The Body will release a new album, I've Seen All I Need To See, on January 29 via Thrill Jockey. The announcement reads: The Body is a prolific musical force whose creativity is matched only by the astonishing weight of… Read More
The Simpsons predicted Donald Trump's presidency in a 2000 episode, "Bart to the Future," a move that writer Dan Greaney, in an interview with Hollywood Reporter, called "a warning to America." "It was pitched," he continued, "because it was consistent… Read More
War On Women have released "White Lies," the second single off their anticipated new album Wonderful Hell (following the title track, which we named one of the best punk songs of September). This one's even angrier and more aggressive than… Read More
Ed Crawford, aka ed fROMOHIO! of Mike Watt and George Hurley's post-Minutemen band fIREHOSE, has fallen on hard times and has been living out out of his car in the Pittsburgh area since the summer. Friend David Ciley launched a GoFundMe… Read More
Bad Operation is a new ska band with some familiar faces from the New Orleans punk and ska scene: Fatter Than Albert/All People members and Community Records founders Daniel "D-Ray" Ray and Greg Rodrigue, Brian Pretus of Fat Wreck Chords-signed… Read More
As mentioned, Thunder Dreamer are releasing a new EP, Summer Sleeping, on November 6 via their own Lonesome Morning Recording Co (pre-order). We recently posted lead single "House and Garden" and we're now premiering the Josh Smukal-created video for second… Read More
Portugal. The Man have released a new song and video, "Who's Gonna Stop Me," which features the one and only "Weird Al" Yankovic and was made with Jeff Bhasker, Paul Williams, and The Last Artful Dodgr. It's a dark, atmospheric,… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. In… Read More
This week in heavy, we got the new Touche Amore album, and you can read my review of that in Notable Releases, where you'll also find a writeup on the debut EP by The Troops of Doom, the new band… Read More
German band The Notwist returned in August with the Ship EP, their first new music in six years. They're already back with more, having just dropped this new collaboration with jazz innovator Ben LaMar Gay. There's a bit of a… Read More