(L-R) Wolf Alice, Hannah Jadagu, Spirit of the Beehive. Jordan Hemingway/Ebru Yildiz/Peggy Fioretti
Every month The FADER brings you the best rock songs in the world (in no particular order).
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Skullcrusher, âSong for Nick Drakeâ
A love letter from one songwriter to another, âSong For Nick Drakeâ showcases Skullcrusher (a.k.a. Helen Ballentine)âs deceptively simple songwriting and captivating use of melody.
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Spirit of the Beehive, âTHERE S NOTHING YOU CAN T DOâ
Pop and noise charge headlong into one another on the lead single from the Philadelphia bandâs new album ENTERTAINMENT, DEATH (due April 9). Grasping hopelessly at the prosperous future they were sold, the experimental band find themselves whirling out of control as pretty guitars and barked vocals combine to create a uniquely textured soundtrack for spinning out of control to.
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After their sudden dissolution last year, the Toronto noise duo return just as suddenly with a new album. Like their previous work, itâs full of pain, dissociation, and hopelessnessâand surprisingly, a new tranquility.
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Thereâs a lot of pain, death, and destruction in the music of the Toronto noise duo Black Dresses. Across four full-lengthsâas well as a smattering of EPs and other projectsâDevi McCallion and Ada Rook detailed horrors both personal and cosmic, worrying about the end of the world and wondering how to trudge onward when it felt like everything was caving in. And yet, they always did. Rook put it memorably in the opening moments of their 2020 album