Discovering Elvis Costello was probably the sole highlight of my strange and turbulent sophomore year of high school. It probably would have been runner-up had I kissed a girl. By all means, mine is an ordinary account, so I’ll try… Read More
San Diego label Velocity Records was launched in 2009 as an imprint of Rise Records by booking agent and former Equal Vision employee Dave Shapiro, but the label had been on hiatus for a while, until just now partnering with… Read More
Dita Von Teese, the burlesque star who was in a relationship with Marilyn Manson for seven years and was married to Manson for a little more than a year in 2005/2006, has has made a statement regarding the allegations of abuse… Read More
Bisk, aka Tokyo’s Naohiro Fujikawa, has been chrome-plating chaos for a quarter century, turning out records that are absurd and exhilarating in equal measure. A Bisk song rarely follows a straight line for long: The Japanese producer’s drum programming weaves… Read More
For Florian T M Zeisig, ambient music is as driven by ideas as it is by immediate feeling. As one half of the Berlin new-age duo OCA, the sound artist has used samples cribbed from YouTube synth demos to explore… Read More
Julien Baker's highly-anticipated new album, Little Oblivions, is out later this month, on February 26 via Matador, and she's just shared another new single from it. On "Favor," Julien is joined by her boygenius bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus… Read More
10. “My Favorite Things” from My Favorite Things Coltrane popularized the use of the soprano saxophone in jazz, and this track had a lot to do with it. “My Favorite Things” demonstrates the broad appeal of Trane’s art. He managed to take… Read More
Nun Gun, a collaboration between Algiers members Lee Tesche & Ryan Mahan and visual artist Brad Feuerhelm, will release Mondo Decay on February 19. It comes out on cassette (and digital download) with an accompanying 500 page book. They cite… Read More
Some parents play music for their unborn child while it's still in the womb. Elizabeth Hart of Psychic Ills and Iván Diaz Mathé, who has worked with Lee “Scratch” Perry and Las Kellies, recorded the sounds of their child, Luca Yupanqui,… Read More
NOFX recently announced their new album Single Album (due 2/26 via Fat Wreck Chords), and released lead single "Linewleum," which reworked their classic "Linoleum." They've now released second single "Fuck Euphemism," which is an entirely new song, and which is… Read More