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boygenius share influences playlist with Fugazi, Angel Du$t, Hop Along, Suicide & more
The playlist also includes Sinéad O’Connor, Big Thief, Waxahatchee, Mitski, Great Grandpa, Frank Black, The Soft Boys, Brian Eno, and much more.
Dave Philips (Frank Black, Tommy Stinson & Robert Pollard collaborator), RIP
”Not only was he a wonderful musician, but he was a wonderful person. That’s what people responded to with Dave: his core kindness,” Frank Black said.
35 great Beatles covers by indie/alt artists
As arguably the most beloved, most popular, most influential band of all time, The Beatles are probably the most covered pop artist of the last 50 years. Here are 35 great ones, from Arctic Monkeys to Yellow Magic Orchestra.
new I Am The Avalanche song, Q&A, and 15 songs that influenced their new album
”There’s a lot of hope in this record, and a lot of fight. We are all warriors. We all have miles of shit to trudge through, and we have no choice but to get through it.”
Pixies share new single "Hear Me Out" (with Paz Lenchantin on vocals)
“Hear Me Out” will be on Pixies’ new double A-side 7″ that’s out in October.
The Residents share "Die! Die! Die" (ft Pixies' Black Francis) from upcoming LP
The Residents will release new album Metal, Meat and Bone is based on newly unearthed recordings by onetime collaborator and blues musician Alvin Snow (a.k.a. Dyin’ Dog).
here's what Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba is listening to in quarantine
”When I need to feel something other than all of this worry I turn to music, of course I turn to music.”
Phoebe Bridgers shares "catch me inside" self-isolation playlist
It features songs from Grouper, Fenne Lilly, Perfume Genius, Clinic, Julianna Barwick, Joanna Sternberg, Elliott Smith, Big Thief, Yo La Tengo, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, The 1975, Duster, Bill Frisell, Guided by Voices, Frank Black, Blake Mills, Clairo, Soccer Mommy, Japanese Breakfast, Conor Oberst, Billy Idol, and more.
Iggy Pop, Fiona Apple, Elvis Costello & more on new Mose Allison tribute (stream 5 tracks)
Jazz and blues great Mose Allison, who died in 2016, is getting the tribute album treatment, with Iggy Pop, Elvis Costello, Fiona Apple, Richard Thompson, Frank Black, Chrissie Hynde, Bonnie Raitt, and more contributing covers.
Gary Numan, Alison Mosshart & more narrate 'Stories for Ways & Means' (listen)
Plus: Wolf Parade’s Spencer Krug narrates his own story “Right on Rosie,” Frank Black’s story “Doug and the Bug” is narrated by Danny DeVito, Micachu’s story “How to Escape from a Wasp” is narrated by King Krule, and more.
