Nina Cristante is one third of the London trio bar italia, and she also makes solo music under the name NINA. She must have complicated feelings about capitalization. Earlier this year, we posted her single “Till The Devil Gets Bored.” Since then, Cristiante has released the collaborative EP Discordia with Orazio Argentero of Pretty Sick and Vaermina, and she’s also …

Earlier this year, Chicago’s Case Oats announced they signed to Merge Records and shared the sweet acoustic track “Seventeen.” Today, the five-piece returns with another song “Bitter Root Lake” and the news that their debut Last Missouri Exit is out August 22.

Remember Wilderness? I liked that band. The Baltimore post-punkers got Best New Music back when Pitchfork was at its kingmaker peak, and nobody mentions them anymore. They haven’t released anything since their 2008 LP k)no(w)here, and now it’s like they never existed. That’s crazy. Anyway, this blog post isn’t about Wilderness. It’s about Wylderness. You need that y in there. …

The late Elliott Smith’s songs moved a whole lot of people, and they continue to pop up in unexpected places. This summer, we’ll get an album of Smith covers from the Florida-born pianist and composer Brad Mehldau, a fixture in the jazz world. Mehldau performed with Smith a few times when they both sat in with Jon Brion at Largo, …

A couple weeks ago, Africa Express announced their new studio album Africa Express presents… Bahidorá, which is out July 11 via World Circuit Records. Today, they shared new singles “Soledad” featuring Damon Albarn, Luisa Almaguer, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan, Joan as Police Woman and the Mexican Institute of Sound, and “Otim Hop” with Otim Alpha, Bootie Brown, K.O.G. and Tom …

Austin’s Levitation Festival is returning this year on September 25-28. The first wave of announced artists includes Pavement, TV On The Radio, Built To Spill, Wednesday, Boy Harsher, Marie Davidson, the Armed, Mastodon, Blood Incantation, Model/Actriz, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Blonde Redhead, and Pup & Jeff Rosenstock.

Demi Lovato loves the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris.” She’s covered the song quite a few times on tour before, with Goos frontman John Rzeznik even joining her onstage for a rendition at a 2022 show in New York. The former Disney star got married on Sunday to singer Jordan “Jutes” Lutes, and they got Rzeznik to do “Iris” — which …

For nearly a quarter-century, the theatrical Canadian indie outfit known as the Hidden Cameras have dedicated themselves to what mastermind Joel Gibb once described as “gay folk church music.” But it’s been a while since they’ve made a new album. Home On Native Land, the last Hidden Cameras LP, came out back in 2016. Last year, however, the Hidden Cameras …

On Wednesday, the Recording Institute Association Of America gave diamond certifications to two of Drake’s biggest hits, 2009’s “Best I Ever Had” and 2013’s “Hold On, We’re Going Home.” That brings the total number of Drake’s diamond certifications to 10, the most of any artist ever. As Billboard points out, Drake leapfrogged over Post Malone and Garth Brooks, who both …

In a little less than a month, Lorde will release her hugely anticipated new album Virgin, and she shared the lead single “What Was That” last month. Today, Lorde’s got another new song, and it has to do with gender identity, something that she’s been discussing a lot lately. In a recent Rolling Stone profile, Lorde talks about a recent …