The War on Drugs have never done that so well as they do with I Don’t Live Here Anymore, their fifth studio album and their most compulsive and bold set of songs to date. Show More Genres: Indie, Alternative Band Members: Adam G...
The War on Drugs have never done that so well as they do with I Don’t Live Here Anymore, their fifth studio album and their most compulsive and bold set of songs to date. Show More Genres: Alternative, Indie Band Members: Adam Granduciel, Robbie ...
For “Live Drugs Again,” the The War on Drugs' upcoming second live album out Sept. 13, frontman Adam Granduciel wanted to do justice to the ways in which the band has grown Adam Granduciel, leader of the band The War on Drugs, poses for a portrai...
Illuminati Hotties promise freewheeling, anarchist punk tracks on their third record, Let Me Do One More. After years of label conflicts, the band will be releasing the album through frontwoman Sarah Tudzin’s imprint, Snack Shack Tracks. “The songs tell a story of my gremlin-ass running ...
‘Under the Pressure’ is the lead track off The War On Drugs’ third EP,Lost In the Dream, and was their first AAA charting song. Featured on a list of the band’s best tracks, Stereogum hailed it as a “journey” that is “somehow one of [the band’s] catchiest and bleariest...
“Secrets (Your Fire)” was #1 on our Songs of the Week list.Mercurial World is the follow-up to 2020’s A Little Rhythm and a Wicked Feeling EP. The band wrote, produced, and recorded the album themselves.“We spend all of our time together, and in some ways Mercurial ...
Cropper andTivenhad been working on songs for years with the hopes of finding friendly musicians to give them life. While some found homes, the duo sat on instrumentals for years — untilTivenran into Billy Gibbons at Trader Joe's. WhenTiventold the sharp-dressed man he was making a recor...
The five-man band from Essex, England, took the hit single, which is the lead track on its debut album, Nothing But Thieves, to number one on the alternative songs charts in late 2015. “Tripswitch” established the band, which consists of lead vocalist Conor Mason, guitarists Joe ...
birdsongs that I was supposed to react, to make faces-but it almost hurt to try to listen, like fighting a dose of sodium pentothal. It reminded me of the feeling I got when I discovered another one of the things I was never taught by my mother, that I learned for myself as I we...
If there is hope, it comes from the independents. In our end-of-year list, many of the artists – even some of the bigger names – are self-releasing. Others are on smaller labels that curate rather than commercialise. Streaming services have eaten into the minimal returns that long-stan...