If you’ve been enjoying the very good album that underscores released on Friday, please allow me to direct your attention to Quiet Light. The Austin musician Riya Mahesh specializes in a blissed-out, shimmering version of bedroom pop. I’ve seen people describe her as ambient, but I don’t hear it like that. For me, it’s got… The post Quiet Light – …

Snail Mail’s new album Ricochet arrives this Friday, and we’ll have more to say about it soon. So far Lindsey Jordan has teased the follow-up to 2021’s Valentine with singles like “My Maker” and “Dead End,” and last night she ice skated over to 30 Rock to perform another new single called “Tractor Beam” on The Tonight… The post Snail Mail Shares …

Underappreciated singer-songwriters of the world, unite! The Los Angeles musician Johanna Samuels relased her sophomore album Bystander in 2023. Today, she announces that she has signed with Odd Man Out Recordings, and she drops a new single that features backup vocals from her peer Courtney Marie Andrews, who released her own Valentine album earlier this… The post Johanna Samuels – …

Bedouine’s last album Waysides arrived in 2021, and since then the singer-songwriter born Azniv Korkejian has teamed up with stars like Norah Jones and Hozier, contributed to a Margo Guryan tribute album, and lent a song to a compilation benefitting wildfire relief in her current home base of Los Angeles. Even with all that going on,… The post Bedouine Announces New …

The anonymous, playfully pranksterish UK dance duo Two Shell released their surprise album IICONS last year. Earlier this year, they followed that release with a two-song single, “The Nightmare” b/w “Hollow,” and they played a residency at the London club Phonox that included a performance with Jack Harlow. Now, they’ve got another two-song single. The… The post Two Shell – …

Last year, Throwing Muses released their 11th studio album, Moonlight Concessions. Today, Kristin Hersh is back with a new solo song called “Sundial,” which serves as the first preview of a new album coming later this year. “Musicians’ heartbeats align right before they start a song together,” Hersh says of the track. “Real musicians, anyway…… The post Kristin Hersh – …

Last year, Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced to 50 months in prison for two counts interstate transportation related to prostitution. After an extremely publicized sex-trafficking trial, a jury found Combs not guilty of the most serious charges against him, and he’s now trying to appeal his current sentence. Whether or not they were proven in court, the many allegations against …

The young Welsh soul-pop singer Duffy emerged as part of the same retro wave as Amy Winehouse and Adele, and she had a worldwide hit with her 2008 single “Mercy.” She seemed to be on a trajectory to become a major star, but she largely stopped releasing music and stepped out of the public eye in the ’00s. In 2020, …

There’s a new Hammock album on the way. Not Hammok, the Norwegian post-hardcore band, who also have a new LP in the queue. Hammock, the Nashville-based post-rock duo of Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson, will drop their sophomore full-length The Second Coming Was A Moonrise in May, and they’re sharing a pair of tracks today. One of them is a …

Vince Clarke was the founding Depeche Mode member who wrote most of the songs on that group’s debut album and then left immediately, then going on to release the great synthpop duos Yaz and Erasure. Neil Arthur is another veteran of great UK synthpop duos; he’s the singer for reunited ’80s veterans Blancmange. Benjamin Edwards,… The post Vince Clarke, Neil …