Last year, we got the release of “Now And Then,” which was promoted as the final single from the Beatles. The song is the fleshed-out, AI-enhanced demo of a track that John Lennon recorded in 1979, and Lennon is the sole credited songwriter. It didn’t seem like we’d get anything else from the fabled Lennon...

We’ve got a Fiona Apple sighting on our hands! More to the point, we have a new song with Fiona Apple on it! We last heard from the semi-reclusive great last year, when she guested on Nashville art-pop group Flesh Eater’s song “komfortzone.” Now, she’s got a new duet with Iron & Wine&...

It’s a big day for new records from the hardcore world. Every Friday is a big day for records from the hardcore world these days, but you know what I mean. The Hattiesburg, Mississippi synth-punk freaks MSPAINT, a recent-vintage Stereogum Band To Watch, just came out with their full-length debut Post-American, and it goes hard. Meanwhi...

For nearly two decades, Godflesh leader Justin K. Broadrick has been releasing deep, depressive, finely sculpted music under the name Jesu. Broadrick has many alter-egos for his solo work, but Jesu is the most celebrated, and it’s also the hardest to fit in any genre category. Maybe Jesu is bottom-heavy indie rock? Maybe it’s...

Blood, guts and heartache as Timothée Chalamet noms on human flesh in, like, a sensitive way