Preview: Robert Earl Keen @ The Birchmere, 1/27 + 1/28/21
Robert Earl Keen (Photo courtesy Richlynn Group)
Americana titan Robert Earl Keen performs two shows at The Birchmere in Alexandra, Va., on Wednesday, Jan. 27, and Thursday, Jan. 28.
Song of the Day: “New Love” by Silk City featuring Ellie Goulding
Silk City (Photo courtesy Sacks and Co.)
Silk City, the Grammy-winning duo of Diplo and Mark Ronson, returns with “New Love” featuring Ellie Goulding, their first release since 2018, out today on Columbia Records.
Song of the Day: “Escape” by Swerve
Swerve (Photo by Mallory Turner)
Los Angeles-based band Swerve’s new single, “Escape,” is available now on Bandcamp. The song is first track to be lifted from the band’s debut album due this spring. The offical video for the single, which was directed by Maddie Liner, is available on YouTube!
Song of the Day: “Les Jeux Interdits” by Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin (Photo by Nathaniel Goldberg)
Oh! Pardon tu dormais…, the forthcoming album from actress, singer, songwriter, and fashion icon Jane Birkin, is set for US release on Feb. 5 via Verve Records.
Lead single and video, “Les jeux interdits,” is out now!
Song of the Day: “Nothing Is Never Enough” by Mensa Deathsquad
Mensa Deathsquad (Photo courtesy Reyebee Inc.)
Brandon Phillips laid in a Kansas City hospital through the winter of 2019-2020 as his own album release (the unintentionally but appropriately named Patient Zero by his alt-synthwave band Mensa Deathsquad) passed by in the outside world.
But you can now check out “Nothing Is Never Enough,” the latest single by Mensa Deathsquad.
Song of the Day: “Waiting on a War” by Foo Fighters (Happy Birthday, Dave Grohl!)
Foo Fighters (Photo by Danny Clinch)
Hot on the heels of “No Son of Mine,” Foo Fighters unleash another dose of Medicine at Midnight in the form of “Waiting on a War.” In stark contrast to the bludgeoning “final f*ck you to 2020” (UPROXX) of its predecessor, “Waiting on a War” is a sprawling melodic opus that gradually builds to a patented FF rave-up.
If “Waiting on a War” seems to have an especially emotional heft to its lyrics, well, that’s because it does. Today is Foo frontman Dave Grohl’s birthday!
Song of the Day: “Nobody’s Stopping You Now” by Lake Street Dive
Lake Street Dive (Photo by Shervin Lainez)
Obviously, the new album from beloved band Lake Street Dive, is set for release on March 12 via Nonesuch Records. In celebration of the forthcoming record, the group premieres its new single “Nobody’s Stopping You Now,” a letter of encouragement from lead vocalist Rachael Price to her teenaged self, co-written with bassist Bridget Kearney.
Song of the Day: “Learn” by Drones
Drones (Photo courtesy Earshot Media)
Drones’ latest anthem for personal growth — “Learn” — is out today, providing another peek at the band’s forthcoming album Our Hell Is Right Here, which is set for release on Feb. 12 via Thousand Islands Records (North America) and Lockjaw Records (UK).
Video Interview: One Way Out (New Single: “Black Lungs (and a Broken Heart)”)
One Way Out (Photo by Carter Louthian)
One Way Out recently released “Black Lungs (and a Broken Heart),” the latest single from their upcoming album, and the gents took the time to chat with Parklife DC’s Mickey McCarter about their new music, their methods, and their 2021 Wammie nominations!
Song of the Day: “Starstuff” by Blanck Mass
Blanck Mass (Photo by Harrison Reid)
Blanck Mass — the project of musician Benjamin John Power — announces his new album, In Ferneaux, out Feb. 26 on Sacred Bones, and shares “Starstuff,” a single edit from the album. It’s the follow-up to 2019’s Animated Violence Mild, which “channels the horrors of the surveillance state and the creeping dread of everyday life into the most aggressive music of [Power’s] career” (Pitchfork). In turn, In Ferneaux explores pain in motion, building audio-spatial chambers of experience and memory.
