Thursday Music News

02/18/2016

Janice Headley

Her headlining spot at Little Big Show #15 has already sold out, but at least you can stream the new Santigold album in its entirety below. Her highly-anticipated third full-length 99¢ hits stores on February 26th via Atlantic, and includes guest appearances from Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, and more. A press release explains the album "explores the commercial nature of our world and the ways in which we package ourselves and our lives for consumption." Listen below, via NPR Music. [Consequence of Sound]

Seattle's own Macklemore & Ryan Lewis also have an album hitting stores on February 26th, titled This Unruly Mess I've Made, via their own Macklemore LLC. Today, they share the single "Buckshot," a collaboration with KRS-One and DJ Premier. The album features a slew of guests including Leon Bridges, Chance the Rapper, Anderson .Paak, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz, and more. Listen below: [Pitchfork]

Canadian punk quartet Holy Fuck return with their first new album since 2010: check out the single "Tom Tom" below, out May 27th from the album Congrats on Innovative Leisure. Via a press release, founder Brian Borcherdt says, "When you’re sitting still in a van and staring out the windows, you start to dream about all the other things you want to do. This album is exactly what we couldn’t do then." Listen below: [Stereogum]

KEXP fave Courtney Barnett stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform "Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party" off KEXP Listeners' #1 album of 2015, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, out now on Mom + Pop. Watch below, and check out the nice hometown shout-out with the Midnight Oil t-shirt. Keep track of all these late-night TV highlights with KEXP's TV Eye, and catch Barnett at the Moore Theatre on Thursday, April 21st. [Under the Radar]

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