Category: Digital Music

Poster Children return with 1st new album in 14 years — hear title track 'Grand Bargain!'

Poster Children return with 1st new album in 14 years — hear title track ‘Grand Bargain!’

Indie-rockers Poster Children — the pride of Champaign, Ill. — will release their first new album in 14 years this May, an 11-song set called Grand Bargain! that’s preceded by the politically charged title track, released this weekend to coincide with the first anniversary of the Trump presidency. Hear the first single right here.

Listen: Simple Minds, 'The Signal and the Noise' — 2nd single off 'Walk Between Worlds'

Listen: Simple Minds, ‘The Signal and the Noise’ — 2nd single off ‘Walk Between Worlds’

Simple Minds today debuted the second single off their forthcoming album Walk Between Worlds, a 5+ minute track called “The Signal and The Noise” that the group says “revisits the glassy guitars and new wave grooves of the post-punk era.” Check it out for yourself right here.

Listen: Duran Duran's 'Girls on Film' demo with early singer Andy Wickett released

Listen: Duran Duran’s ‘Girls on Film’ demo with early singer Andy Wickett released

Cleopatra Records a four-song Duran Duran demo recorded in 1979 and featuring early singer Andy Wickett on vocals, a collection that includes the original version of hit single “Girls on Film” and a song called “See Me Repeat Me” that later would be re-worked into the song “Rio.” Stream it here or buy the EP.

David Bowie's birthday marked by release of previously unheard 'Let's Dance' demo

David Bowie’s birthday marked by release of previously unheard ‘Let’s Dance’ demo

Parolophone Records today is marking what would have been David Bowie’s 71st birthday with the digital release of a previously unheard demo version of the singer’s 1983 hit single “Let’s Dance,” the fruit of his collaboration with Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers. Stream the full song right here.

Listen: The Mountain Goats cover 'Lucretia My Reflection' by The Sisters of Mercy

Listen: The Mountain Goats cover ‘Lucretia My Reflection’ by The Sisters of Mercy

The John Darnielle-led Mountain Goats earlier this year released a concept album called Goths that was preceded by the first single “Andrew Eldritch is Moving Back to Leeds,” a notably un-gothlike song about the lead singer of The Sisters of Mercy. This week, they covered the Sisters’ 1987 classic “Lucretia My Reflection”

Listen: Morrissey, 'Jacky's Only Happy When She's Up on the Stage' — off 'Low in High School'

Listen: Morrissey, ‘Jacky’s Only Happy When She’s Up on the Stage’ — off ‘Low in High School’

Morrissey today released the third song off his upcoming 10th solo album Low in High School, the apparently Brexit-themed single “Jack’s Only Happy When She’s Up On Stage,” which you hear in full via the official lyric video below. The 7-inch release will include a cover of the Elvis Presley classic “You’ll Be Gone.”

They Might Be Giants unveil new album 'I Like Fun,' massive U.S. tour — hear new single

They Might Be Giants unveil new album ‘I Like Fun,’ massive U.S. tour — hear new single

They Might Be Giants will release their 15th studio album — the 15-song “rock album” I Like Fun — in January, and will embark on a marathon 50-date U.S. tour that will take the two Johns from coast to coast while on the road from January through April. Here the album’s first single right here.