Yesterday, Fleet Foxes announced they'd be releasing a new album today (Sept. 22) to coincide with the autumnal equinox. True to their word, that album, Shore, is out now. A 55-minute film of the same name, directed by Kersti Jan Werdal, is also out. The album was recorded between September 2018 through this month, but it took until quarantine for singer Robin Pecknold to really get going. The singer...

Friday marked the beginning of a well-deserved celebration for Ava Max. After two years of building her musical resumé with a series of hits, the pop riser finally released her debut album, Heaven & Hell — fittingly enough, during one of the most hellish times in human history. And since a pandemic-stricken year isn't necessarily the ideal time for an album release party, Max instead marked...

Bob Mould is no longer holding back on speaking his truth, however painful and inconvenient it might seem to some.  On his latest album, Blue Hearts, the songwriter matter-of-factly expresses his outrage at the injustices in America, including  the continued trampling of the rights of his LGBTQ+ community and other marginalized minority groups.  “All I have to do is wake up in the morning and...