- The Revivalists - Heart Stop - This will be the opening track on Get It Honest, the LA band's sixth studio album, coming in July.
- The Falls - The Other Side - Another piece of solid alt-rock from this emerging Manchester UK band, following up "Open Fire."
- Lucy Dacus - Planting Tomatoes - "Living in the moment, I can feel the moment passing," Dacus sings in this life-is-fleeting song. The little details remind us of Courtney Barnett lyrics.
- Metric - Leave You On A High - The closing track from Romanticize the Dive, the Toronto band's10th LP.
- Rolling Stones - In The Stars - From the upcoming album Foreign Tongues. These guys have been making records for six decades, and this track would fit in any one of them.
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Saturday, May 30, 2026
The Revivalists, The Falls, Lucy Dacus, Metric, and new music from the old Rolling Stones
Saturday, May 23, 2026
Jersey boys Brian Fallon and Pete Yorn, plus Future Islands, Theo Day, Tori Amos
- Brian Fallon - Not Bad for New Jersey - Half of a double-single the NJ native just released, his first original solo songs in over five years. It opens with that 70s Jersey-shore sound.
- Pete Yorn - All The Beauty - Yes, another NJ-born musician in our New Music bin this week, with the title track from an LP due in July.
- Future Islands - Sail - Recorded for but not included on 2020's As Long As You Are, this song is on the band's new 20-year retrospective, From a Hole in the Floor to a Fountain of Youth.
- Theo Day - Leave You Behind - This 24-year-old Montreal singer-songwriter shows his Mumford and Sons influences on this new single.
- Tori Amos - In Times of Dragons - The title track from the artist's 18th album, wherein reptiles represent today's oligarchs and overlords.
Sunday, May 17, 2026
McCartney & Starr reunion, plus Peter Gabriel, Night Talks, Sonic Whip, Broken Social Scene
- Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr - Home to Us - McCartney's The Boys of Dungeon Lane includes this nostalgic duet with Ringo plus backing vocals by Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri.
- Peter Gabriel - Won't Stand Down (Bright Side Mix) - The fifth song to be released from o\i is "a song to encourage some sort of activism,” says Gabriel.
- Night Talks - People Pleaser - The LA band's latest single is about "overcoming your tendencies to put everyone else first."
- Sonic Whip - Over and Out - The latest song to spin out from the Dutch trio's new album.
- Broken Social Scene - Only The Good I Keep - With the full release of Remember the Humans, we pull out one more track for the New Music bin.
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Just added to our big mix: Goose, Violet Grohl, Death Cab for Cutie, Beck, Driven Snow
- Goose - Good2B - The first single from the just-announced LP Big Modern! due in mid-June.
- Violet Grohl - Cool Buzz - From Be Sweet To Me, the debut album by Dave's daughter.
- Death Cab for Cutie - Punching the Flowers - From I Built You A Tower, billed as an album about loss and grief.
- Beck - Ride Lonesome - This single recalls the sounds of 2002's Sea Change and 2015's Morning Phase.
- Driven Snow - Slowly, Gently - We catch up with this Dublin duo and a song that will be on their album Mother of Christ, due in September.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Modest Mouse, Elephant Stone, Foo Fighters, Metric, Lynne Hanson - New music variety
- Modest Mouse - Picking Dragons' Pockets
- Elephant Stone - Everything Evil
- Foo Fighters - Your Favorite Toy
- Metric - Wild Rut
- Lynne Hansen - Invisible
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Newest from Broken Social Scene, U2, Temples, Hiss Golden Messenger, Brooke Annibale
- Broken Social Scene - The Call - Ahead of next month's release of Remember The Humans comes this single that Stereogum calls a "big, messy, comforting jam with layers upon layers of guitars, keyboards, and backup harmonies."
- U2 - In A Life - The standout track from Easter Lily, the second of two surprise EPs from Bono & Co. this year.
- Temples - Vendetta - The British psych-rock band drops this electro-dance-y number from its upcoming album Bliss.
- Hiss Golden Messenger - In The Middle Of It - North Carolinian MC Taylor's new HGM album, I'm People, is due in June.
