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Sam Smith was expected to release a new album called To Die For on May 1st. Now, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the pop crooner has decided to both push back the record’s release and change its title. Smith revealed the news on social media on Monday, writing that “the title of my album and …
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The Weeknd’s latest album, After Hours, may be over a week old, but its tracklisting continues to grow. Today, a trio of new bonus tracks — “Nothing Compares”, “Missed You”, and “Final Lullaby” — have become available. Stream all three below. The new songs feature additional production and songwriting from After Hours collaborators Ricky Reed …
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Say goodbye to the quarantine blues. On Sunday night, Elton John hosted the virtual benefit livestream “iHeart Living Room Concert for America” featuring everyone from Billie Eilish to Dave Grohl and it’s the biggest pick-me-up you could imagine. Watch a replay below. The highly anticipated concert was organized last minute to replace the originally scheduled …
(Merge) Sobriety can smooth any artist’s fuzzy edges. Named after the Alabama creek that runs behind her childhood home, Katie Crutchfield, AKA Waxahatchee, ditched alcohol for good before making her fifth album, Saint Cloud, which sees her sound leap from reverb-laden indie rock to glossy, radio-friendly country. But even though her work has become progressively …
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(Domino) Part of the London scene loosely headquartered at Brixton’s Windmill pub (from Fat White Family to Goat Girl and beyond), Sorry have undergone a radical upgrade in the two years since they started turning heads. Once a scratchy, pointedly blank boy-girl duo, their live band now numbers four and their ambitions stretch beyond indie …
(Merge Records)With tracks that nestle in heartache and bask in hard-won wisdom, this is an artefact of American song that measures up to Dylan at his peak According to the title of her previous album, Alabama songwriter Katie Crutchfield was Out in the Storm, playing breakup songs with a hulking rhythm section. On the follow-up, …
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(Bargain Bin)The Queensland rockers prove that it takes a lot of musical skill to sound so gleefully stupid in this witty debut After some colourful YouTube videos that went viral and two acclaimed EPs, Dave Grohl/Iggy Pop-favoured Aussies the Chats’ “shed rock” debut blazes out of Queensland with a similar short, sharp shock to that …
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(Warner Music)Britain’s biggest female star tightens her grip on the crown with a viscerally brilliant second album Dua Lipa could have taken an easy path to sustaining her status as Britain’s most successful female pop star on album number two. A few Ed Sheeran co-writes, some savvy collaborations, 17 tracks (one for every Spotify genre …
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Rihanna does a lot these days, from building a makeup empire to donating millions to coronavirus relief efforts, but releasing new music hasn’t been at the top of her to-do list. Today, however, Rihanna links up with PartyNextDoor for a new collaboration called “Believe It”, and it might just be what gets us through the weekend. At …
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Every Friday, Consequence of Sound rounds up some of the week’s noteworthy new album releases into one nifty post. Today, March 27th, brings fresh tunes from the likes of Waxahatchee, Dirty Projectors, Margaret Glaspy, Little Dragon, and The Chats. Waxahatchee – Saint Cloud Waxahatchee, photo by Molly Matalon Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) has released her …