Tame Impala have released a new song called ‘No Choice. It’s taken from the upcoming deluxe box set edition of the band’s latest LP, The Slow Rush, which arrives February 18 via Interscope and will include another previously unreleased B-side, ‘The Boat I Row’. Give ‘No Choice’ a listen below.
Superchunk Announce New Album ‘Wild Loneliness’, Release New Song ‘Endless Summer’
Superchunk have announced that their next record, Wild Loneliness, will come out on February 25 via Merge. The album was mixed by Wally Gagel and includes contributions from Sharon Van Etten, R.E.M.’s Mike Mills, Wye Oak’s Andy Stack, Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell, and more. The new song ‘Endless Summer’, which features the harmonies of Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, is out today. Listen to it below, and scroll down for the LP’s cover art and tracklist.
“‘Endless Summer’ was written on New Year’s Day 2020 which was unseasonably warm here in North Carolina,” bandleader Mac McCaughan said of the new single in a statement. “Of course, by the time we recorded it, ‘endless summer’ had other meanings.”
Wild Loneliness will be the follow-up to 2018’s What a Time to Be Alive.
Wild Loneliness Cover Artwork:
Wild Loneliness Tracklist:
1. City of the Dead
2. Endless Summer
3. On the Floor
4. Highly Suspect
5. Set It Aside
6. This Night
7. Wild Loneliness
8. Refracting
9. Connection
10. If You’re Not Dark
Mitski Shares New Single ‘Heat Lightning’
Mitski has unveiled ‘Heat Lightning’, the third single from her forthcoming album Laurel Hell. The track follows previous outings ‘The Only Heartbreaker’ and ‘Working for the Knife’, both of which landed on our Best New Songs segment. Check out a lyric video for ‘Heat Lightning’, created by Alex Moy, below.
Recorded with longtime producer Patrick Hyland, Laurel Hell is set to arrive on February 4, 2022 via Dead Oceans. It will follow Mitski’s 2018 album Be the Cowboy.
A Place to Bury Strangers Share Video for New Song ‘Hold on Tight’
A Place to Bury Strangers have shared a new song, ‘Hold on Tight’, taken from their upcoming sixth album See Through You. The track arrives with an accompanying video directed by Meriel O’Connell. Check it out below.
See Through You is due for release on February 4 via founding member Oliver Ackermann’s label, Dedstrange. The band previously previewed the record with the single ‘Let’s See Each Other’. Earlier this year, they shared the Hologram EP.
Watch Courtney Barnett Perform ‘If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight’ on ‘Kimmel’
Courtney Barnett appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (December 6) to deliver a live rendition of ‘If I Don’t Hear From You Tonight’, a track off the singer-songwriter’s latest album Things Take Time, Take Time. Watch the performance below.
Courtney Barnett is currently on a North American tour, which kicked off in November. Back in August, she performed the single ‘Rae Street’ on Fallon. Things Take Time, Take Time is out now via Mom + Pop/Marathon Artists.
Sally Shapiro Release New Song ‘Christmas Escape’
Sally Shapiro have released a new single, ‘Christmas Escape’, the latest offering from their upcoming LP Sad Cities. Give it a listen below.
“‘Chrismas Escape’ is a song about escaping from the Christmas stress,” Johan Agebjörn, one half of Sally Shapiro, said in a press release. “Christmas is lovely but the period before it can be quite stressful, so we had this image of just escaping from everything, flying North with snowflakes in the eyes. We wrote it last December together with André Csernak, a Swedish musician that we’ve been writing a few songs together with on the new album. The original version had beats, but then we developed it together with Johnny Jewel into a more ambient soundscape song.”
Sad Cities, the follow-up to 2013’s Somewhere Else, is set for release on February 18 via Italians Do It Better. It includes the previously released singles ‘Fading Away’ and ‘Forget About You’.
Deanna Petcoff Unveils New Single ‘I Don’t Wanna Get Over You’
Toronto-based singer-songwriter Deanna Petcoff has shared a new single, ‘I Don’t Wanna Get Over You’, via Royal Mountain Records. Check it out below.
