Kenny Becker’s LA-based Goon released their Elliott Smith-esque Paint By Numbers, Vol. 1 EP in February with the promise of a second volume eventually. Before that happens, Goon are dropping a completely separate EP. In response to the Supreme Court’s imminent reversal of Roe v. Wade, the band has released their Six Covers EP...

Taken from 'Letting Off The Happiness: A Companion', which is released in MayThe post Listen to Bright Eyes cover Elliott Smith’s ‘St. Ides Heaven’ for reissue series appeared first on NME.

Bright Eyes are about to embark on their first North American tour in 11 years, and they’re plotting out their Companion series, with the first of three — Letting Off The Happiness: A Companion — being released in May. Today, Bright Eyes are releasing a cover of Elliott Smith’s “St Ides Heaven,&a...

For well over a decade, Ruth Radelet sang the breathy, still vocals for Chromatics, the elusive and cultishly beloved synthpop group. This past August, Radelet and all the other non-Johnny Jewel Chromatics announced that the group had broken up. These days, Radelet is making her music on her own. She’s just shared her first solo single...

Under The Influence is a new revival of a very old Stereogum franchise, in which we ask artists to talk about the inspirations behind their albums. From other music, to film, to novels, to stray notes left behind by friends, and who knows what else, this is what’s on people’s minds when they’re writing the songs we eventually come to know ...