5 songs you need to hear this week
This week’s best new songs roundup features Mock Media’s bright, badass ‘80s power pop, Neo Geodesia’s synth-charged Cambodian ceremonial music, and Starker’s time-honored East Coast rap.
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Foo Fighters fly on autopilot throughout Your Favorite Toy
The rock band’s 12th album is a retread of well-worn ideas advertised as a “return to form.” The music is never offensively bad, but it’s far from convincingly inspired.
A long talk with Gia Margaret
The Chicago singer, songwriter, and pianist sits down with Paste to discuss rediscovering her voice, the online success of “Hinoki Wood,” working with Dave Bazan and Kurt Vile, the art of sampling, and her phenomenal new album, Singing.
Neil Young’s next album to feature three songs he wrote in 1963
The material in question is from Shakey’s days playing with The Squires in Winnipeg, three years before he joined Buffalo Springfield.
Courtney Love covers Geese
Love, who once described herself as “Geese-curious,” shared a rendition of “Au Pays du Cocaine” yesterday.