“I wrote this song with my good friend Jacob Switzer over zoom somewhere during the second lockdown (in Toronto),” Petcoff explained in a statement. “We wanted to write something to stay connected to each other during a time of extreme loneliness and isolation, so we decided to take this small idea I had and turn it into this sad, Strokes-y tune. We’d both been listening to a lot of The Magnetic Fields, and really valued how honest and brutal their writing can be. We wanted to say something that hurt a little bit, was a little bit embarrassing, and ultimately the most honest we could be.”
Squirrel Flower Announces New ‘Planet’ EP, Shares New Songs
Squirrel Flower has announced a new EP called Planet, which will arrive on January 28 via Full Time Hobby. To accompany the announcement, the Boston singer-songwriter has shared two new tracks: a cover of Björk’s ‘unravel’, and a new original titled ‘ruby at dawn’. Check out a video for ‘unravel (Björk Cover) and listen to ‘ruby at dawn’ below, and find the EP’s cover art and tracklist further down.
“I filmed the ‘unravel’ video by projecting open source footage of underwater lava cooling into rock over myself,” Ella Williams explained in a statement. “I love the way the lava unravels and moves, looks like yarn, looks like a heart. It represents to me the tension and pain and exuberance of love.”
Following her sophomore album Planet (i), the Planet EP consists of self-recorded demos of previously unreleased songs, two of which were part of the album sessions. “I’ve always felt that the pieces and process and secrets behind a finished record are the most important parts,” Williams said. “Most of these songs showcase my own production and exact vision, my first time in a long time releasing music that I’ve produced alone. Releasing this EP is an exercise in self trust and experimentation. Not all songs need to be precious and kept for the exact right time, not all recordings need to be perfect.”
Squirrel Flower is set to head out on a world tour in early 2020. Read our Artist Spotlight interview with Squirrel Flower.
Planet EP Cover Artwork:
Planet EP Tracklist:
1. open wound
2. your love is a disaster
3. unravel
4. long day’s done
5. sitting in traffic
6. ruby at dawn
7. live wire
Jimmy Fallon, Ariana Grande, and Megan Thee Stallion Share New Holiday Song
Jimmy Fallon, Ariana Grande, and Megan Thee Stallion have teamed up for a new holiday song called ‘It Was a…(Masked Christmas)’. The track comes with an accompanying video directed by Dan Opsal. Check it out below.
‘It Was a… (Masked Christmas)’ marks Megan’s first Christmas-themed track, while Grande has released the holiday EPs Christmas Kisses and Christmas & Chill in 2013 and 2015, respectively. They previously collaborated on ’34+35 (Remix)’, also featuring Doja Cat. In 2019, Fallon and Megan Thee Stallion linked up for the Tonight Show sketch ‘Hot Girl Fall’.
Magdalena Bay Announce 2022 Tour, Share Live Video for ‘You Lose!’
Magdalena Bay, the duo of Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin, are set to embark on their first headlining tour next year, supporting their debut album Mercurial World. The North American tour kicks off in Boston on February 17 and concludes in San Fransisco in April. Tickets go on general sale on Friday (December 10) at 10am here. Find the full list of dates below, along with a new live video for ‘You Lose!’.
Check out our Artist Spotlight interview with Magdalena Bay, and read about the artwork for Mercurial World in our 50 Best Album Covers of 2021 list.
Magdalena Bay 2022 Tour Dates:
Dec 18 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
Dec 19 Pomona, CA – The Glass House
Dec 29 Miami, FL – Gramps
Feb 17 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
Feb 18 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere
Feb 19 Washington, D.C. – Black Cat
Feb 21 Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
Feb 23 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Feb 24 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Mar 23 -Boise, ID – Treefort Music Festival
Mar 27 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
Mar 30 – Portland, OR – Holocene
Apr 1 – San Francisco, CA – Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop
