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The Chills have announced their next album. It’s called Scatterbrain and it’s out May 14 via Fire. Below, find the first single, “Monolith,” along with a visualizer by Jonny Sanders. Scatterbrain follows Martin Phillipps’ most recent Chills album Snow Bound, released in 2018. Prior to that came 2015’s Silver Bullets, the band’s first new album in 19 years. Last year, they reissued their albums Soft Bomb and Submarine Bells on vinyl. “There are hard b...

Hi folks! Since I have now completed my two countdown radio shows for the Top 50 albums of 2020—see the big takeover “radio” button above to hear one song from each!—here is my complete list of the 180 best albums, 100 best archive/retrospective/reissue releases, and 100 best stand-alone singles and EPs of this previous year—my best bets on another great year for music, old and new. And in one of the worst years of our lifetimes, here’s a small tip of my well-worn ballcap in profoun...