Up until recently, the Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson was an also-ran, almost a punchline. Larsson scored a few breakout American hits in 2015, when she was 17. After that, she went a decade without making much impact over here, other than one 2018 single that scraped the bottom of the Hot 100. She kept… The post Zara Larsson Re-Teams …

“The song just spilled out of me in an afternoon; it’s for the ethers now.” So says Hannah Cohen regarding “Golden Chain,” her first new song since last year’s Earthstar Mountain. It’s a minimal, almost spectral song that blurs together folk and retro pop in a way that reminds me of Faye Webster or Lana… The post Hannah Cohen – …

A few days ago London-via-East Yorkshire producer ashnymph, whose real name is Will Wiffen, released his debut EP Childhood and announced the track “47” as a single. It’s very good and trippy and weird, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, therefore I must blog it. Childhood has a playful makeshift feel… The post ashnymph – “47” …

Bruce Hornsby & The Range released their debut album The Way It Is on April 24, 1986. Big record. The Way It Is went triple platinum, and its title track reached #1 and got sampled on a million rap songs. Hornsby won the Best New Artist Grammy, and then he went on to a long and interesting career, which is …

The album announcement has felt like it’s been dragged out for years, but Lizzo has announced hear new album Bitch. The singer began her comeback attempt last year, after years of lawsuit battles. She shared the single “Love In Real Life,” with a post that said goodbye to her previous Special era with the words… The post Lizzo Announces New …

John Dwyer, our prolific king, surprise-released a new EP today. The Osees/Damaged Bug/Coachwhips/etc. mastermind writes to his Bandcamp subscribers that he wanted to make “a totally fried recording, quick and dirty” using his new Vestax MR44 four-track recorder. The result was today’s six-song offering Heathen Axe, which is billed as a Dwyer solo release and… The post Osees’ John Dwyer …

In recent months, LA-based Lukas Frank’s releases as Storefront Church have been limited to covers of songs by Sisters Of Mercy and Leonard Cohen. Now, he’s given us his first new original tune since 2024’s somewhat slept-on Ink & Oil. (Everybody who’s missing Grizzly Bear and/or Radiohead should go back and listen to “Tapping On… The post Storefront Church – …

The Devil Wears Prada 2, the long-awaited legacyquel, is in theaters now, which means its all-star soundtrack is out, too. A few weeks ago, Lady Gaga and Doechii shared “Runway,” their song from the movie. Not coincidentally, Gaga is in the movie, playing herself. Earlier this week, we learned that The Devil Wears Prada 2… The post Lady Gaga Shares …

Ahead of her highly anticipated tenth studio album Retrospect, debuting May 15 via her independent label Planet 9, distributed through Virgin Music Group, Mýa is giving fans another taste of what they can expect… The post Mya And Too $hort Link Up on “Just A Little Bit” From Her Upcoming Album ‘Retrospect’ appeared first on .

You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you. Right now, Fleetwood Mac are in the midst of a major gen-Z revival that’s been going for years, and their 1977 song “Silver Springs” is a big part of the reason why. “Silver Springs” is currently the band’s sixth most popular song on Spotify (as far as …