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1 week ago | beatsperminute.com | Rob Hakimian

Wednesday‘s new album Bleeds will be out on 19 September through Dead Oceans. “Bleeds is the spiritual successor to Rat Saw God, and I think the quintessential ‘Wednesday Creek Rock’ album,” the band’s vocalist and principal lyricist Karly Hartzman says. “This is what Wednesday songs are supposed to sound like.

1 week ago | beatsperminute.com | Rob Hakimian

Jerskin Fendrix will release a new album called Once Upon A Time… In Shropshire on 10 October through Untitled (Recs). The album’s title nods to his recent Hollywood exploits, having scored Yorgos Lanthimos’ films Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness and the forthcoming Bugonia. It is, however, his first ‘pop’ album since 2020’s Winterreise and Fendrix reveals:“I wrote this album during a period of sudden and unrelated deaths. A friend, family members, animals, and eventually my father.

2 weeks ago | beatsperminute.com | Joshua Pickard

David Byrne has announced the release of a new album called Who is the Sky?, which features contributions from Hayley Williams, St. Vincent, and Tom Skinner, among others. Produced by Kid Harpoon, all of the album’s songs were arranged by members of New York-based chamber ensemble Ghost Train Orchestra. He’ll also head out on the road with a new show in September, bringing together a cadre of musicians, including those who were part of his American Utopia band.

2 weeks ago | beatsperminute.com | Joshua Pickard

In advance of a shared tour in July, Iron & Wine and I’m With Her have released a new collaborative single called “Robin’s Egg”. Featuring the gorgeous three-part harmonies of Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins, the track is a joyous acoustic rambler, a rumination on the details surrounding love and the mysterious revelations of affection. Sam Beam’s voice is a gently rolling stream, a natural calmative for dire times.

3 weeks ago | beatsperminute.com | Joshua Pickard

Denver-based indie rock band Mainland Break has a particular interest in reclaiming and interpreting the sounds of the past into something wholly unique and free from the burdens of its past histories. Consisting of singer-guitarist Evan Oliver, guitarist Travis Rice, bassist Kevin Kohl, and drummer Alex Arseneau, their work pays homage to 80’s rock while also channeling the jangling structures of Flying Nun-associated acts like The Clean and The Chills.