Guitarists Marisa Anderson and William Tyler will release a collaborative album, Lost Futures, on August 27 via Thrill Jockey. The two met at tribute to David Berman in Portland in January of last year. “There was an obvious and immediate… Read More
After making fans solve a riddle earlier this month to hear their first single since Nearer My God, Foxing have officially released the song — “Speak With The Dead” (featuring Yoni Wolf of WHY? and co-produced by Andy Hull of… Read More
Last year saw the release of Barrett: The Definitive Visual Companion, which featured over 350 images — photographs, artwork, letters and more — from the late Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett. Now comes a companion to that: The Lyrics of Syd Barrett.… Read More
The Weeknd released his House of Balloons mixtape on March 21, 2011; he released it for free on his website and, pun intended, it blew up quick. Ten years later, The Weeknd played the Super Bowl, which seemed pretty normal… Read More
Oakland’s Bad Visuals are following their self-released, Jack Shirley-recorded 2019 debut LP Petaluma with a new EP, Ravel, on April 30 via Acrobat Unstable, the relatively new North Carolina DIY label that just keeps signing awesome bands (like Stars Hollow,… Read More
Knoxville’s Big Ears was one of the festivals to be knocked out by the coronavirus pandemic, cancelling its 2020 edition just weeks before it was set to happen. They’ve just announced they’ll be taking 2021 off as well but will be back for… Read More
In a city of 23 million, Ahmed El Ghazoly sometimes had trouble finding a receptive audience for his brand of club music. “My stuff is too weird for Cairo,” he told The Wire a few years back. In fact, El… Read More
One year ago on Wednesday (3/17), in the beginning days of coronavirus lockdown, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie streamed the first of what would become a series of solo livestream sets. He did the “Live from Home” sets… Read More
Before releasing even the first single off their excellent debut album In Spite Of, For Your Health debuted some of the new material in a genuinely inspired live session (for hate5six), so now that the album’s been out for a… Read More
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