Cool New Singles (with links to YouTube)
Alex Orange Drink. "Everything Is Broken"
The Beths."Metal".
Bright Eyes & Cursive. "Recluse I Don't Have To Love"
Brittany Howard. "Pale, Pale Moon". (from the Sinners soundtrack)
Dropkick Murphys. "Who Will Stand With Us" (Unreleased Live) & "Sirens"
Fiona Apple. "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)" & "Heart Of Gold" (Neil Young cover)
Fontaines D.C. "It's Amazing To Be Young" & "Before You I Just Forget" & "In Heaven"
The Hard Quartet. "Lies (Something You Can Do)" (feat Pavement's Stephen Malkmus)
Hurray For The Riff Raff. "Pyramid Scheme"
Jill Sobule. "Underdog Victorious" (from a musical F*ck 7th Grade being developed by the late singer/songwriter, who died recently in a tragic house fire)
Juan Wauters. "If It's Not Luv"
Kinky Friedman. "Poet Of Motel 6"
Lana Del Rey. "Henry, Come On" & "Bluebird"
MJ Lenderman. "Dancing In The Club" (This Is Lorelei cover)
Manu Chao & Juliana Linhares. "Melo Do Bode" (Mestre Vieira cover)
The Minus 5. "Blow In My Bag" & "Let the Rope Hold, Cassie Lee"
The Molotovs. "More More More"
The New Pornographers. "Ballad Of The Last Payphone"
Peter Doherty. "The Day The Baron Died"
Pup. "Get Dumber" (feat Jeff Rosenstock)
Sparks. "Drowned In A Sea Of Tears"
St. Vincent. "DOA" (Death Of A Unicorn soundtrack)
Suzanne Vega. "Alley"
Ty Segall. "Fantastic Tomb" & "Possession"
Vicki Peterson & John Cowsill. "A Thousand Times"
Wavves. "Goner"
Wet Leg. "Catch These Fists"
Cool New Albums
Alpha Blondy. Rise. From Africa's Ivory Coast. He's the best. Loved his 1986 "Jerusalem" and love his 2025 iteration too.
Bells Larsen. Blurring Time. Extraordinary document. Larsen is a trans male artist who recorded these songs once before hormone therapy, and once after, then mixed the two versions together. The gender-affirming treatment caused Larsen's voice to deepen considerably, so he is essentially duetting with his former self. The effect is mesmerizing.
Bill Medley. Straight From The Heart. (The iconic vocalist from The Righteous Brothers)
Bob Mould. Here We Go Crazy.
Butler, Blake And Grant. Butler, Blake And Grant. Three Britpop legends hook up.
Car Seat Headrest. The Scholars.
Elton John & Brandi Carlile. Who Believes In Angels?
Femi Kuti. Journey Through Life. Another classic from Nigerian musical royalty, Femi Kuti, the son of Fela Kuti, featuring fresh, vibrant re-workings of previously released songs.
Jenny Hval. Iris Silver Mist. Beautiful singing.
Julien Baker & Torres. Send A Prayer My Way. Best damned singin' lesbian cowgirls out there.
Lucy Dacus. Forever Is A Feeling.
The Mars Volta. Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos Del Vacío
Martha Wainwright. 6 Songs.
Sarah Mary Chadwick. Take Me Out To a Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?
Suzanne Vega. Flying With Angels. Vincent Vega's folk-singing cousin. She's a pro and she's back.
The Waterboys. Life, Death And Dennis Hopper.
Youssou N'Dour. Eclairer Le Monde (Light The World). Senegal's finest.
Musical Notes
Brother and sister team Mathew Cartlidge and Issey Cartlidge make up The Molotovs, who are capturing a lot of attention in the UK and beyond with their electrifying retro take on rock. This is their debut single "More More More".
Saw Bob Mould perform with Husker Du at UCLA in 1984 and been a fan ever since. His new album rocks. Here he is doing one of the new songs on "The Tonight Show".
Fontaines D.C. just released a mash-up of their song "Starburster" with "In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)", written by the late, great filmmaker David Lynch for his 1977 film Eraserhead.
Here's The Pixies deconstructing it in 1988 at a Peel Session:
Random & Reissued
The Beach Boys. "All I Wanna Do"
Jeff Bridges. Slow Magic, 1977-1978. The actor, best known as "The Big Lebowski", recorded this in 1977-1978 with some friends (including actor Burgess Meredith) and it's pretty good.
Sly & The Family Stone. Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden Of Black Genius). Mega-Classics.
Ted Lucas. Ted Lucas. Interesting folkish album from back in the day, rediscovered.
The Who. The Best Of & Greatest Hits Live Broadcast Collection. The Best.
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