Category Archives: Music You Should Know

Pixies celebrate 40 years with a handful of outtakes, Kings of Leon's understated 10th album, new boxset from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, first taste of next year's Cage the Elephant LP. CAGE THE...

The Church ("Under the Milky Way") release their 28th studio album, Dead Man's Bones (duo featuring Ryan Gosling) release first new music since 2009, a new single from Everything But the Girl, and Que...

The Rolling Stones - "Who You Callin' Crazy" Mick Jagger recently shared that the Stones are heading back into the studio, after just releasing their 25th album, Foreign Tongues. Why are they so ready...

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees U2 and Blondie each have fresh new music out this week, Tears for Fears expand the wildly experimental The Seeds of Love, and eels's new one takes inspiration fr...

Robert Plant's beautifully understated folk explorations, Red Hot Chili Peppers' deluxe Stadium Arcadium anniversary release, Mike McCready's ambitious Farewell to Seasons project and Kings of Leon's ...

Dive into archival deep cuts with The Beatles' Rubber Soul Expanded Edition and Elvis Costello's unreleased-track-heavy My Aim Is True 49th Anniversary Edition). Check out Johnny Marr's fifth solo off...

BRANDI CARLILE - RETURNING TO MYSELF (SAD GAY VERSION) If you were the sort of teenager that coped with their pain by loudly playing the saddest songs you could find, this Brandi Carlile album is for ...

BECK - RIDE LONESOME "A trance of sound and emotion" is how Beck is describing his first new album in seven years, Ride Lonesome, which draws on folk, country, and Americana influences for a dusty hor...

DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS - LOVE It might be impossible, but try and forget the novelty of "Come On Eileen" for a moment. Do you like sweeping arrangements, heartfelt performances, and moments that feel ...

ALABAMA SHAKES - I MUST BE DREAMING The return of Alabama Shakes remains one of the most welcome developments in modern rock, and I Must Be Dreaming plays directly into that feeling. Coming together f...