Japanese hardcore legends G.I.S.M.'s 1984 debut album Detestation just got its first-ever fully authorized reissue via Relapse, who put it out digitally, on streaming services, and on a variety of vinyl, cassette, and CD options, with three bonus tracks. The… Read More
Country-punk vets Lucero have announced their tenth album, When You Found Me, due January 29 via Liberty and Lament/Thirty Tigers (pre-order). The album was produced by Matt Ross-Spang (Margo Price, Jason Isbell, John Prine, etc), and the first single is… Read More
This week: the genuinely wonderful second album from Loma (members of Shearwater and Cross Record); the terrific debut album from techno pop artist Ela Minus; the third album from Ty Segall's proto-metal-influenced trio Fuzz; the new album from jangle S.F.… Read More
“Mr. De Shields is a tireless performer. His stylized, rhythmic patter keeps the momentum of the performance building, and his singing, in a voice that seems to relish every full syllable, runs the gamut of shadings,” raved New York Times… Read More
North Carolina's Clearbody will release their debut album One More Day on December 4 via the Smartpunk label (pre-order). "Their record is so good and I don't think a day has gone by that I haven't listened to it," the… Read More
Dustin Laurenzi is a busy man with a list of musical projects that would make the average artist cower in intimidation. But unlike many overachievers who tend to spread their musical talents too thin, virtually everything the Chicago-based tenor saxophonist… Read More
10. Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak (2008) We should have known better than to underestimate Kanye West. After a multi-platinum trilogy of albums, 808s & Heartbreak was West’s first album not to receive universal acclaim. The use of Auto-Tune almost guaranteed… Read More
Buffalo, New York native Patrick Cowley is best known as a pioneering electronic dance music creator from the 1970s and early 1980s who used synthesizers and instrumental programming to create distinctive and infectious beats for artists like Sylvester and Paul… Read More
Even though the new Borat movie is not out till Friday, a scene involving former NYC mayor and current Trump legal counsel Rudy Giuliani in a NYC hotel room has set the internet alight. In it, Giuliani goes to a room… Read More
It's a busy day in the CSNY universe. First off, Neil Young is streaming a second track off his upcoming box set The Archives Vol. II: 1972-1976, which is due November 22. It's a lovely, stripped-back folk song called "Homefires,"… Read More