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Plus Kendrick Lamar, Gwenno, Bartees Strange, Ezra Furman, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 13, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a stellar week for new tracks, thanks in part to some exciting album announcements and their corresponding singles. So this week we have a slightly super-sized Top 13. More
personal best Due Out July 22 via FatCat
May 11, 2022
By Mark Redfern
British post-rock band TRAAMS are releasing a new album, personal best, on July 22 via FatCat. Now they have shared its third single, the nine-minute-long “Breathe,” which features guest vocals from Softlizard (aka Liza Violet of Menace Beach). More
Plus Tim Burgess, Faye Webster, TRAAMS, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 15, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. This week our new favorite band, Wet Leg, hit #1 on the British album charts with their debut album. It was a solid week for new tracks, but none that screamed #1 Song of the Week, so this week’s order should be considered less strict than some weeks. More
personal best Due Out July 22 via FatCat
Apr 13, 2022
By Mark Redfern
British post-rock band TRAAMS have announced a new album, personal best, and shared a new song from it, “The Light at Night,” which features Joe Casey of Protomartyr and was shared via a video directed by Lee Kiernan of IDLES and Charlotte Gosch. More
Plus Hercules and Love Affair, !!!, TRAAMS, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 25, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2022. With Russia invading Ukraine on Thursday morning (and the increased threat of invasion earlier in the week), it was a bit hard to pull away from CNN and focus on new music. But nevertheless we were able to come up with a good list of songs we liked this week. More
Feb 24, 2022
By Joey Arnone
British post-rock band TRAAMS have shared a new single, “Sleeper,” which features Soffie Viemose of Danish five-piece Lowly. It was produced by Matt Peel. More
Plus Jesse Kivel, Lost Horizons, Midnight Sister, TRAAMS, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 09, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the 39th Songs of the Week of 2020. We skipped Songs of the Week last week because we had other plans last Friday, so this week’s list covers two weeks worth of songs. More
The Band’s Second Single of 2020 is Out Now via FatCat
Oct 05, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
British post-rock band TRAAMS have shared a new song, “Intercontinental Radio Waves.” It is accompanied by an animated video and follows “The Greyhound,” a new single the band shared in August that was their first new song in almost five years. More
Plus Marie Davidson, The Flaming Lips, TRAAMS, Future Islands, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 14, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Jennifer Irving)
Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2020. This week’s big political news was Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announcing his highly capable running mate, Senator Kamala Harris. More
Aug 11, 2020
By Jennifer Irving
British post-rock band TRAAMS have shared their first single in almost five years today with the over nine-minute long new track “The Greyhound.” After recording a standalone single in 2016 called “A House on Fire,” the band went on a brief hiatus, but are now back. Check out the video for the song below. More
"I stuck it onto my lip with regular superglue and all night I was just breathing these glue fumes and getting dizzy." - Generationals' Grant Widmer
Oct 29, 2013
By Mark Redfern
We sent out the same set of Halloween-related questions to a bunch of different musicians. All Halloween week we are posting their responses. Here are some spooky answers fromGenerationals, Cayucas, Morcheeba, TRAAMS, and Devon Sproule. More
Interviews
"I stuck it onto my lip with regular superglue and all night I was just breathing these glue fumes and getting dizzy." - Generationals' Grant Widmer
Oct 29, 2013
By Mark Redfern
We sent out the same set of Halloween-related questions to a bunch of different musicians. All Halloween week we are posting their responses. Here are some spooky answers fromGenerationals, Cayucas, Morcheeba, TRAAMS, and Devon Sproule. More