One day after My Chemical Romance headlined Riot Fest day one, a previous generation's gothy NJ punk band headlined the second night (9/17), the Misfits. "The Original Misfits" — Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only, and Doyle with second guitarist Acey Slade… Read More
Brooklyn rapper (and firefighter) Ka surprised released TWO new albums today: Languish Arts and Woeful Studies. As he's done with albums in the past, both are currently available only as paid downloads from his website ($20), but he has shared the video… Read More
Despite writing the lyrics to The Sex Pistols' famous single "God Save the Queen" — "including the line "She ain't no human being" – John Lydon has been rather nice to Queen Elizabeth II in the wake of her death last week.… Read More
Minneapolis' Velvet Negroni (aka Jeremy Nutzman) has announced his second album, titled Bulli, that will be out January 13 via 4AD. (His first was out in 2019.) According to label PR, the album was made during a particularly tumultuous time… Read More
Detroit folk-rock trio Bonny Doon have signed to ANTI- and are working on their first album for the label, the follow-up to their self-titled 2017 debut, which came out on Woodsist. They have just released their first single for ATO,… Read More
5 Billion in Diamonds, the trio of Garbage drummer and alt-rock producer Butch Vig, Bristol producer Andy Jenks, and DJ James Grillo, are back with a new single, "A Thin Line," that features Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and feels like a… Read More
Gilla Band, the Irish group who used to be known as Girl Band, are releasing new album Most Normal on October 7 via Rough Trade, and have just shared a new song from it. "Post Ryan" is one of their… Read More
NJ post-hardcore band Gatherers have announced a new album, ( mutilator. ), due November 18 via No Sleep (pre-order). The album includes recent single "Black Marigold," as well as the just-released "Gift Horse." The new song takes a noticeable influence… Read More
Low's Mimi Parker is undergoing cancer treatment, and because of it the band have canceled their appearance at this weekend's Primavera L.A. festival, as well as their tour dates with Death Cab for Cutie. "Very sorry, y’all," they wrote in… Read More
Robert Glasper is on tour now and and is gearing up for his 2022 "Robtober" residency at NYC's Blue Note. He's since announced some of the special guests and themes for the shows, including a tribute to Herbie Hancock (October… Read More