- Jivebomb Are Making The Leap
It happens fast. You can watch it happen. Hardcore bands don’t usually start off fully formed. If you see a band early enough in its lifecycle, that band can seem nervous and tentative — partly because of the band members themselves and partly be…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 12:26pm -
- Rammstein Deny Allegation That Singer Till Lindemann Spiked A Fan’s Drink At Concert Pre-Party
Rammstein have issued a statement denying allegations that their singer, Till Lindemann, spiked a fan’s drink at a concert pre-party in Vilnius, Lithuania.
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 12:02pm -
- LSDXOXO – “Double Tap”
The brash producer LSDXOXO, who made one of the best EPs of 2021 with Dedicated 2 Disrespect, has put out a couple of stray singles of the past year, and today he’s announcing a new project called Delusions Of Grandeur (D.O.G.), which will be relea…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 11:16am -
- Album Of The Week: Bully Lucky For You
The churn of ’90s nostalgia is seemingly endless, but Bully has established itself as one of the most rewarding projects amid the scrum. Again and again, Alicia Bognanno has shown off an innate ability to channel her well of emotions into ecstatic…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 10:49am -
- Kendrick Lamar & Baby Keem Sample Bon Iver On New Song “The Hillbillies”
Many will note that cousins Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar (actually, producer EVILGIANE) sampled Justin Vernon on their new song, just 13 short years after Kanye got to him. But don’t sleep on the Russian nesting doll of samples at work here: “PDL…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 10:44am -
- Diners – “The Power”
Any power-pop fans out there? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Make some room in your life for DOMINO, the new album from Phoenix-founded, Los Angeles-based Diners. Band leader Blue Broderick recruited Portland power-pop maestro Mo Troper to produce th…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 10:18am -
- Hear New Boneflower, Gillian Carter, & Heavenly Blue Songs From The Screamo Comp Balladeers, Redefined
For a very long time now, I’ve been hearing about the forthcoming release of Balladeers, Redefined, a massive new compilation that surveys a whole lot of the stuff that’s happening on the international DIY screamo scene. Touché Amoré leader Jer…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 9:55am -
- Jordana – “Sparks” (Coldplay Cover)
Late in 2022, the New York-based musician Jordana released a new EP, I’m Doing Well, Thanks For Asking, an endcap to a year that included the release of a new full-length album, Face The Wall. A few months back, she emerged again with “Baby,” a…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 9:38am -
- Kristin Hersh – “Dandelion”
Kristin Hersh has announced a new solo album, Clear Pond Road, her first since 2018’s Possible Dust Clouds, though since then she’s released albums with her other two projects: Throwing Muses’ Sun Racket in 2020 and 50 Foot Wave’s Black Pearl…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 9:28am -
- Loma Prieta – “Circular Saw”
Next month, the Bay Area band Loma Prieta, cult heroes in the screamo and post-hardcore world, will return with Last, their first new LP in eight years. You should be excited about that one. The most recent single “Glare” is a sprawling six-minut…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 9:10am -
- Oceanator – “Part Time”
Last year, the Brooklyn-based musician Elise Okusami released Nothing’s Ever Fine, her second album as Oceanator, who we named of the Best New Bands Of 2020. Today, she’s back with a new one-off single, “Part Time,” which was co-written with…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 9:07am -
- Middle Kids – “Bootleg Firecracker”
For years, Sydney trio Middle Kids have been reliable purveyors of energized, impassioned alt-rock. In a new era that begins today, they’re pivoting from that sound. The group traveled to the UK to work with producer Jonathan Gilmore from the Dirty…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 9:07am -
- Claud – “Wet” & “Crumbs”
This summer, Claud is releasing their sophomore album, Supermodels, the follow-up to 2021’s Super Monsters. They shared lead single “Every Fucking Time” earlier this month, and today they’re back with two songs from it, “Wet” and “Crumb…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 8:53am -
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – “Save The World”
This is a big year for the great country-rock singer and songwriter Jason Isbell. He’s already been the subject of the pretty-great HBO documentary Running With Our Eyes Closed, and he’s got a role in the much-anticipated new Martin Scorsese movi…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 8:45am -
- Helena Deland – “Spring Bug”
In the last couple years, Helena Deland has collaborated with Ouri as one-half of Hildegard and she teamed up with claire rousay on the one-off single “Deceiver” just a few weeks ago. Today, she’s back with a new solo track, “Spring Bug,” w…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 8:44am -
- Watch Arctic Monkeys Perform “Mardy Bum” Live For First Time In 10 Years
“Mardy Bum”! British as fuck innit? The title belongs to an oldie from Arctic Monkeys’ prodigious 2005 debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. The band had not played the tune live since 2013 before Monday, when they open…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 8:39am -
- Watch Beyoncé Cover “River Deep, Mountain High” In Tribute To Tina Turner
Last week, the legendary Tina Turner died at the age of 83. Since her passing, the tributes have poured in — from Angela Bassett, from Pete Townshend, from Lizzo and Coldplay. Last night, Beyoncé, another great performer who owes a whole lot to Ti…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 8:25am -
- Blonde Redhead – “Snowman”
