Compared to the relatively capacious archival revelations of Can, a band with roughly comparable working practices, the posthumous pickings from This Heat have been cautiously selected and exceedingly sparse. In 1993 a three-song CD emerged – including a 33 1/3… Read More
London’s Tunng are the best band you still haven’t listened to, as since their 2003 inception, this collective have continued to build and folk and pop templates to create a sound that is experimental, ever-shifting, and always compelling. No two… Read More
Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., T. Rex, Whitney Houston and The Doobie Brothers were all inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (11/7) during a virtual ceremony that's rewatchable on HBO Max. Biggie… Read More
Back in May, Lou Barlow did a covers edition of his semi-regular livestream performance series, covering songs by Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Tom Petty, Journey, Merle Haggard, La Roux, and more. He also took on the theme songs of a few… Read More
Since March, Bandcamp has been waiving their cut of sales on the first Friday of every month for 24 hours (midnight to midnight Pacific), to support artists who have been impacted by the pandemic. So far, fans have purchased over… Read More
In a year of "what a week!" weeks, this has been the most "WHAT A WEEK!" weeks yet? If you're able to listen to music during all this election insanity, I've got a full bingo card of new music for… Read More
An astronaut, a filmmaker, and a drum’n’bass producer. It sounds like the setup to a joke, but these unlikely bedfellows were among the base ingredients of The Edge of Everything, the first new album in 14 years from Bristolian jungle/drum’n’bass… Read More
Sweden's Lykantropi make dark, psychedelic folk rock that shares musical DNA with '60s/'70s bands like Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull as well as newer bands like Hexvessel and Hällas, and they capture the essence of that sound so… Read More
Nine Inch Nails are among the artists being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (11/7), and ahead of that members have shared their thoughts on being honored, along with photos from their years in the… Read More
Orange County ska-pop-punks Half Past Two have announced a new full-length album due in summer 2021, and the first single will be "Shine," which the band released an acoustic version of last year and then contributed the full-band version to… Read More