Sweet Pill have dropped a new single, ‘Chewed Up’. It follows the recently released ‘Starchild’, which marked their first single for Hopeless Records. “Shoutout to all my haters, this one is about being stuck on a thought,” the band wrote on social media. Listen below.
Sweet Pill released their debut LP, Where the Heart Is, last year. Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with Sweet Pill.
Chicago-born, Minneapolis-based artist ZORA has dropped a new single called ‘Fastlane’. Check out its accompanying video below.
“I got the inspiration for FASTLANE while sitting playing Mario Kart 8 with my sister Myia Thornton,” ZORA said in a press release. “I decided to write a silly little diss track as if I was a player in the game, using video games and racing motifs as a satirical way of dealing with my personal baggage from feeling like I’m living life in the fastlane, haha. Then, I put the song away for a little over a year because I didn’t think that people would like it. Then, a year later, my amazing partner Carly listened to the song and heard something special, saying ‘You HAVE to put this song out!’ A little over a year later, I re-recorded the original demo, changed up a few lyrics, and now we have FASTLANE.”
ZORA’s debut album, Z1, arrived last year. Earlier this year, she teamed up with Destiny Spike for ‘The Bitch Is Back (press)’.
Itasca, the project of Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Kayla Cohen, has announced a new LP. Imitation of War, the follow-up to 2019’s Spring, was co-produced by Robbie Cody of the bands Wand and Behavior. It arrives February 9 on Paradise of Bachelors, and its lead single and title track is out now. Check out a video for it below.
“This song was originally inspired by the film My Night at Maud’s, but then became much more than that —the long dialogue scene in the middle of the film where the two leads are discussing religion and self but are also conversationally dancing with and around each other,” Cohen explained in a statement. “Then a few days later a friend spoke the phrase “imitation of war,” and to me it became a way we operate with each other, imitating peace or war through our antagonisms, intended or not, through the ways we’ve all learned to be.”
“That’s where the inspiration for the title and the chorus came from, and then through working on the song more the story mostly became about chasing the muse when writing music and making art, and then taking on the costume of muse myself,” Cohen continued. “And I wanted to write what for me is almost a power pop/glammy song with the chorus effect on the guitar, and have fun with the riffs and guitar arrangement. The music video plays with the ideas in the lyrics and shows all of the people who have worked on and played on the record in various guises and environments.”
Imitation of War Cover Artwork:
Imitation of War Tracklist:
1. Milk
2. Imitation of War
3. Under Gates of Cobalt Blue
4. Interlude
5. Tears on Sky Mountain
6. Dancing Woman
7. El Dorado
8. Easy Spirit
9. Moliére’s Reprise
10. Olympia
Honduran artist Isabella Lovestory has joined forces with Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano for a new single called ‘Fuetazo’. The pair wrote the track in one night after playing a show together in Madrid, and it arrives with a video co-directed by JMP (Freddie Gibbs, Pusha T, Destroy Lonely). Watch and listen below.
The Libertines have released a new song, ‘Night of the Hunter’, lifted from their upcoming album All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade. It follows lead offering ‘Run, Run, Run’, and it comes with a video directed by Alex Brown. Check it out below.
Discussing the song, Peter Doherty said in a statement: “We got the title from Charles Laughton’s directorial debut Night Of The Hunter starring Robert Mitchum as a preacher with ‘LOVE’ and ‘HATE’ tattooed on his knuckles. The song’s about not staying ahead of the law. This fella doesn’t really know why his mate’s dead, but he’s got a feeling his mate had it coming to him. He fucked with the wrong people, and he stole something he shouldn’t have, and he got stabbed. So, he’s angry and hurt and he has to go and get revenge, so he does and that’s it for him, basically. Once he has stabbed the lad who stabbed his mate, that’s it for him. He lashed out in revenge and he knows they’re coming to get him and he’s not even going to try and run because he knows he’ll just be running forever.”
Carl Barât added:
I started writing a riff and it ended up sounding a bit like Swan Lake, and everyone went, “Yeah!” Then we got Peter’s theremin player in which took about a day to get in tune, then he played that sequence and it worked beautifully.
The idea of getting carted off for ten years is horrendous… the condemned man dies 1000 times.
All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade, the Libertines’ first album in nine years, is slated for release on March 8.
