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Plus Gorillaz, Yumi Zouma, The Mary Onettes, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 12, 2025
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 40 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 12. More
Listen to the New Songs “Change My Mind” and “Dare to Fall in Love”
Sep 11, 2025
By Andy Von Pip
Julia Jacklin’s side project Phantastic Ferniture have quietly released new singles “Change My Mind” and “Dare To Fall In Love,” their first in seven years. More
Plus The Lemon Twigs, Christine and the Queens, Phantastic Ferniture, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 13, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Hello again. We haven’t done a Songs of the Week for almost five weeks, since June 9. We were on vacation from mid to late June and then when we returned there really weren’t enough compelling songs last week to justify doing Songs of the Week lists, mainly because of the July 4th holiday being smack dab in the middle of the week and so labels mainly avoided sharing new songs. More
Phantastic Ferniture Due Out July 27 via Polyvinyl
Jul 11, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Phantastic Ferniture is a trio led by Julia Jacklin (who released a well-received solo album, Don’t Let the Kids Win, on Polyvinyl in 2016). The band also features Elizabeth Hughes and Ryan K Brennan and on July 27 they are releasing their self-titled debut album, also via Polyvinyl. More
Plus Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Tomberlin, Interpol, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jun 08, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This was a strong week for new tracks, so much so that we almost expanded this week’s Songs of the Week list to a Top 13. Instead we decided to include three honorable mentions. The full list includes two legendary artists who we will soon be getting previously unreleased posthumous albums from. More
