Jeremy Fisette

Connecticut

Editor-in-Chief and Video Editor at The Needle Drop

Writer and Host, Meet Our Makers at Beats Per Minute

CT. Editor, writer, musician, podcaster. Writer for @beatsperminute. Creator and host of @meetourmakers_. Editor In Chief & video editor for @theneedledrop.

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Tortoise return with first new recording in almost 10 years

4 weeks ago | theneedledrop.com | Jeremy Fisette

Influential instrumental rock band Tortoise have not released new music since their 2016 album The Catastrophist, itself their first album in seven years at that point. But now, all of that has changed, as the band has just released its first new music in nearly a decade. "Oganesson" is out now, with a video animated by Rob Shaw. Watch/listen below:Tortoise formed in 1990, and were early purveyors of the "post-rock" sound, although their music incorporated several intersecting genres.
Kesha announces new album '. (PERIOD)' and shares first single

4 weeks ago | theneedledrop.com | Jeremy Fisette

Pop singer/songwriter Kesha has announced her highly-anticipated new album, . (PERIOD). Her 6th record – the followup to 2023's Gag Order – arrives July 4 via her own Kesha Records. The first single, "YIPPEE-KI-YAY." ft. T-Pain (and produced by Pink Slip and Nova Wav) is out now.
Filmmaker Sally Potter readies new album, shares new song "Words"

4 weeks ago | theneedledrop.com | Jeremy Fisette

In addition to writing and directing movies since the late 70s, acclaimed English filmmaker Sally Potter is also an accomplished singer, songwriter, and composer. She is now gearing up to release a new album. Anatomy, out May 2 via Bella Union, follows her first studio album Pink Bikini from 2023. Potter has now also released a new single from the album, "Words".
Stars' Amy Millan releases video for new song "Make way for waves" from forthcoming solo LP

1 month ago | theneedledrop.com | Jeremy Fisette

Canadian singer-songwriter Amy Millan, best known for her long tenure in indie rock/chamber pop band Stars, is gearing up for a brand new solo record. Her third LP, I Went to Find You, is out 5/20 via Last Gang Records, and is her first solo effort in over 15 years. Millan has now released "Make way for waves", the second taste from the record (following last month's "Wire walks") along with an animated video that was hand drawn and directed by Gaia Alari.
MF Tomlinson announces new album 'Die To Wake Up From A Dream', shares 9-minute title track

1 month ago | theneedledrop.com | Jeremy Fisette

Indie genre blender MF Tomlinson is back with a brand new LP, Die to Wake Up From a Dream, out July 11 via PRAH Recordings. It features a mix of folk, shoegaze, art-rock, prog and orchestral traditions, which should be no shock to longtime listeners. With the news comes the first single – the title track – which stretches across nine minutes.
Album Review: Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)

1 month ago | beatsperminute.com | Jeremy Fisette

[Dead Oceans; 2025]In Michelle Zauner’s memoir Crying in H Mart, she relays, in painstakingly intimate detail, the long process of losing her mother to cancer. It includes many glimpses of her life as a musician, of course, from the formation of her first Japanese Breakfast album Psychopomp, to her time on the road, to her sticking with music even though her mother wasn’t the most supportive of the idea when she was young.
Low's Alan Sparhawk announces new album with Trampled By Turtles, shares first song

1 month ago | theneedledrop.com | Jeremy Fisette

Singer, songwriter, guitarist Alan Sparhawk (of Low) has announced a new collbroative album with bluegrass/folk group Trampled By Turtles. Simply titled With Trampled by Turtles, Sparhawk and co. will release the LP on May 30 via Sub Pop. The first single "Stranger" has also been released, along with a video. Watch and listen below:Sparhawk and his fellow Minnesotans recorded the album in late 2023, where Trampled By Turtles were nearly done with their own recording sessions.
Podcast: Meet Our Makers Episode 85: Baths - Sad Bastard Music

1 month ago | beatsperminute.com | Jeremy Fisette

In this chat, we get to meet Baths, aka Will Wiesenfeld. Will just released his latest record – and first in a while – as Baths, called Gut, and in this conversation we dive deep into the new LP. We talk about its musicality, which is much more rock-leaning than his prior Baths work; we talk about the writing process; and we talk about the incredibly raw, honest lyricism, which revolves largely around sex and sexuality, and all the ups and downs that come with that.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce career-spanning "intimate theater" tour

1 month ago | theneedledrop.com | Jeremy Fisette

Indie rock trio Yeah Yeah Yeahs are planning a return to the road with a set of new dates. Spanning from mid-June to the end of July, the band will set off on a tour of "intimate theaters" across the UK, US, and Mexico. This year marks the band's 25th anniversary, and the tour is being touted as a "retrospective and a celebration of their enduring musical legacy."In a press release, frontwoman Karen O.
INTERVIEW: Ichiko Aoba on her new album 'Luminescent Creatures'

1 month ago | theneedledrop.com | Jeremy Fisette

Japanese singer, songwriter, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Ichiko Aoba never imagined her work would be heard and enjoyed by so many different audiences, let alone in the English-speaking world. But out here in the West, she has become steadily more and more beloved for her intricate songs, soft but potent, replete as they are with references (and reverence) for the natural world.