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Growing Stone – “The Keep”

Growing Stone is the solo project of Skylar Sarkis, the leader of the New York band Taking Meds. He’s been putting out music under the name since 2018, and his debut full-length, I Had Everybody Snowed , was released in 2020. Today, he’s announcing a new album called Death Of A

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Primavera Sound Names Stage After Steve Albini

For nearly two decades, Steve Albini and his band Shellac were fixtures at the Primavera Sound Festival. Shellac first played the Barcelona fest in 2006. They missed the next year, but since 2008, Shellec have played every incarnation of Primavera. Last year, Shellac played the

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WHY? – “The Letters, Etc.”

It’s been five years since Yoni Wolf’s ever-evolving indie band WHY? released their last album, the visual LP AOKOHIO . Since then, Wolf has covered the Silver Jews and Allen Ginsberg and collaborated with Foxing and Temps . This summer, WHY? will return with their latest LP, a

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Nathan Bowles Trio – “The Ternions”

The esteemed and accomplished folk musician Nathan Bowles has a new album on the way. Actually, it’s by the Nathan Bowles Trio, which puts Bowles on his customary banjo flanked by double-bassist Casey Toll (known for his work with Jake Xerxes Fussell and Mount Moriah) and

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Vince Staples – “Shame On The Devil”

A few months ago, Vince Staples starred in the first season of The Vince Staples Show , an absurdist Netflix series that’s loosely based on his life. But Staples isn’t taking his focus off of music. Today, Staples has announced plans to release a new album, Dark Times , that’ll

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The Number Ones: John Legend’s “All Of Me”

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop

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