This Summery New Song From PB&J Takes the Chill Off
Johan Bergmark/STUNT Company Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: “Wrapped Around the Axle,” by Peter Bjorn and John (PBJ Musik, 2018) Why we’re into it: A slow and steady jam to simplify the busiest time of the year. In a departure from the usual hooks, beats, and lyrics that have captured our…
Travel Back to the ’70s With These Unreleased Bob Dylan Sessions
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Bob DylanMore Blood, More Tracks–The Bootleg Series Vol. 14Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings Released in 1975, Bob Dylan’s chart-topping Blood on the Tracks was rightly hailed as a masterpiece, and marked a dramatic return to form for an artist whose output in the first half of the…
David Byrne Rode His Bike to Our Office and Talked About Everything
David Byrne performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in April.Amy Harris/Invision/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Since the late-1970s, when David Byrne formed the iconic (and alas, now-defunct) Talking Heads, his career has been an endless stream of fascinating side projects, starting with his super-weird, super-cool Brian…
Aly & AJ Are Back Again. And They’re Good. Like “Potential-Break-Up Song” Good.
Aly & AJ/Twitter Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: Ten Years (Deluxe) by Aly & AJ (Aly & AJ Music LLC) Why we’re into it: The girls outshine their studio tracks with two newly released live recordings and a brand new studio recording. It’s been a hot minute since Aly &…
These Artists Are Demanding More From Their Audiences
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Julia HolterAviaryDomino My Brightest DiamondA Million and OneRhyme & Reason Is it better to challenge your listeners or make nice with them? In recent years, Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and Merrill Garbus (Tune-Yards) have created more accessible music by tempering their eccentricities without abandoning the…
This Is Basically the Soundtrack to that Beto Sex Tweet
Brian Lowe Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: “Movement,” by Hozier (Rubyworks, 2018.) Why we’re into it: This follow-up to 2013’s “Take Me to Church” suggests Hozier is more than a one-hit wonder. 2013 had its fair share of hits, including “Thrift Shop,” “Roar,” and that Pitch Perfect song—with its countless covers and tutorials. But one…