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Saturday, September 6, 2025

Our latest picks: David Byrne, Trombone Shorty, St. Etienne, Planet Smasher, Jacob's Run


David Byrne feat. Ghost Train Orchestra: What Is The Reason For It?


With the release of Who Is The Sky? we pick another of its ebullient tracks for our New Music Bin. This one features vocals by Hayley Williams of Paramore. Byrne says it's "a love song, or at least it’s asking what is love, what it’s about?" 

Trombone Shorty & New Breed Brass Band: Good Time


Released twenty years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the new album Second Line Sunday is billed as a reflection on culture and tradition, on family and community, on survival and resilience." Mostly it's joyous, and it's pretty much impossible to sit still when listening to any of its ten tracks.  

Saint Etienne: Glad


Continuing the upbeat mood, this is the opening track from International, the twelfth album from the U.K. trio of Bob Stanley, Pete Wiggs, and Sarah Cracknell. They've said it will be their last. AllMusic says this number "booms out of the speakers with huge drums, thumping bass, and jangling guitars in a style very reminiscent of some of the band's early work, while coming across very fresh and shiny."

Planet Smashers: Things You Do


We previously featured "Wasted Tomorrows" from this Montreal punk-ska band's new LP On The Dancefloor, and we're dipping in again for another dose.

Jacob's Run: She's Not That Mean


OK, so it's the umpteenth song to use the "down on my knees/begging you please" rhyme, and if the lyrics are telling a story we're not getting it. (How mean is she, then?) But the second single from the upcoming second album by this Melbourne indie-rock trio is a fun listen. Lead singer-guitarist Michael Jacobs says the band "wanted the chorus to sound like a throwback to the ’60s - a-la The Monkees, Mamas and Papas - those really rich interweaving harmonies where no one voice is prominent."

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