Apr 30, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Nigerien quartet Mdou Moctar are releasing a new album, Funeral for Justice, this Friday via Matador. Now they have shared its third single, “Oh France.” A press release says the song is “a fiery indictment of French colonialism.”

Apr 30, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Jessica Pratt is releasing a new album, Here in the Pitch, this Friday via Mexican Summer. Now she has shared the album’s third single, “The Last Year.” It’s the album’s closing track.

Apr 29, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Modern jazz icon Kamasi Washington is releasing a new album, Fearless Movement, this Friday via Young. Now he has shared its fourth single, “Get Lit,” which features George Clinton and Inglewood rapper D Smoke.

Apr 26, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the fourteenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Mark Moody, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 20 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 10.

Apr 26, 2024 By Mark Redfern

South London five-piece Fat Dog have announced their debut album, WOOF., and shared a new song from it, “Running,” via a music video. They have also announced some fall North American tour dates.

Apr 26, 2024 By Mark Moody

Today, Dallas-based Chicano solo artist Slow Joy (aka Esteban Flores) is releasing the second single, “King Cowboy,” from his upcoming EP Mi Amigo Slow Joy. “King Cowboy” was preceded by the EP’s first single, “Pulling Teeth,” which was released on March 14. The EP was recorded at New Jersey’s Barbershop Studios and was produced by Mike Sapone (Oso Oso, Taking Back Sunday).

Apr 26, 2024 By Caleb Campbell

Last year, Brooklyn-based folk singer/songwriter Mackenzie Shrieve returned with her new EP, In The After. She describes the EP as the third part of a trilogy that she began with her 2020 single, “in the before,” followed by her full-length album, In the While, released in 2021. This year, she is sharing new versions of tracks from the trilogy with featured artists. The first of these collaborations, “Didn’t I Tell Ya, featuring Jane Bruce, is out today, premiering with Under the Radar.

Apr 25, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Bat For Lashes (aka Natasha Khan) is releasing a new album, The Dream of Delphi, on May 31 via Mercury KX. Now she has shared its third single, “Home.” It’s actually not an original song, but is a cover of a remix of a song by American producer/musician Baauer.

Apr 25, 2024 By Caleb Campbell

Boston-based indie singer/songwriter Veronica Lewis first got her start on the blues and roots circuit, performing from a young age and writing new music over the course of her teen years. As of late, she has been pivoting into a more confessional singer/songwriter lane and today she is announcing her forthcoming debut album, Too Late for Tears, her first music in three years. Accompanying the announcement, she is also sharing a new single, “Disconnected,” premiering with Under the Radar.