Japanese indie-rock quartet CHAI will make their Sub Pop debut this spring, releasing their third album WINK via their esteemed new label on May 21. Synth-driven, Black Lives Matter protests-inspired (more on that in a bit) lead single “ACTION”…

CHAI Announce Sub Pop Debut Album WINK, Release Upbeat Lead Single "ACTION"

Stevie Knipe’s Adult Mom is back, unveiling their first new record since parting ways with now-defunct label Tiny Engines. The details of Driver, out March 5 on Epitaph, arrived Tuesday alongside “Sober,” only the indie-pop project’s second new song…

Adult Mom Announce New Album Driver, Share "Sober" Video

U.K. quartet Goat Girl have delivered another new single/video ahead of their forthcoming sophomore album On All Fours (out Jan. 29 via Rough Trade Records), the unsettling climate change elegy “Badibaba.” The band’s new track is “about environmental…

Goat Girl Examine Humanity's Appetite for Self-Destruction on Apocalyptic New Single, "Badibaba"

It remains to be seen whether this nascent new year will actually be any less harrowing than the last, but if there’s one development in which we can certainly take solace, it’s that the holiday lull is over and New Music Friday is once again a…

5 New Albums to Stream Today

Not content to have released one of 2020’s best albums in Set My Heart on Fire Immediately, Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) has announced Immediately Remixes, a full-length rework of his acclaimed fifth album, out Feb. 19 on Matador.
The companion…

Perfume Genius Recruits A.G. Cook, Jenny Hval, Katie Dey and More for Immediately Remixes

Fans of The Antlers have reason to celebrate today (Jan. 13), as Peter Silberman and Michael Lerner have announced their indie-rock act’s first new album in the better part of a decade. Green to Gold, arriving March 26 on ANTI-, will be the band’s…

The Antlers Announce New Album Green to Gold, Share Bright New Single "Solstice"

Powerhouse singer/songwriter Julien Baker has shared the opening track from her third album Little Oblivions, due out on Feb. 26 via Matador Records. “Hardline” debuted Wednesday alongside its music video, directed by Joe Baughman.
Baker says of her…

Julien Baker Draws a "Hardline" on Latest Little Oblivions Single

2020 was a brutal year for lovers of live music, and though 2021 brings high hopes in the form of the initial distribution of various COVID-19 vaccines, conventional concerts are still too dangerous to make any sense at this point. Enter concert…

Bandsintown Announces New Concert Livestream Subscription Service, Bandsintown PLUS

Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Sam Cantor has announced the third full-length from his cosmic Americana project Minor Moon, Tethers, due out March 26 via Ruination Record Co. and Whatever’s Clever. Lead single “No Lightning Fix,” which features…

Minor Moon Announces Third Album Tethers, Shares Uplifting Lead Single "No Lightning Fix"

21-year-old Claud Mintz, aka Claud, has shared another new single ahead of their forthcoming debut album Super Monster, set to become the inaugural release on Phoebe Bridgers’ new Dead Oceans imprint Saddest Factory Records on Feb. 12.
“Cuff Your…

Claud Just Wants to Talk on New Single "Cuff Your Jeans"

Danish indie-rock quartet Yung have shared a third (and final) preview of their forthcoming second record Ongoing Dispute ahead of its Jan. 22 release via PNKSLM Recordings. “Friends on Ice,” the album’s closing cut, follows previous singles “Above…

Yung Share Slick New Single, "Friends on Ice"

Considering U.K. seven-piece Black Country, New Road had only three singles to their names before today, this may not be saying all that much, but their latest, “Track X,” is unlike anything the band has released to date. Taken from their…

Black Country, New Road Share New Single, "Track X"

A rough week gets a bit better with the news that Vagabon (born Lætitia Tamko) and Courtney Barnett have shared a lovely cover of “Reason to Believe,” inspired by Greenwich Village folk singer Karen Dalton’s rendition of the song.
Blues singer Tim…

Vagabon & Courtney Barnett Cover "Reason to Believe"

Columbia, South Carolina-based singer/songwriter Austin Crane will release his third album as Valley Maker next month. The follow-up to 2018’s Rhododendron, and one of Paste’s most-anticipated releases of the year, When the Day Leaves arrives Feb. 19…

Valley Maker Announces New Album When the Day Leaves, Shares "No One Is Missing"

Toronto songwriter Tamara Lindeman will release her fifth album as The Weather Station, Ignorance, on Feb. 5 via Fat Possum. Wednesday, she shared a new single from the record, “Atlantic,” along with a self-directed music video.
This is our third…

The Weather Station Shares New Single/Video, "Atlantic"

The rap landscape was irrevocably altered last week when it was revealed that MF DOOM, born Daniel Dumile (pronounced doom-ee-lay), died of undisclosed causes at age 49 on Halloween of 2020. Though he had made himself relatively scarce in recent…

The 25 Best MF DOOM Songs

Underground hip-hop titan MF DOOM (born Daniel Dumile) has died, according to a statement from his family. Dumile was 49 years old.
The statement, written by Dumile’s wife, Jasmine Dumile, was shared first on Instagram Thursday, then via MF DOOM’s…

MF DOOM Dead at 49

Some of you sick freaks—and you know exactly who you are—have been blasting Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” on repeat since the moment Thanksgiving ended. But on the off chance you’re willing to switch songs, Chris Stewart’s…

Black Marble Covers Mariah Carey's “All I Want For Christmas Is You”

It’s been nearly two years since we first got wind that Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings mastermind Peter Jackson, who has shifted his focus to documentary filmmaking over the past few years, was making a deep-dive doc on perhaps the most beloved band…

The Beatles Come Alive in Sneak Peek at Peter Jackson's Get Back

Charley Pride, the pioneering country artist best known as the genre’s first Black superstar, died Saturday in Dallas, Texas, of COVID-19 complications, according to Jeremy Westby of 2911 Enterprises. Pride was 86 years old.
Best-known for his rich…