:: View email as a web page :: During the album cycle for the new album by The 1975, Notes On A Conditional Form — which kicked off 10 months ago (!) with the release of the album’s spoken-word opening track featuring environmental activist Greta Thunberg — singer Matty Healy has come off like a man high on his own supply of recent music-critic plaudits. He has matter-of- factly declared The 1975 “the definitive band” of the 2010s, complimenting himself on “fucking up mainstream discourse” with his art while chastising musicians who play in bands that aren’t massively successful, because “it’s not aspirational; it’s a hobby.” Now, as an avowed fan of artists like Billy Corgan and Noel Gallagher, we are not averse to arrogant rock-star behavior. We tend to find bombastic interviews highly amusing. But even at their most delusional, Corgan never believed that “Tonight, Tonight” was going to end global warming, nor did Gallagher ever claim that “Wonderwall” was “fucking up the mainstream discourse.” What does this mean for The 1975? Check out our review of the new album here. -- Steven Hyden, Uproxx Cultural Critic and author of This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's "Kid A" And The Beginning Of The 21st Century Want a chance to win a $1,000 Amazon gift card and a one-on-one video call with Hayley Williams? Us, too. Lucky for all of us, Cover Nation provides fans with a platform to share their renditions of pop hits, and now they're here to make your Hayley Williams dreams come true. All you have to do to enter is create a full-length video cover of “Dead Horse” from Hayley's new album Petals For Armor and post it. Pretty easy, right? ENTER TO WIN OPENING TRACKS PHOEBE BRIDGERS Phoebe Bridgers has been so busy in the last few years (she's actually featured on that 1975 album we just talked about) that we almost forgot her debut album Stranger In The Alps came out nearly three years ago. That's all about to change when Bridgers' new album Punisher drops next month. We've heard three songs from the LP so far, including the latest preview "I See You," and Punisher is already shaping up to be one of this year's strongest indie releases. LISTEN JEFF ROSENSTOCK WILCO When it comes to life-changing While Jeff Rosenstock storms in disasters, Jeff Rosenstock is like a during disasters, Wilco is more musical first responder, always soothing and chill, talking you ready with inspirational jams down from the heights of anxiety whenever the world faces with perfectly constructed folk-rock adversity. Last week, the rousing dirges. The band’s new charity punk rocker dropped a surprise single benefitting World Central album, No Dream, that supplies all Kitchen, “Tell Your Friends,” is very of that “whoa-oh-oh!”-style live much in line with their introspective show energy that we’ve been 2019 release, Ode To Joy. craving lately. LISTEN LISTEN DEEP CUTS KHRUANGBIN ROLLING BLACKOUTS As some of us venture out into our COASTAL FEVER backyards to enjoy some social This frisky Australian guitar-pop distanced summer barbecues, band has delivered some of our thank goodness this Texas trio is favorite indie-rock bops of recent back to deliver more of the most years. Coming not long after their chilled-out songs in modern indie 2018 LP Hope Downs, their rock. As expected, their upcoming sophomore album forthcoming album is Mordechai Sideways To New Italy pretty much effortlessly fun and funky music picks up where RBTC left off, with tons of magnetic grooves. doubling down on the hooks and zesty, irresistible pacing. LISTEN LISTEN VINYL OF THE WEEK 'PUNISHER' by PHOEBE BRIDGERS Phoebe Bridgers' new album Punisher is available to pre-order now on an absolutely stunning "blue with kind of swirly silver" vinyl. Due to ship the week of June 16th, LP pre-orders will come alongside an exclusive 12x12 double-sided print featuring artwork from Open Sea on one side, and a brand new piece entitled “Yesterday, Tomorrow.” written by the venerable Carmen Maria Machado on the other. This variant and bundle won't last, so act fast. PRE-ORDER THROWBACK 'ALIVE 2007' by DAFT PUNK Is it possible that this is the most influential live album of the last 20 years? In terms of turning electronic dance music into arena rock, no record has a longer reach than Alive 2007, in which Daft Punk remade themselves as a funky Pink Floyd for a new generation. LISTEN LINER NOTES Matty Healy, Reformed Asshole (Sort Of) For a nicer perspective on The 1975, check out this interview with Matty Healy from Vulture. READ This email was sent by: Warner Music Group 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019 USA This email was sent to: [email protected] PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE UNSUBSCRIBE.