Built to Spill have dropped ‘Spiderweb’, the latest single from their forthcoming album When the Wind Forgets Your Name. It follows the previously unveiled tracks ‘Gonna Lose’, ‘Understood’, and ‘Fool’s Gold’. Check it out below.
When the Wind Forgets Your Name is scheduled for release on September 9 via the band’s new label home Sub Pop. It’s the first Built to Spill LP since 2015’s Untethered Moon.
Militarie Gun have returned with a cover of John Lennon’s 1971 song ‘Gimme Some Truth’. It marks the band’s first new material since their 2021 EPs All Roads Lead to the Gun and All Roads Lead to the Gun II as well as the Dazy collaboration ‘Pressure Cooker’. Give it a listen below.
‘Gimme Some Truth’ is taken from Image Comic’s What’s The Furthest Place From Here Deluxe Issue 6, which includes a split 7” featuring Militarie Gun’s John Lennon rendition and Gulch covering the Pixies. “I’ve always felt a connection to this particular song but I had never really intellectualized it,” vocalist Ian Shelton commented in a statement. “Once I started sending this cover to friends, people were pointing out that the things he’s singing about are the same stuff that I’m always talking about. My main gripe in life is typically contradiction and hypocrisy— whether it be from politicians or peers—I hate seeing someone’s mouth running but their actions doing the opposite.”
Hudson Mohawke has shared two new tracks: ‘Dance Forever’ and ‘Stump’, the latter of which is accompanied by video directed by @kingcon2k11, with AI by Roope Rainisto. They’re set to appear on his forthcoming album Cry Sugar, which was announced with the singles ‘Bicstan’ and ‘Cry Sugar (Megamix)’. Check out the new songs below.
Cry Sugar is slated for release on August 12.
Alex G has previewed his forthcoming album God Save the Animals with a new track, ‘Cross the Sea’. It follows the previously released singles ‘Runner’ and ‘Blessing’, both of which made our Best New Songs segment. Check out ‘Cross the Sea’, along with a video by Elliot Bech, below.
Save the Animals, the follow-up to 2019’s House of Sugar, is due for release on September 23 via Domino. Alex G made his TV debut last week, performing ‘Runner’ on The Tonight Show.
Why Bonnie have released a new single, ‘Nowhere, LA’, the latest preview of their forthcoming LP 90 in November – out August 19 on Keeled Scales. It follows previous entries ‘Sailor Mouth’, ‘Hot Car’, ‘Galveston’, and the title track. Take a listen below.
“Inspired by a true story of breaking down in the middle of nowhere Louisiana with an ex, this song is about looking at a relationship in the rear view mirror,” the band’s Blair Howerton explained in a statement. “Once you’re further away from a place, you can see it all more clearly and with a bit more understanding.”
Palm – the Philladelphia-based band composed of drummer Hugo Stanley, bassist Gerasimos Livitsanos, and guitarist-vocalists Eve Alpert and Kasra Kurt – have announced their new album. Nicks and Grazes, the follow-up to 2018’s Rock Island, arrives October 14 via Saddle Creek. Today’s announcement comes with the release of the new single ‘Feathers’, which is accompanied by a Daniel Brennan–directed video. Check it out below and scroll down for the album’s cover artwork and tracklist.
“‘Feathers’ went through a few drafts – I was initially playing a plodding line on the bass guitar but something about the arrangement wasn’t working,” Livitsanos explained in a press release. “It was only once I switched to bass synth that there was a strong enough center for the atonal guitar and synth pads to make sense. The first one we tracked in the studio, ‘Feathers’ became an undanceable dance song at the last minute.”
Nicks and Grazes marks the first time Palm have worked with a producer, Matt Anderegg. “With this record one might assume that we were slowly building a house brick by brick, but it’s more like we were gathering and experimenting with different types of materials for the first couple of years, and then we built the house somewhat quickly,” Stanley commented. “It’s hard to overstate Matt’s role in bringing everything together.”
Nicks and Grazes Cover Artwork:
Nicks and Grazes Tracklist:
1. Touch and Go
2. Feathers
3. Parable Lickers
4. Eager Copy
5. Brille
6. On the Sly
7. And Chairs
8. Away Kit
9. Suffer Dragon
10. Mirror Mirror
11. Glenn Beige
12. Tumbleboy
13. Nicks and Grazes
Toro y Moi stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (July 26) to perform ‘Millenium’, a track from his latest album Mahal. Check it out below.
Mahal came out back in April via Dead Oceans. In addition to ‘Millenium’, the LP includes the advance singles ‘Déjà Vu’, ‘The Loop’, and ‘Postman’.
Dry Cleaning have put out a new song called ‘Anna Calls From the Arctic’. It’s lifted from their upcoming album Stumpwork, which was led by the single ‘Don’t Press Me’. Check out a video for the new track below.
“The lyrics were partly inspired by phone calls with a friend who was living and working in the Arctic,” the band explained in a statemet. “The song developed from a keyboard, bass and clarinet jam. This then took shape during our pre-recording sessions with John Parish and Joe Jones in Bristol and finalized at Rockfield studios a month later, with some musical inspiration coming from the dramatic scores of John Barry. The song is observational and sensual.”
Stumpwork will be released on October 21 via 4AD.
Death Cab for Cutie appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to deliver a performance of their single ‘Here to Forever’. Watch it below.
‘Here to Forever’ is taken from Death Cab’s upcoming album, Asphalt Meadows, which is set for release on September 16 via Atlantic. The follow-up to 2018’s Thank You for Today was led by the single ‘Roman Candles’.
The Hyundai Mercury Prize for the year’s best British album has revealed its 2022 shortlist. Harry Styles’ Harry’s House, Little Simz’s Sometimes I Might be Introvert, Wet Leg’s self-titled album, Yard Act’s The Overload, Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Under, and Self Esteem’s Prioritise Pleasure are among the albums nominated for the prestigious prize. First-time nominees make up the majority of this year’s nominees, which also include Kojey Radical, Nova Twins, and Joy Crookes. Find the full list of nominees below.
It was announced yesterday that the judging panel for the 2022 prize included musicians Anna Calvi, Lanterns on the Lake’s Hazel Wilde, Loyle Carner, and Jamie Cullum.
“Getting down to 12 albums this year was not easy, simply because there were so many remarkable ones to choose from,” the judges said in a statement. “That serves as proof that British and Irish music thrives during unsettled periods in history, with the albums chosen covering everything from imaginative pop to pioneering rap to Cornish language folk-rock. We feel that these 12 amazing albums each have something to say artistically and socially, all in their own unique, enriching ways. Now comes the really hard part… choosing only one overall winner.”
Last year, Arlo Parks took home the 2021 Mercury Prize for her debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams, beating out records by Wolf Alice, Mogwai, and more. The 2022 Mercury Prize will take place on Thursday, September 8 at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London.
Mercury Prize 2022 Shortlist:
Forest Floor – Fergus McCreadie
Tresor – Gwenno
Harry’s House – Harry Styles
For All Our Days That Tear the Heart – Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler
Skin – Joy Crookes
Reason to Smile – Kojey Radical
Sometimes I Might be Introvert – Little Simz
Supernova – Nova Twins
Seventeen Going Under – Sam Fender
Prioritise Pleasure – Self Esteem
Wet Leg – Wet Leg
The Overload – Yard Act
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