Daily Newsletter, January 20, 2023

PACKS MELT THE HONEY FIRE TALK Although Toronto’s Madeline Link is the person that operates as PACKS, the moniker actually covers a full band which includes Dexter Nash on guitar, Noah O’Neil on bass, and Shane Hooper on drums. Still, on Link and the band’s second album Melt the Honey, it is Link’s penchant for […]

It is the same feel this trio of artists infused into their collaboration André 3000 on his album ‘New Blue Sun,’ taking the term ‘spiritual’ on both albums to a new, modern level.

CLAY PARKER AND JODI JAMES YOUR VERY OWN DREAM INDEPENDENT There’s this relaxed, free-flowing stream in Americana music today picking up and refining the pieces singer-songwriters picked up from Americana itself back in the 70s and its current for enchanting so many fans of the genre. Louisiana duo Clay Parker and Jodi James have been […]

Gus Van Sant's 2005 fictionalized account of Kurt Cobain's last days, was adapted into an opera which is now coming to the U.S.

DIANE COLL OLD GHOSTS INDEPENDENT Words are quite important to Diane Coll, after all in the other part of her life, she is a mental health therapist. And yes, Coll is approaching her music as some sort of personal therapy. Maybe that is one of the reasons her second album, Old Ghost, has some darker, […]

See our list of 15 artists to watch in 2024, from rising stars like Tyla and Brittney Spencer to festival favorites like Royel Otis and Militarie Gun.

These are the upcoming albums that Bandcamp fans are excited about.

In this week's Rap Column, The FADER's Nadine Smith chooses 5 standout rap mixtapes originally hosted on DatPiff and now stored on the Internet Archive, featuring Boosie Badazz, Denzel Curry, and more.

The High Llamas, Sean O’Hagan’s idiosyncratic and long-running indie-pop project, will return this spring with the new album Hey Panda. It’s the first new High Llamas LP since 2016, and we’ve already posted the title track, which is literally about a cute panda’s TikTok account. Today, O’Hagan has followed that song with the rich, layered ballad “Toriafan.” It’s a twinkly, off-kilter take on contemporary R&B. Somehow, the track finds room for Auto-Tuned squeaks and impressionistic strings. The British artists Rae Morris and Fryars contribute guest-vocals as does O’Hagan’s daughter Livvy. Here’s what O’Hagan says about it: