week of 2022. There were lots of strong contenders this week, including a new supergroup, two songs from a new album that featured no advance singles, and tracks from artists across the globe (including Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, and England). We’ve got 11 songs this week, since one artist has two different songs on the list. More
Watch a Teaser Trailer for the Project, First Single Due Out May 5
Apr 21, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Rose Elinor Dougall has teamed up with Blur guitarist Graham Coxon to form the new band The WAEVE. The duo have shared a teaser trailer for the project and announced that The WAEVE’s first single, “Something Pretty,” will be out May 5 via Transgressive. They have also announced their first show, which is on May 4 at the Lexington in London. More
FUTURE PAST Due Out October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG
Aug 31, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Duran Duran are releasing a new album, FUTURE PAST, on October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG. Now they have shared another song from it, “ANNIVERSARY.” More
FUTURE PAST Due Out October 22 via Tape Modern for BMG; Album Features Lykke Li, Mark Ronson, and More
May 20, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Duran Duran have announced a new album, FUTURE PAST, and shared its first single, “INVISIBLE,” via a video for the song (which features Blur’s Graham Coxon on guitar). More
Plus Yorkston/Thorne/Khan, Graham Coxon, Jehnny Beth, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Nov 08, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to another Songs of the Week. The last three weeks we could only come up with a Top 8, instead of our customary Top 10, but this week’s choices were surprisingly much stronger once we did some deeper digging. More
that dog. Reissue Due Out This Friday, Listen to “Buy Me Flowers”
Jul 09, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Anna Waronker, Rachel Haden, Petra Haden, and Tony Maxwell formed that dog. in 1991 and released their self-titled debut album in the U.S. in March 1994 via DGC (it actually came out in England in December 1993 via 4AD). Now the band (currently minus Petra Haden) have announced that the album is getting a deluxe 25th anniversary digital reissue, as well as announcing some shows performing the album. More
Coxon's Soundtrack to Netflix Series Due out January 26
Jan 18, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Blur guitarist and solo artist Graham Coxon has done the soundtrack to The End of the F***ing World, the new dark comedy series from Netflix and Britain’s Channel 4 based on Charles S. Forsman’s comic book series for Fantagraphics (which had the uncensored title of The End of the Fucking World). More