The last time we got a new Blonde Redhead album, it was 2014. On the day the band released Barragán, the #1 song in America was MAGIC!’s “Rude.” It’s been a minute. So how pleasing it is to learn that the veteran indie band will return this…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 8:11am -
- Patio – “En Plein Air”
If you forgot all about the Brooklyn DIY trio Patio — or if you never heard of them in the first place — then you shouldn’t feel too bad. “Patio” isn’t the sort of name that demands attention, and it’s been a while since the band has do…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 7:57am -
- Formal Growth In The Midwest: An Interview With Protomartyr
“We liked stopping songs before we had to answer anything,” Joe Casey muses about Protomartyr’s past. The reflection comes right at the end of our conversation, one largely dedicated to what time means for the post-punk band — in terms of age…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 7:10am -
- Foo Fighters – “The Teacher”
Much of Foo Fighters’ new album But Here We Are reckons with the death of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins, but the album is also dedicated to Dave Grohl’s late mother, Virginia Hanlon Grohl, who died last August. She was a teacher by profession,…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 7:06am -
- The Natvral – “Lucifer’s Glory”
On his 2021 debut as the Natvral, Tethers, former The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart leader Kip Berman pivoted from that band’s gleaming, dreamy indie-pop toward more of a Dylan-esque folk-rock sound. He’ll keep pursuing that vibe on Summer Of No L…
- 2 days ago 30 May 23, 6:58am -
- Royal Blood Flip Off “Pathetic” Crowd At Radio 1’s Big Weekend
Radio 1 is the BBC’s version of an American Top 40 station, though it does venture outside a strictly pop format at night. Maybe that’s how modern rock mainstays Royal Blood got booked for Radio 1’s Big Weekend music festival right in between N…
- 3 days ago 29 May 23, 7:08pm -
- Watch Queens Of The Stone Age Debut New Song “Negative Space” At Boston Calling
Queens Of The Stone Age’s first album in six years, In Times New Roman…, is out in just a few weeks. The band already shared lead single “Emotion Sickness,” and they’re teasing a second new track for release this Wednesday. I’d guess that…
- 3 days ago 29 May 23, 11:38am -
- Watch King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Play “Converge” Live For The First Time At Boston Calling
Last year’s King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard release Demos Vol. 3 & 4 included a hard-rock instrumental called “Converge,” which is set to appear on the band’s forthcoming album PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or, Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihila…
- 3 days ago 29 May 23, 11:23am -
- Watch Foo Fighters Cover Nine Inch Nails’ “March Of The Pigs” At Sonic Temple
In one of their first shows back since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins last year, Foo Fighters closed out the Columbus music festival Sonic Temple Sunday night. At recent gigs, Foos have debuted material from new album But Here We Are — due out…
- 3 days ago 29 May 23, 11:05am -
- Watch Dilly Dally Play Their Farewell Show
Back in March, the Toronto band Dilly Dally announced that they were breaking up and their farewell shows happened over the weekend at Lee’s Palace, one on Saturday night and one on Sunday.
- 3 days ago 29 May 23, 10:55am -
- Roger Waters Forgoes “Nazi Demagogue” Uniform In Frankfurt: “I Feel For The People Concerned About Desecrating This Place”
Roger Waters, one of the more politically outspoken musical artists in the world, has again been at the center of controversy in recent months. Back in February, the local government of Frankfurt, Germany attempted to cancel Waters’ May 28 concert…
- 3 days ago 29 May 23, 8:11am -
- The Number Ones: Britney Spears’ “3”
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits Th…
- 3 days ago 29 May 23, 7:04am -
- Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross Composing Terrifying Score For Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are putting the NIN in Ninja Turtles. The Nine Inch Nails members and in-demand Oscar-winning composers are applying their skills to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, the latest animated movie starring the her…
- 3 days ago 29 May 23, 6:52am -
- Morgan Wallen Has Most Weeks At #1 For A Country Album In 31 Years
Last week, Morgan Wallen’s One Thing At A Time had the most consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 in 25 years after spending 11 weeks in the top spot, a feat he feat he extended this week. It’s the now the most weeks that a country album h…
- 4 days ago 28 May 23, 5:21pm -
- Lana Del Rey Sang Half A Dozen Songs Live For The First Time At First Show Since 2019
Lana Del Rey performed her first full show since 2019 on Saturday night, as a headliner at the MITA Festival in Brazil. She’s released three studio albums since her last performance — 2021’s Chemtrails Over The Country Club and Blue Banisters a…
- 4 days ago 28 May 23, 8:54am -
- Billie Eilish Responds To “Women Hating Ass Weirdos” In Her Instagram Comments
Billie Eilish had some words for the “women hating ass weirdos” in her comments, taking to her Instagram story to address people not happy with her recent fashion choices. “i spent the first 5 years of my career getting absolutely OBLITERATED b…
- 4 days ago 28 May 23, 8:32am -
- Watch Keanu Reeves’ Band Dogstar Reunite At BottleRock Festival
In case you hadn’t heard, Keanu Reeves’ onetime band Dogstar are back, recording new music and mapping out live gigs. Today, they performed live for the first time at BottleRock Napa, which is going down this weekend in California’s Napa Valley…
- 5 days ago 27 May 23, 6:30pm -
- Watch Queens Of The Stone Age Play “Emotion Sickness” Live For The First Time
Queens Of The Stone Age performed at Sonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio on Friday for their first show in three years. Over the course of their 11-song set, the band did a live debut of their new single, “Emotion Sickness,” which came out earlier in…
- 5 days ago 27 May 23, 12:34pm -