Last year, Angélica Garcia released her third album Gemelo, which was her first LP of singing mostly in Spanish. Now, the experimental pop artist is back with a kaleidoscopic new track called “Butterfly.” “Butterfly” is produced by David Sitek and Ciel Eckard-Lee. On Instagram, Garcia wrote, “I can’t believe this one fr. I’m so so…
Jellybean Johnson, the founding drummer of Prince’s band the Time, has passed away. The musician born Garry George Johnson celebrated his birthday earlier this week, and his death was announced by his longtime friend and collaborator Sheila E., though the cause is still unknown. He was 69. On social media, Sheila wrote, “With a heavy heart,…
D4vd is under investigation in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas, according to TMZ and NBC4. Those reports cite anonymous law enforcement officials who declined to speak on the record; the Houston singer-songwriter born David Anthony Burke has not formally been named a suspect. Police instead hinted that they view D4vd as a suspect, suggesting…
It’s a big year for the Smashing Pumpkins. The band is celebrating three decades of their beloved album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness with a goth Erewhon smoothie, a reissue with a 6xLP box set, and an opera with a 60-piece orchestra. The lyric opera is happening in the group’s hometown of Chicago, and…
Lifeguard have announced a new maxi-single that’s coming out next year. “Ultra Violence” / “Appetite” features 11 songs in a speedy 13 minutes, and will be out both digitally and as a limited 7″ vinyl on Matador. The record opens with the new song “Ultra Violence,” which Lifeguard are sharing today. Give that a listen…
This year, the energetic young Pennsylvania rapper/producer Eem Triplin released his debut album Melody Of A Memory and his Come Undone EP, became a XXL Freshman, and did a Stereogum interview. That’s a lot of activity, but the year isn’t over yet. Today, Triplin releases a new single called “If I Wanted To.” Eem Triplin…
Geese are the first act to play Nigel Godrich’s From the Basement series in almost three years. In a new episode of the iconic live-in-studio music series, the New York band, led by Cameron Winter, ran through a nearly 35-minute set of songs from the new album Getting Killed. Watch it below. Following its original…
Billy Strings never really stops touring, so the fact that he visited The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday night was no surprise. I was a little bit surprised to see he was there to promote Highway Prayers, an album that came out more than a year ago, but I then I realized my perspective…
Shine is Tobias Jesso Jr.’s second solo album, but, in the decade since his debut, Goon, the Canadian singer-songwriter has become an industry veteran. In notching up co-writing credits for Adele, Dua Lipa, Bon Iver, and Haim, as well as a Grammy-winning turn on Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, Jesso has nonetheless shied from the spotlight….
Olivia Dean has her first Top 5 hit in the US with “Man I Need.” She nabbed her first Grammy nomination, for Best New Artist. She performed on Saturday Night Live and at the ARIA Awards in the past week. Now the rising British pop star has reached the career milestone of publicly feuding with…
