Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 28th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a nice week for new music, with some strong new singles (some connected to album announcements) and some wonderful album tracks we’ve long wanted to share with our readers and can now that the albums are out. We had enough tracks for a Top 12 this week, but many of the honorable mentions are worthy too. More
Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Leon Bridges has released a new album, Gold-Diggers Sound, today via Columbia. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, yesterday we posted our review of the album and in May we ran our exclusive interview Bridges about the album. More
Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Norway’s Ora the Molecule (aka Nora Schjelderup) has released her debut album, Human Safari, today via Mute. Now that the album is out you can stream the whole thing here. More
Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Piroshka have released their second studio album, Love Drips and Gathers, today via Bella Union. Now that it’s out, you can stream the album here. Also, today they have shared a video for the album’s “Loveable” and today we posted our new interview with the band’s Miki Berenyi and KJ “Moose” McKillop. More
Jul 23, 2021
By Caleb Campbell
Chicago art rock outfit Cloudtone debuted back in 2019 with a handful of singles, building buzz in their local scene with their distinctive combination of synth-laden melodies, spectral guitar tones, and dense polyrhythms. After sharing a new single, “Fullbreak,” last year, the band returned this year with “Juice,” a fresh take on the first song the band ever wrote together. More
Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Coldplay are releasing a new album, Music of the Spheres, on October 15 via Parlophone/Atlantic. Now they have shared its second single, the 10-minute-plus album closer “Coloratura.” It’s a song partly about space that name-checks the astronomer Galileo, the asteroid Oumuamua, and the star Betelgeuse. More
Jul 23, 2021
By Caleb Campbell
L.A.-based singer/songwriter and producer Sam Martin has previously won plaudits from the indie pop world as frontman for Youngblood Hawke, most recently with their 2020 LP, Edge of the World. Last month, Martin made his solo debut under the moniker Sunshine Boysclub with his new single, “Patience.” The track was the first from a forthcoming debut album, due out later this fall. More
Jul 22, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Illuminati hotties (the project of singer/songwriter Sarah Tudzin) is releasing a new album, Let Me Do One More, on October 1 via Snack Shack Tracks in Partnership with Hopeless Records. Now she has shared another song from it, the country-tinged “u v v p,” which features Buck Meek from Big Thief, whose vocals come in at the end. More
Jul 22, 2021
By Mark Redfern
James Blake has announced a new album, Friends That Break Your Heart, and shared its first single, “Say What You Will,” via an amusing video that guest stars FINNEAS, in which Blake is envious of the producer/musician’s success. Blake has also announced some tour dates. More
