My thoughts on Kendrick Lamar’s latest single, presumably off his hotly anticipated fourth studio album.
Colombian supergroup Ondatrópica continues to fuse genres from across South America on their sophomore album.
Little Rock doom outfit Pallbearer returns with more bite and an even greater prog influence on their third album Heartless, their most varied and epic effort yet.
Here are my picks for records I’m looking out for this coming Record Store Day!
Remo Drive keeps the torch lit for emo with their promising debut.
In this special edition of the weekly track roundup, I spend most of the time talking about the big new singles from Kendrick Lamar and Gorillaz!
Future Islands‘ second single off their forthcoming album The Far Field is yet another synthpop tune from the trio that just exudes a shit-ton of passion. And fittingly enough, the song’s accompanied by what must be the most emotive lyric video ever made. The Far Field‘s out April
Foxygen contributes a song inspired by ’70s TV show themes to Amazon’s upcoming American Girl special. As should be expected from the duo, notwithstanding Star Power, “Be Yourself” offers a bit of lavish psych pop and the best kind of nostalgia trip.
My boy Mike Hadreas is back with a stirring single about breaking away from the world’s hate, set to the most primal (though still elegant) instrumental I’ve heard him take on yet! It’s off the album No Shape, which drops May 5 via Matador.
