Song You Need to Know: Bill Callahan, ‘Pigeons’
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Bill Callahan begins his new song “Pigeons” with a greeting: “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.” He signs off, “Sincerely, L. Cohen”
Chiquis, Becky G Cover Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’
Posted in: Music NewsDolly Parton’s 1973 classic gets a cumbia makeover
Idles’ Pulverizing Gut-Check ‘Grounds’ Is a Song You Need to Know
Posted in: Music FeaturesWith pile-driving guitar riffs and drill-sergeant vocals decrying racism, the Ultra Mono track is a sign of the times
Song You Need to Know: John Prine, ‘I Remember Everything’
Posted in: Music FeaturesWith subtle production and lines about looking back on life, the ballad is a beautiful send off from one of America’s greatest songwriters
Song You Need to Know: Sports Team, ‘Fishing’
Posted in: Music FeaturesA highlight from a great new U.K. band’s debut
Song You Need to Know: Karlea Boyer, ‘I Could Use a Drink’
Posted in: Music NewsNewcomer doesn’t need much to get over her heartbreak on this dance-floor burner
Song You Need to Know: Rett Madison, ‘Shame Is a River’
Posted in: Music FeaturesSimultaneously brazen and vulnerable, this 23-year-old joins the likes of Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker in the new school of acclaim-worthy troubadours
‘Shit, Mary, I Can’t Dance’: Neil Young Drops the Tender ‘Try’
Posted in: Music FeaturesThe first glimpse of his long-lost 1975 album Homegrown sees Young offering a more heartsick version of Harvest-era country-rock warmth
Song You Need to Know: Cass McCombs, ‘The Wine of Lebanon’
Posted in: Music NewsThe song is a drunken pagan rumination on endings and beginnings, birth and death
Song You Need to Know: Benee, ‘Supalonely’
Posted in: Music NewsThe New Zealander’s alt-pop gem defines isolation for everyone
