Politically outspoken LA punks Total Massacre have been releasing a series of topical, fired-up singles lately, including “Cocaine Mitch,” “Get Rich or Try Dying,” and “Pro-Life Death Cult,” and they’re now back with another one, “Pick Yer Poison.” It’s an… Read More
Raw Plastic (the new project of Seb Polus and Bastian Najde, who are both in Polish bands Syndrom Paryski and Revive) released a two-song promo at the tail-end of 2020 with the songs “Car Parks and Recreation” and “Hazy,” and… Read More
Lil Baby did a powerful, fired-up Grammys performance, playing his protest song “The Bigger Picture” on a set that mirrored the protests against police brutality that went down all throughout America in 2020, and it got more and more intense… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got the great new albums from Eyehategod, Enforced, Pupil Slicer, and Closer (all of which you can read about in Notable Releases), plus I recommend checking out the new World Peace and God’s Hate… Read More
Back in 2012, Stephen Malkmus teamed with German group Von Spar to perform Can’s icon 1972 album Ege Bamyasi in its entirety for a 40th anniversary celebration at Cologne’s Week-End Fest. They did a pretty great job with the album — that… Read More
Godspeed You! Black Emperor are offering a first listen of their upcoming album G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END! with a full-album stream event on March 27 at 6 PM EDT. This is not your average album stream, though, as it… Read More
Danish trio HIRAKI make dark, intense music that pulls from noise, punk, post-hardcore, industrial, and more, and they’re set to release a new album, Stumbling Through The Walls, on April 9 via Nefarious Industries (pre-order), They recently released lead single… Read More
There’s a Bee Gees biopic in the works, and Deadline reports that Kenneth Branagh has been tapped to direct. Barry Gibb, the last surviving Bee Gees member (and Gibb brother), who was a producer on HBO’s 2020 Bee Gees documentary,… Read More
Downtown Las Vegas festival Life is Beautiful were forced to cancel their 2020 edition before even announcing a lineup. They are planning to return this year, however, on September 17-19, and they’ve announced their lineup. Billie Eilish, Green Day, and… Read More
Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall is taking a leave of absence from the group after receiving criticism for praising a new book from right wing pot-stirrer/consipracy theorist Andy Ngo over the weekend. On Saturday, Marshall tweeted about Ngo’s… Read More