All posts by msmith

Claire Rousay – “Hey Eleanor” (Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Cover)

Way back in 2003, Owen Ashworth, who now records as Advanced Base, released his album Twinkle Echo under his former moniker Casiotone For The Painfully Alone. That album contained a short, sweet track called “Hey Eleanor.” Wednesday, Claire Rousay released a cover of that song. According to her note on Bandcamp, she threw it together…

The post Claire Rousay – “Hey Eleanor” (Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Cover) appeared first on Stereogum.

Lana Del Rey Shares Theme From New James Bond Game

No, we still don’t know when Stove is coming. Lana Del Rey’s long-delayed new album —initially announced as a country album called Lasso — remains an enigma. But it’s not that she refuses to put out new music: In February she dropped the single “White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter.” Today she’s back with “First…

The post Lana Del Rey Shares Theme From New James Bond Game appeared first on Stereogum.

Charli XCX Says She’s Making A Rock Album

“I think the dancefloor is dead, so now we’re making rock music.” That’s the money quote. Charli XCX is the subject of a new British Vogue cover story, and it’s mostly about her work on the proper follow-up to her career-exploding 2024 landmark Brat. Charli has been extremely busy since Brat. She just released her Wuthering Heights soundtrack album in February, and she’s acting in approximately one million movies this year, but apparently she’s had time to work on another record amid all of that.

The post Charli XCX Says She’s Making A Rock Album appeared first on Stereogum.

duendita – “beach”

Last month, duendita announced her new album existential thottie, which arrives in just a couple of weeks. “For a long time, ‘beach’ was my favorite song,” the Berlin-via-Queens artist said of her follow-up to last year’s a strong desire to survive. It’s hard picking favorites, but now “beach” is out in the world as existential thottie‘s latest…

The post duendita – “beach” appeared first on Stereogum.

Rosali – “Other Side”

Two years ago, the North Carolina singer-songwriter Rosali Middleman released Bite Down, the second album that she recorded with Omaha bar-rockers David Nance & Mowed Sound as her backup band. That album rules. Today, Rosali follows it with a standalone single called “Other Side,” with Mowed Sound backing her up once again. “Other Side” is…

The post Rosali – “Other Side” appeared first on Stereogum.

Cola – “Skywriter’s Sigh”

Next month post-punks Cola will return with their new album Cost Of Living Adjustment, aka C.O.L.A., which they’ve been teasing with some brilliantly named singles like “Hedgesitting” and “Conflagration Mindset.” Today they’re back with another one called “Skywriter’s Sky,” a poppier, upbeat number about Sisyphean struggles in modern times: “Feeling weak in jumbotron gaze/ We…

The post Cola – “Skywriter’s Sigh” appeared first on Stereogum.