Oakland rapper Ricky Lake is gearing up to release his new album Saving Ricky this Friday (10/23) via Text Me Records. It features Father (on recent single Tryna Get Paid"), Lando Chill, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, and others, and we're debuting… Read More
John Fogerty spoke out against Donald Trump's use of his Creedence Clearwater Revival anti-war and anti-draft dodger anthem "Fortunate Son" at his rallies, calling it "confounding to say the least." Now he's issued the campaign a cease and desist order… Read More
Two Minutes to Late Night's quarantine covers series continues its October "Spooky Season" theme with a doomy, psychedelic rendition of "that Dusty Springfield song from every Guy Richie movie (which is actually a gender-flipped cover song)," aka her 1970 cover… Read More
Jeff Rosenstock released his excellent new album NO DREAM not long after global lockdown ensued, and though he did several solo livestreams since then, we didn't get to see the Jeff Rosenstock band perform the new material together until they… Read More
20. “The Doomsday Machine” “Vulcans never bluff.” – Spock After receiving a garbled distress signal that could be a starship’s disaster beacon, the U.S.S. Enterprise enters a solar system of decimated planets. Entering a nearby system, they find the same… Read More
A new official ad for Joe Biden for President uses Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" and Beastie Boys' "Sabotage," and is about the dire situation music venues in America are currently in due to COVID-19. According to Variety, it marks the first… Read More
Bob Biggs, who founded Los Angeles independent label Slash Records, has died after a long illness. The news has been shared by various friends and family on social media. He was 74. The label grew out of the Slash punk… Read More
Code Orange's two full-band livestreams this year have both been genuinely great, so it's exciting news that they just announced a third. It's called "BACK INSIDE THE GLASS," and a press release calls it "an all-immersive environmental experience placing Code… Read More
While our brains continue to lose the ability to focus as Election Day approaches (me at least), here are some records to listen to that will hopefully counteract the chaos: Kevin Morby releases his best album since Singing Saw; Helena… Read More
“Annie, Annie, they’re playing our song / And for a moment I’m transported to where I’m from…” Nostalgia is at an all-time high in These Unprecedented Times™. While we’re all stuck in lockdown, in tiers, in quarantine – whatever the… Read More