James Rettig

SLUG, the Field Music offshoot headed up by touring bassist Ian Black, have announced a new album, Thy Socialite!, which will be out early next year — it’s the follow-up to 2018’s HiggledyPiggledy. It’s also the first release for Daylight Saving Records, a new label that was formed by Field Music’s Peter and David Brewis.  » Read More

Saturday Night Live‘s 48th season is fast approaching, and today the long-running show has announced its first slate of hosts and musical guests. Kendrick Lamar will be the performer for the show’s premiere episode on October 1. It’ll be Lamar’s third appearance as musical guest on the show, though he made cameos during episodes in 2014 and 2018.  » Read More

In October, the Chicago band Meat Wave are releasing their latest album, Malign Hex. They’ve shared three tracks from it over these past few months — “Honest Living,” “Ridiculous Car,” and “What Would You Like Me To Do”  » Read More

In the past year or so, the Virginia guitarist Daniel Bachman has released a full-length, a covers album, and a short story collection that was accompanied by a 45-minute drone track. Today, Bachman is announcing his next project, an album called Almanac Behind (an anagram of his name) which is meant as an extended meditation on the insanity of climate change and our inability to course-correct.  » Read More

Earlier this year, the long-running Southwest band Calexico released another album, El Mirador. They’re about to head out on tour in a couple weeks, and today they’ve returned with the one-off track, “Rambler,” which was inspired by their previous times on the road.  » Read More

Pierre Kwenders’ José Louis And The Paradox Of Love has won the 2022 Polaris Music Prize, which is awarded to the best Canadian album of the year by a jury of journalists and broadcasters.  » Read More

Have you been talking about Nickelback recently? Well, be careful you pronounce the last name of frontman Chad Kroeger. You might be tempted to say Kr-oh-ger, like the grocery store chain, but it is in fact Kroo-ger, like the A Nightmare On Elm Street icon. Kroeger got into it on a recent Loudwire podcast.”  » Read More

Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan has shared a new track on a little-used YouTube channel. It’s called “A Cuckhold’s Refrain,” and it’s attributed to a project called Peppermint Patty. “I got the beef/ You got the cheese/ I’ll be the cuck/ You be the tease,” Jordan sings on it.  » Read More

A riot broke out at Breakout Fest in Vancouver on Sunday night after headliner Lil Baby canceled his headlining set at the last minute due to exhaustion. Videos circulating from the event show attendees wreaking havoc on the festival grounds, throwing garbage cans and destroying displays. As Global News reports,  » Read More