Welcome to the 16th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Matt the Raven, and Scott Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We seriously considered over 25 songs this week and narrowed it down to a Top 10.

Villagers (aka Irish musician Conor O’Brien) is releasing a new album, That Golden Time, this Friday via Domino. Now he has shared the album’s latest single, “I Want What I Don’t Need,” via a lyric video for it.

Madrid-based band Hinds have announced a new album, VIVA HINDS, and shared a new song from it, “Boom Boom Back,” which features Beck. They have also announced some North American tour dates. VIVA HINDS also features Fontaines D.C.’s Grian Chatten.

Nashville-based Jordan Lindley first got his start in the pop punk scene before moving into an indie singer/songwriter lane with his 2019 solo LP Pearl. In the years since, he has followed with a series of new EPs, most recently with his 2023 EP Maybe It Will All Work Out Pt. 1. That release was the...

South London five-piece Fat Dog have announced their debut album, WOLF., and shared a new song from it, “Running,” via a music video. They have also announced some fall North American tour dates.

The non-profit music education program ‘Music Will’ (formerly Little Kids Rock), the largest non-profit music education program for schools in the United States, will hold its annual benefit on April 24th, 2024.   The benefit will take place at The Novo in Los Angeles where, this year, Music Will w...

The Decemberists are releasing a new album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again, on June 14 via YABB Records and Thirty Tigers. Now they have shared the album’s third single, “All I Want Is You.”

How does one approach reviewing a Taylor Swift album? Well, with great difficulty, especially when there are no advance review copies or streams. It gets even more complicated when, just two hours after the release of The Tortured Poets Department, Swift casually announces The Tortured Poets Departm...

Under the Radar went to Tallinn Music Week earlier this month and discovered a wealth of musical talent.

Seattle-based indie rock singer/songwriter Mia Day debuted with her 2018 full-length effort Gold, which initially found her evoking strains of plaintive Americana. However, rather than staying in that lane, the subsequent years were ones of transition. During this period she attended college and tou...

AllMusic spoke with YACHT vocalist Claire L. Evans about the motivations, challenges, and revelations of integrating AI into their music-making process and a look at the possible future of collaboration.

After five years away, Walla Walla, Washington’s low key dream rock legends Chastity Belt have new stock on the shelf with their fifth album, Live Laugh Love.