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Plus Divorce, Mediocre, SASAMI, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 27, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 31st Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 20 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More
Dulling the Horns Due Out October 4 on Fire Talk
Sep 26, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Wild Pink (the band led by John Ross) are releasing a new album, Dulling the Horns, on October 4 via Fire Talk. Now they have shared another new song from it, title track “Dulling the Horns,” via a lyric video. More
Plus Nilüfer Yanya, Wild Pink, Kelly Lee Owens, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 13, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Jim Scott, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 50 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 16. More
Dulling The Horns Due Out October 4 on Fire Talk
Sep 09, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Wild Pink (the band led by John Ross) are releasing a new album, Dulling the Horns, on October 4 via Fire Talk. Now they have shared another new song from it, “Eating the Egg Whole,” via a lyric video. More
Plus Wild Pink, Katy J Pearson, Charly Bliss, MEMORIALS, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 16, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list covers the last two weeks, as at the end of last week I was on a mini vacation after finishing up our new print issue. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 40 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 15. More
Dulling The Horns Due Out October 4 on Fire Talk
Aug 15, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Additional Writing by Marina Malin)
Wild Pink (the band led by John Ross) are releasing a new album, Dulling the Horns, on October 4 via Fire Talk. Now they have shared another new song from it, “Sprinter Brain,” via a lyric video. More
Dulling the Horns Due Out October 4 on Fire Talk
Jul 16, 2024
By Marina Malin
Led by John Ross, Wild Pink have announced their new LP, Dulling the Horns, which will be released on October 4 via Fire Talk. Ahead of the album, they have released its lead single, “The Fences of Stonehenge.” More
Plus Camera Obscura, Julia Holter, St. Vincent, La Luz, King Hannah, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 08, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2024. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we were deep in deadline-mode finishing our new print issue, so this week’s Songs of the Week covers the last two weeks. To be honest, we are still putting the finishing touches on the issue today and tomorrow, but there were so many notable songs released in the last two weeks that we still had to find the time to do a Songs of the Week today. More
Their First Single for Fire Talk
Mar 07, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Wild Pink, the band led by singer/guitarist John Ross, has shared a new song, “Air Drumming Fix You.” It’s their first single for Fire Talk, who have just announced that they’ve signed the New York band. More
Plus Meg Baird, The Big Moon, Alvvays, Julien Chang, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 14, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2022. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we’ve been too busy working on our next two print issues and we also didn’t feel like there were a lot of strong contenders last week. So this week’s list encompasses songs released in the last two weeks and is thus a supersized Top 16 list. More
ILYSM Out Now via Royal Mountain
Oct 14, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Wild Pink have released a new album, ILYSM, today via Royal Mountain. Stream it here and also read our rave review of it. More
ILYSM Due Out This Friday via Royal Mountain
Oct 12, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Wild Pink have shared a new single, “The Grass Widow in the Glass Window,” featuring Yasmin Williams. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, ILYSM, which will be out this Friday (October 14) via Royal Mountain. More
Plus Wild Pink Feat. J Mascis, Miss Grit, LIES, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Sep 23, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 36th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week one artist has two songs in the main list, which is a Top 10 this time. More
ILYSM Due Out October 14 via Royal Mountain
Sep 21, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Wild Pink have shared a new single, “See You Better Now,” featuring J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, ILYSM, which will be out on October 14 via Royal Mountain. More
Plus Wild Pink and Julien Baker, Stella Donnelly, Whitney, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 26, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2022. This week there were three strong album tracks, songs from albums released today that weren’t previously put out as pre-release singles, that made the list. More
ILYSM Due Out October 14 via Royal Mountain
Aug 24, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Wild Pink have shared a new single, “Hold My Hand,” a duet with Julien Baker. It is the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album, ILYSM, which will be out on October 14 via Royal Mountain. More
Plus Guerilla Toss, Brian Eno, Andy Clockwise, The Soft Pink Truth, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 29, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2022. This week saw the return of a 1970s icon and a new joint project from two of our favorite modern singer/songwriters. This week we liked enough tracks to settle on a Top 12. More
ILYSM Due Out October 14 via Royal Mountain; Album Features J Mascis, Julien Baker, Ryley Walker, and More
Jul 27, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Wild Pink have announced the release of a new album, ILYSM, which will be out on October 14 via Royal Mountain. They have also announced a tour in support of the album and have shared a video for the album’s title track, “ILYSM.” 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
A Billion Little Lights Out Now via Royal Mountain
Apr 14, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Wild Pink have shared a new single, “Q. Degraw.” It is out now via Royal Mountain. More
A Billion Little Lights Out Now via Royal Mountain
Dec 01, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Wild Pink have shared a new song titled “Florida,” a nine-minute ode to frontman John Ross’ home state. More
3 Songs Due Out June 25 via Royal Mountain
May 13, 2021
By Emma Goad
After releasing their well-received new album, A Billion Little Lights, in February, Wild Pink are back with a new single, “Ohio,” which features Samia. More
Plus Ian Daniel Kehoe, Adrian Younge, Lost Horizons, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 19, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2021. There was finally some good news this week. We landed on Mars! On Thursday NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully landed on the red planet, a tricky engineering feat, to answer David Bowie’s question: “Is there life on Mars?” More
A Billion Little Lights Due Out This Friday on Royal Mountain
Feb 16, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Wild Pink have shared a video for their new single “Pacific City.” It serves as the fourth single from their upcoming album, A Billion Little Lights, out this Friday (Feb. 19) on Royal Mountain. More
Reviews
Oct 13, 2022
By Sean Fennell
In early 2021 Wild Pink released A Billion Little Lights, an album that announced John Ross as a truly gifted songwriter, one able to contain vast vistas within single songs. More