LWA Blog — life without algorithms

I am loving this new Ethel Cain song. So fucking good. Her new album is coming in January, I hope it's as good as this song. 

Kate Bush back in the news, as she's put out a new video for Snowflake (from 50 Words for Snow). It shows a little shrew trying to survive in a bombed city and a request to donate to War Child UK, a charity that specializes in rights of children affected by war and conflict. Watch the video below and click here if you'd like to learn more.   

The cover I didn't know I needed, I love it so much. Snail Mail covering Smashing Pumpkins' Tonight, Tonight. Seems like she started playing it live a few years ago, then it showed up earlier this year on the soundtrack for I Saw the TV Glow (cool movie, btw), and now it's out in the universe. Press play.

Shoegazers, get on Mo Dotti's Opaque immediately. Listened to it on a whim and it hit me like a swirly blast of reverb and distorted guitars. It kinda lands somewhere between Lush and MBV. Really scratches an itch. Totally recommended. Listen to it on their Bandcamp page, here.

Sitting here on a stupid hot Sunday, I put on the new Kasey Chambers album (Backbone) to check it out. I'd call myself a casual listener, at best. I know who she is and she's on my radar, but she hasn't been one of my go-to's. But that's not the point. The point is, on this new album, the final track is a recording from a show she did a couple years ago. Apparently it was the final night of her tour, she and her band played a cover of Eminem's Lose Yourself. Now, I LOVE a good cover song,...