- Brooke Annibale - Bolder Font - The singer-songwriter says "this song is me wrestling with my self-worth and identity." It's the second single from her upcoming Kickstarter-funded album.
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Falls, Young Martyrs, Joyce Manor, Iron & Wine in our New Music bin
- Tedeschi Trucks Band - Future Soul - The title track from their new album goes in a bit of a different direction for the band.
- The Falls - Open Fire - This single from the Manchester, UK, group uses "step into open fire" to symbolize coping with a world of danger and disorder.
- Young Martyrs - Is There Anybody Out There - This "alt-americana" group from Bath, UK, previews its third album, Might Just Be Enough, with this single.
- Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar - The title track from the Los Angeles pop-punk trio's seventh album.
- Iron & Wine - In Your Ocean - Sam Beam is swimming in love in this song from his eighth I&W album, Hen's Teeth.
Saturday, April 4, 2026
Brown/Martin/Browne, Elizabeth And The Catapult, Courtney Barnett, Peter Gabriel, Blu Beach Band
- Alison Brown & Steve Martin feat. Jackson Browne & Jeff Hanna - "Dear Time" - From the banjo artists' new album Safe, Sensible and Sound comes this sentimental song about the passage of time. The duo recruited Browne for lead and Hanna for backup vocals.
- Elizabeth And The Catapult - "Responsible Friend" - Singer-songwriter Elizabeth Ziman says this song "is actually about being pretty irresponsible ... about hitting on a friend when you know you probably shouldn't."
- Courtney Barnett - "Mantis" - Named for a preying mantis that appeared at her door, this song is "the microcosmic centerpiece" of Creature of Habit. "It’s a song about searching, and it helped me find my way" in writing the album, Barnett says.
- Peter Gabriel - "Till Your Mind Is Shining (Dark-Side Mix)" - Gabriel continues to release tracks from o/i with each full moon. He calls this one "probably the poppiest."
- Blu Beach Band - "Rock Band" - This Saskatchewan indie-rock outfit sings about "the chaos and charm of life in a working band." Best line: "I can’t pay the rent in good exposure."
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Flea on trumpet, The New Pornographers, Stereolab, Snail Mail, U2 - New music variety
- Flea - Traffic Lights (feat. Tom Yorke) - The Chili Peppers bassist switches to his first love, jazz trumpet, on his first solo album, Honora. Most tracks are instrumentals, but this one features Radiohead's vocalist.
- The New Pornographers - Ballad of the Last Payphone - Another cut from the just-released The Former Site Of. Paste calls the LP melancholy, with a lyrical theme of "staring down the current state of the world."
- Stereolab - Cloud Land - One of a pair of new tracks just released by the London band. Stereogum calls it "a vast epic with awesomely wormy synths and cool percussive breaks."
- Snail Mail - Tractor Beam - From Ricochet, the third album from Lindsey Jordan's project. She says this song uses "alien abduction as a metaphor for lost time because of disassociation."
- U2 - Song of the Future - This song from the protest EP Days of Ash honors 16-year-old Sarina Esmailzadeh, an Iranian schoolgirl fatally beaten by security forces after taking part in a Woman, Life, Freedom demonstration in 2022.
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Brand-new from Tedeschi Trucks Band, Muse, gladie, Death Cab for Cutie, Paper Crown
- Tedeschi Trucks Band - Crazy Cryin' - We've been spinning the singles "Who Am I" and "I Got You," and now with the release of Future Soul, we're featuring the lead-off track.
- Muse - Be With You - The band's 10th album, The WOW! Signal, has themes of cosmic mystery and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Yet the refrain that gives this song its title is simply romantic.
- gladie - I Want That For You - Philadelphia's Augusta Koch sounds almost happy on this track from her band's newest LP, which takes it's title from the song's last line: No Need To Be Lonely.
- Death Cab for Cutie - Riptides - On the other hand, Ben Gibbard sounds world-weary on this slow-building song. It's the first single ahead of June's release of I Built You A Tower.
- Paper Crown - Four Leaf Clover - We pick another track for the New Music Bin from the just-released Letters, by Norway's guitarist Ørnulv Snortheim and vocalist Johanne Kippersund. .
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