May 02, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Westerman (full name Will Westerman) is releasing a new album, An Inbuilt Fault, this Friday via Partisan. Now he has shared the album’s fourth single, “A Lens Turning,” via a music video. More

Mar 24, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the eleventh Songs of the Week of 2023. There weren’t a lot of new songs on offer this week, perhaps because the music industry was recovering from SXSW last week. But there were still some tracks we liked. More

Mar 22, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Westerman (full name Will Westerman) is releasing a new album, An Inbuilt Fault, on May 5 via Partisan. Now he has shared the album’s third single, “Take,” via a music video. More

Mar 21, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Mega Bog (aka Erin Birgy) is releasing a new album, End of Everything, on May 19 via Mexican Summer, her first for the label. Now she has shared its second single, “Love Is,” via a music video. The song features backing vocals from Westerman. More

Feb 01, 2023 By Mark Redfern

Westerman (full name Will Westerman) has announced a new album, An Inbuilt Fault, and shared a new song from it, “CSI: Petralona.” More

Oct 12, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Westerman has shared a new song, “Idol; RE-run.” The song was produced by Westerman and James Krivchenia of Big Thief. Westerman has also announced a North American tour for 2023. More

Feb 09, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Westerman has shared a new remix from Unknown Mortal Orchestra of the song “Drawbridge” from his debut album, Your Hero is Not Dead. More

May 08, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small)

Welcome to the eighteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. There were more ridiculous politics and it still seems like the health of the economy is being put before the health of the people, with premature calls to scale back social distancing and reopen everything while COVID-19 still spreads. We’ll see how that works out. More

May 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

West London’s Will Westerman, who releases music simply under his last name, is releasing his debut full-length album, Your Hero Is Not Dead, on June 5 via Partisan. Now he has shared another song from it, “The Line.” More

Apr 24, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie)

Welcome to the sixteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. More

Apr 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

West London’s Will Westerman, who releases music simply under his last name, is releasing his debut full-length album, Your Hero Is Not Dead, on June 5 via Partisan. Now he has shared another song from it, title track “Your Hero Is Not Dead,” which he says is inspired by the 2019 passing of Talk Talk’s Mark Hollis. He has also put out a new SoundCloud mix he calls “freeform communal music” and has titled Huxley. More

Apr 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the fourteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. Our new normal of being under lockdown during COVID-19 continues. More

Apr 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

West London’s Will Westerman, who releases music simply under his last name, is releasing his debut full-length album, Your Hero Is Not Dead, on June 5 via Partisan. Now he has shared another song from it, “Waiting On Design.” More

Mar 13, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s been a scary week thanks to the COVID-19 coronavirus, which meant the postponement of Coachella, Record Story Day, various movie releases, sporting events, and more, as well as school closings and a stock market crash. More

Mar 11, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

West London’s Will Westerman, who releases music simply under his last name, has announced his debut full-length album, Your Hero Is Not Dead, and shared a new song from it, “Think I’ll Stay.” More

Jan 17, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2020. It was a very strong week for new songs, especially as a slew of notable new albums were announced this week. More

Jan 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

West London’s Will Westerman, who releases music simply under his last name, has shared a new song, “Blue Comanche.” It’s his first release for Partisan, a label that has just announced they’ve signed him. More

Nov 06, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Will Westerman, who releases music simply under his last name, is releasing a new 4-song EP, Ark, on November 9 via Blue Flowers. Now he has shared a video for “Outside Sublime,” which was previously one of our Songs of the Week. Beatrix Blaise directed the science fiction-themed video. More

Oct 26, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This week’s Songs of the Week list is a supersized edition, with a Top 12 rather than our regular Top 10. Various new album announcements this week, as well as some excellent albums being released today, resulted in the need to make room for two extra tracks. More

Oct 24, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Will Westerman, who releases music simply under his last name, has already garnered attention for a series of singles and his 2017-released Call and Response EP. The West London musician is releasing a new 4-song EP, Ark, on November 9 via Blue Flowers. More

Sep 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

We tend to avoid including cover versions in our Songs of the Week list, as they are not truly new songs, but this week we have included two notable ones in our main list. We also rarely include live songs in our Top 10 songs, but have made a big exception this week. More