IDLES have put out a new single, ‘Grace’, the second preview of their forthcoming record TANGK. It follows their LCD Soundsystem collab ‘Dancer’, and it was co-produced by Nigel Godrich, Kenny Beats, and guitarist Mark Bowen. Take a listen below.
“The song came from nowhere and everything,” the band’s Joe Talbot said in a press release. “It was a breath and a call to be held. The only words or singing that came from our sessions with Nigel and I needed it, truly. All is love.”
TANGK, the follow-up to 2021’s CRAWLER, lands February 16 via Partisan.
Bright Eyes have shared a cover of John Prine’s ‘Christmas in Prison’. The track features a sample of ‘A John Prine Christmas’, taken from Prine’s eponymous 1993 EP. Proceeds from the single will be donated to Prine’s charity, The Hello in There Foundation. Listen to it below.
“It is strange to get a chance to share a track with a hero of mine who has passed on,” Conor Oberst said in a press release. “Normally not something I would do. I don’t like holograms. But I have so much love and affection for John as a person and his music. He really changed my life on a lot of levels. When I heard the sample of him talking about Christmas just put such a big smile on my face and I couldn’t help but want to share it with other people. A little Christmas gift to a stranger. It’s all about John and his beautiful song. But I am happy to sing in the choir. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone all around the world. I wish love and light this season to you and yours.”
Friko — the Chicago band composed of vocalist/guitarist Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger — have shared a new single, ‘For Ella’. It’s lifted from their forthcoming debut LP, Where we’ve been, Where we go from here, which out February 16 and includes lead single ‘Crashing Through’. The track, which features contributions from violinist Macie Stewart and Alejandro Quiles, comes with a video directed by Alice Avery. Check it out below.
“‘For Ella’ is our ode to classical music and we knew from the beginning we wanted the song to go side by side with a stop motion video,” Friko said in a statement. “We’ve been working with our close friend Alice Avery, who also went to the same high school as us, on various videos, but the connection between this video and song feel particularly special to us.”
Cat Power and Iggy Pop have teamed up for a cover of ‘Working Class Hero’, which appears on the upcoming compilation The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull. Marianne Faithfull recorded her version of the John Lennon classic for her 1979 album Broken English. Listen to Chan Marshall and Pop’s rendition below.
“Marianne has lived a life!!” Marshall said in a press release. “She is a queen to all who know her and all who adore her! Her framework of contributions to the world of music is unmistakable! Every time I hear her gorgeous vocal sway, I am moved, I am closer to permanence. In a world of dizzying new fizzling arrows of song and voices, Marianne has always struck the bullseye of my heart and soul. I adore her like no other. A true Dame, beyond words. Royalty forever.”
Out December 8, The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull also features Shirley Manson, Peaches, Lydia Lunch, Bush Tetras, Donita Sparks, and more. The album’s proceeds will go directly to Faithfull as she recovers from long COVID.
Screaming Females have called it quits. After 18 years as a band, the New Jersey trio announced their breakup today on social media, writing, “After 18 years we have decided that Screaming Females is coming to an end. A lot changed around us over those 18 years but at our core we operated pretty much the same throughout. We funded and made the records we wanted to make.”
They continued: “We did our own art. We printed a lot of our own merch. We managed ourselves. Probably most importantly we loaded up our van with our gear and traveled around the world to play shows wherever you would have us. We tried to build and celebrate community the best we could. There are too many people to thank and too many things that should be said but right now we have some leftover merch that we would love to get out of Mike’s basement! Order something for you, your friends, your family, your pets!”
Screaming Females – guitarist/vocalist Marissa Paternoster, bassist Michael Abbate, and drummer Jarrett Dougherty – self-released their debut full-length, Baby Teeth, in 2006 before signing to Don Giovanni, which issued all of their subsequent records. Their most recent LP, Desire Pathway, came out earlier this year. In 2021, Paternoster dropped her solo debut, Peace Meter.
“I never took getting to work with a band like this for granted, I never took seeing them play for granted, and will be forever grateful for their role in my life,” Don Giovanni owner Joe Steinhardt wrote in a statement. “More than a band but family. Marissa Paternoster, Jarrett Dougherty, and Mike Abbate. Long live Screaming Females.”
After 18 years we have decided that Screaming Females is coming to an end. A lot changed around us over those 18 years but at our core we operated pretty much the same throughout. We funded and made the records we wanted to make. We did our own art… pic.twitter.com/WZ24B8HnQP
— Screaming Females (@Screamales) December 5, 2023
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