Bartees Strange

Re: This Is Why is out this Friday.

We’re rounding up the best newly announced tours. Tours from Fall Out Boy, Cavetown, Beyoncé, as well as a festival curated by Bartees Strange, are the most exciting concerts coming soon.

In 2022, pop mavens, rap greats, and rock favorites returned, select indie acts broke out to the masses, the pop-punk resurgence continued to thrive, and many upstarts won over the hearts of new fans. All in all: It was a pretty great year for new music. To reflect on the year, like the huge music […]

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With their new album, Pool Kids are more confident than ever. Ahead of the release, Christine Goodwyne explains the hell they endured to create their second LP.

At the core of his second album, Farm To Table, Bartees Strange poses a lofty question: Who do you keep close once you’ve become the person you’re meant to be? Throughout the record, Strange sings of loved ones and home and tourmates; then the answer becomes clear. His circle comprises certified ride-or-dies, the type of […]

Bartees Strange has released his new single, “Wretched.” Strange also dropped a nature-filled music video to accompany the track. His sophomore album, Farm To Table, arrives June 17. Read more: Watch Travie McCoy’s new music video for “The Bridge” “Wretched” finds Strange standing at the crossroads of lamentation and appreciation. The music video also highlights […]

June is upon us, which means it’s time for the next issue of Alternative Press. We’re thrilled to present our new issue (#407) with cover stars MUNA. Check out a preview of the story below. Within the pages of our June issue, a number of talented creatives appear alongside MUNA. That list includes Soccer Mommy, […]

Bartees Strange has dropped “Hold The Line,” the latest single from upcoming album Farm To Table. The mournful track was written in honor of George Floyd‘s daughter, Gianna. Strange wrote the song during the first pandemic summer in an effort to “make sense of what was happening in the U.S., his neighborhood and his community […]

Anthony Green has announced a new solo album, Boom. Done. The record arrives July 22 via Born Losers Records. Green has also shared two new singles from the album, “Don’t Dance” and “Maybe This Will Be The One.” The former is accompanied by a music video. Read more: Surfbort coach Tony Hawk in new “Open […]

Bartees Strange has announced a new album titled Farm To Table, out June 17 via 4AD. Ahead of the release, he’s shared the new track “Cosigns.” The visual for “Cosigns” is filmed in a golden yellow hue, reminiscent of horror movies such as Midsommar. Read more: Bartees Strange remembers doing the most with little—now he’s […]

Lorde, Mitski and Bleachers have all been announced as headliners for the 2022 All Things Go music festival. This year’s event marks its biggest yet, with 16 artists, two stages, immersive art and curated food. Read more: Korn and Evanescence announce co-headlining 2022 summer tour The lineup also includes Lucy Dacus, King Princess, Hippo Campus, […]

Proper. are back with a new album, The Great American Novel, via Father/Daughter Records and Big Scary Monsters (U.K./Europe). Vocalist Erik Garlington spoke at length about the meaning behind — and the importance of — the new record in a press release. Read more: The Killers release “The Getting By II” from ‘Pressure Machine (Deluxe)’ […]

Courtney Barnett has announced a touring festival called Here And There. The event is a one-day, one-stage festival held at 15 different locations. The rotating lineup includes Bartees Strange, Ethel Cain, Faye Webster, Japanese Breakfast, Lucy Dacus, Sleater-Kinney, Snail Mail, Wet Leg and many more. The run kicks off in August, stopping at cities across […]

Secretly Canadian is celebrating its 25th anniversary by releasing a new single from Phoebe Bridgers. Bridgers‘ reimagined “Chinese Satellite” for the charitable SC25 Singles series. The acoustic version of the track, which comes off Bridgers‘ 2020 album Punisher, was recorded in Los Angeles’ Sound City Studios. Read more: Phoebe Bridgers announces dates for 2022 “Reunion” […]

“Genres keep us in our boxes,” Bartees Strange asserts over a din of glitchy electronics on “Mossblerd.” It’s a song that’s imbued with frustration, condemning the idea that Black artists have to be one thing. It’s also the throughline of his 2020 debut record, Live Forever. Across 11 tracks, Strange taps into pop punk, trap, […]

Hello and welcome to Alternative Press’ end-of-the-year celebration! We know that for a lot of people, 2021 has been less than ideal, to say the least. That’s why we wanted to bring you a little holiday cheer  — with the help of some of our favorite artists.  We asked each artist we interviewed for our […]

Phoebe Bridgers has shared three unique remixes of her song “Kyoto” with fans. Following the confirmation earlier this August that she will be featured on Taylor Swift’s upcoming reimagined Red album, Bridgers has now released these remixes. Read more: Phoebe Bridgers leads the debut Power Issue: Women Rising cover All three participants, Bartees Strange, Glitch Gum […]

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