DMX, who passed away at the age of 50 earlier this month, has been honored with a new mural in The Bronx. It was painted by Queens artist Andaluz The Artist, outside La Estrella Tropical Restaurant, at 744 Burke Avenue.… Read More
In addition to NYC music venues reopening this month, comedy clubs also reopened their doors. The Stand had a little help last week, with two back-to-back surprise shows with Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock on April 12. Also on hand to… Read More
2021 will be a very Sparks year at the movies. Edgar Wright’s great documentary The Sparks Brothers will be in theaters on June 18, and today it was announced that Annette, the musical film written by Sparks and directed by… Read More
A 50% stake in SXSW is being acquired by P-MRC, the joint venture from Rolling Stone, Variety, and Deadline parent company Penske Media Corporation and MCR Entertainment (Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, and Vibe) which was created when the companies entered… Read More
Jesse Korman not only fronts the classic chaotic post-hardcore/mathcore/etc band The Number 12 Looks Like You (who have been reunited with new music for a bit), he also does a lot of photography and film work. He co-produced the upcoming… Read More
Triple B Records is one of the best hardcore labels around, and just about everything they put out is worth hearing. They’re celebrating their 15th anniversary this year, and in honor of that, they’ve just released a 50-song compilation with… Read More
This week in Indie Basement: Wand‘s Cory Hanson releases his sublime second solo album; LA’s Automatic get remixed by OSEES, Bauhaus drummer Kevin Haskins, Peaking Lights and more; Jarvis Cocker gets remixed by dub icon Dennis Bovell; The Catenary Wires… Read More
Last we heard from hip-hop festival Rolling Loud Miami, they had rescheduled to May of 2021. That was back in November, and while a lot of progress has been made since then with the vaccines, it still feels too soon… Read More
Ty Segall & Freedom Band have announced a streaming show as part of the Levitation Sessions series that will be broadcast on May 15 at 8 PM ET. The show was filmed at Occidental College’s Remsen Bird Hillside Theatre in Los Angeles. Tickets… Read More
Swedish singer and guitarist José González is an accomplished songwriter, having given us five albums between his solo career and his band Junip, but he first gained attention from a lot of us via his transformative covers of other people’s… Read More