James Rettig

Sadness is around every corner on Anywhere But Here. Sorry’s magnetic and magnificent sophomore album turns the band’s twisted pop-rock gaze onto a singular focus: getting your heart ripped out of your chest. “I just did what everyone else did, I went a little mad,” the band’s Asha Lorenz slyly noted in some press materials about the past couple years.  » Read More

The folk singer H. C. McEntire has returned with a new song, the tender and twangy “Soft Crook,” her first since her sophomore album Eno Axis came out in 2020. “‘Soft Crook’ was an exercise in vulnerability and trust,” McEntire explained. “At its narrative core, the lyrics expose my struggle with depression through an unfiltered lens—calling it what it is,  » Read More

Last month, the Brooklyn band S.C.A.B. announced their self-titled second album with “Tuesday.” Today, they’re back with another single, the album’s opening track “Why Do I Dream Of You,” a driving and chimingly melodic one that the group’s leader Sean Camargo says “deals with infatuation with a partner that you know is ultimately bad for you.”  » Read More

Courtney Marie Andrews is releasing her latest album, Loose Future, at the end of the week. She’s shared “Satellite,” the title track, and “These Are The Good Old Days” from it already — that last one made our best songs of the week list.  » Read More

Steve Lacy’s “Bad Habit” has made its way to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. This week’s chart is led by Lacy’s first #1 hit, which was released as a single at the end of June. It started its climb up the chart in mid-July when it debuted at #100.  » Read More

Next month, Stephen Pierce is releasing his second album as Gold Dust, which is called The Late Great Gold Dust. He’s pairing each advance track from it with a cover, and lead single “Proof Of Life” came along with a cover of Karen Dalton’s “Something On Your Mind.”  » Read More

At the beginning of the year, Katie Dey released forever music, another album’s worth of glitchy and gorgeous pop songs. Today, she’s putting out a new EP called The Kraken. Three of the tracks — “The Kraken,” “Her Sweet Weight,” and “When God Lets My Body Be”  » Read More

A couple weeks ago, Death Cab For Cutie released a new album, Asphalt Meadows, and they’re currently on tour in support of it. During a recent live session for SiriusXMU, the band performed a cover of Liz Phair’s Whip-Smart track “Go West.” Watch them do so below.  » Read More

The Killers have been making their way around North America, and they’ve brought out some very special guests for select shows along the way. Lindsey Buckingham came out with the band in Los Angeles last month, and just on Friday night, Andy Rourke joined tour opener Johnny Marr for a reunion to cover two Smiths songs.  » Read More