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Saturday, February 21, 2026

U2, The Lone Bellow, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Mumford and Sons, Joe Pernice bring the news

The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:
  • U2 - Yours Eternally - An imagined letter from a Ukrainian soldier on the front line, this track closes Days of Ash, a surprise-released EP of songs commenting on current events - from the recent killing of Renee Good by government agents in Minneapolis to the 2022 killing of Sarina Esmailzadeh by government agents in Iran.
  • The Lone Bellow - After the Rain - The opening number from the band's just-released album, What A Time To Be Alive.
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band - Who Am I - The second single to emerge from the Florida ensemble's upcoming Future Soul LP.
  • Mumford and Sons - Run Together - Perhaps the most classically Mumford track on the trio's new album, Prizefighter.
  • Joe Pernice - Deep Into the Dawn - We're long-time fans of Aimee Mann, and her duet on this track introduced us to Pernice, an indie musician and songwriter who has led several bands over the years and will soon release his first solo album, Sunny, I Was Wrong.

Sunday, February 15, 2026

The New Pornographers, Cardinals, Ace of Wands, Krooked Tongue, Arkells in the new music bin

The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:
  • The New Pornographers - Pure Sticker Shock - Sterogum calls this track from the upcoming LP The Former Site Of "a bubbly synthpop jam about crippling self-doubt."
  • Cardinals - St. Agnes - Masquerade, the debut full-length from this five-piece band from Cork, Ireland, is a "festival-ready banger,' says NME.
  • Ace of Wands - Edge of the Edge - The Toronto art-rock band describes this single as embracing the sense of "leaping off the edge into the unknown future."
  • Krooked Tongue - Blood Shark - With two EPs under their belt, this band from Bristol, UK, is bringing out its debut LP, I Know a Place, in April.
  • Arkells - Next Summer - The next LP from the band from Hamilton, Ont., Between Us, is also due in April.

Sunday, February 8, 2026

New from Metric, Peter Gabriel, The Legal Matters, Second Hand Dreamcar, Gracie and Rachel

The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:
  • Metric - Victim of Luck - On he lead single from the Toronto quartet's LP Romanticize The Dive, due in April, lead singer Emily Haines remembers the days "before all the stardom" when she felt fearless instead of "frightened of heights we knew." 
  • Peter Gabriel - Put the Bucket Down (Bright Side Mix) - The latest in the monthly releases to be collected on his next album, i/o. 
  • Secondhand Dreamcar - The Meaning - This Edmonton band's debut album, Answer the Call, was just nominated for a JUNO award for Blues Album of the Year.
  • The Legal Matters - The Message - From the Michigan indie-pop band's fourth album, Lost At Sea.
  • Gracie and Rachel - Leaving Home Is Going Home - From the upcoming album If We Could, Would We by the NYC-based indie-pop duo of Gracie Coates and Rachel Ruggles.

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Arctic Monkeys, Buffalo Traffic Jam, Lights, Cannons, Beck spin into the New Music Bin

The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:
  • Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night - This impressionistic song of Vegas pseudoreality will be the opening track on a charity compilation album, Help(2), coming in March to benefit War Child UK.
  • Buffalo Traffic Jam - I Don't Care - The duo from Bozeman, Montana, that had a breakout year in 2025 with the Take Me Home EP starts the new year with this breakup song.
  • Lights - Come Get Your Girl - One of the new songs on A6Extended, an expanded re-release of the Ontario indie-pop artist's sixth album. 
  • Cannons - Starlight - This LA-based indie-pop trio will release its fifth studio album, Everything Glows, in March.
  • Beck - True Love Will Find You In The End - A Daniel Johnston song Beck previously recorded for a 2004 tribute album, redone for Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime. The EP, coming next month, is billed as "a lovingly curated collection of rarities, deep cuts and covers."

Saturday, January 24, 2026

New from Tedeschi Trucks Band, Kings of Leon, Florence + The Machine, Daughter, Elysia Biro

The latest tracks added to our New Music bin:
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band - I Got You - From an upcoming LP, Future Soul, that contains the band's first new original songs since 2022's quadruple album I Am The Moon.
  • Kings of Leon - To Space - From EP #2, the Followill boys' first self-produced release and the first on their own label, Love Tap Records. 
  • Florence + The Machine - Sympathy Magic - The latest single to spin out from last year's Everybody Scream LP.
  • Daughter - Not Enough - The English folk trio are celebrating the 10th anniversary of Not To Disappear by releasing this outtake.
  • Elysia Biro - Gentleman Blue - One of the first few singles from this singer-songwriter-pianist (and bassist, on this track), who hails from Vancouver, BC. Her debut EP is due in April.