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Destroyer, Japanese Breakfast, The Horrors, Perfume Genius, SASAMI, SPELLLING, Steven Wilson, Hannah Cohen, and More
Apr 05, 2025
By Mark Redfern
At the start of February we launched our new Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month, starting with January’s albums and followed by February’s albums. Now here is a roundup of March 2025’s best albums. We have included Bandcamp or Spotify embeds (some albums aren’t on Bandcamp) for each album and links to any reviews or interviews we did to support the release. More
Tonky Due Out March 21 via Jajaguwar
Feb 20, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Lonnie Holley is releasing a new album, Tonky, on March 21 via Jagjaguwar. Now he has shared the album’s second single, “That’s Not Art, That’s Not Music,” via a music video. More
Plus M83, Yo La Tengo, Depeche Mode, The Golden Dregs, Miss Grit, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 10, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2023. There were lots of great tracks to choose from this week. I mean, M83 and Django Django each put out five new songs this week! We narrowed it all down to a Top 11. More
Oh Me Oh My Due Out March 10 via Jagjaguwar
Feb 09, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Lonnie Holley is releasing a new album, Oh Me Oh My, on March 10 via Jagjaguwar. Now he has shared the album’s second single, “I Am a Part of the Wonder,” which features Moor Mother. More
Plus Lonnie Holley and Michael Stipe, Vagabon, Young Fathers, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 13, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2023. After a quiet period last week, this week was roaring with album announcements and new songs. We settled on a Top 11 this week. More
Oh Me Oh My Due Out March 10 via Jagjaguwar; Album Also Features Sharon Van Etten and Bon Iver
Jan 12, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Lonnie Holley has announced a new album, Oh Me Oh My, and shared its first single, near title track “Oh Me, Oh My,” which features Michael Stipe. The album also features Sharon Van Etten, Bon Iver, and others. More
Broken Mirror, A Selfie Reflection Out April 9 via Spacebomb/Jagjaguwar
Jan 21, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Folk artist Lonnie Holley and singer/producer Matthew E. White have announced a new album, Broken Mirror: A Selfie Reflection, which will be out April 9 via Spacebomb/Jagjaguwar. The two have shared the first track from the album, the seven-minute long “This Here Jungle of Modernness/Composition 14.” More
Plus Ganser, Glass Animals, NZCA LINES, Fear of Men, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 03, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Stephen Axeman)
Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2020. Tomorrow is Independence Day here in America, but it’s hard to feel overly patriotic this year with the Trump administration continuing to botch the response to the pandemic and with so much to fix in this country—including systemic racism, police brutality, gun reform, climate change, and wealth inequality, to name just a handful of challenges. More
National Freedom EP Out Now via Jagjaguwar
Jul 03, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Seventy-year-old Alabama-born folk artist and musician Lonnie Holley has released a new EP, National Freedom, and shared a music video for the EP’s “Like Hell Broke Away.” The late Richard Swift produced the five-song EP, recording it at his National Freedom Studio in Cottage Grove, Oregon in 2013 when Holley had a day off from his tour with Deerhunter. More
A Le Guess Who? Collaboration
Dec 20, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Last month, we went to Holland to check out Le Guess Who? The immaculately curated festival prides itself in pairing up artists for performances and encouraging collaborations. More
Interviews
Mar 26, 2025
By Mark Moody
At 75 years of age, many stories have been told about Lonnie Holley. Most from his own tongue. A world renowned self-taught artist, Holley was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. Using improvised approaches in both art and music, Holley has forged his own path. Many similar visual artists have come before and behind him, but his combination of the visual mixed with making songs, and his unique personal history, make Holley one of a kind. More
Reviews
Oct 11, 2018
By Lee Adcock
Anyone who’s ever been in the same room as master craftsman Lonnie Holley has surely felt his shamanic presence. His debut from six years ago, Just Before Music, bottled that cosmic essence without any earthly interference; ever since then, guests have hopped on to shape these otherworldly jams into slightly more familiar forms. More
