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
Meet Me @ The Altar, a rising pop punk trio who formed online in 2015 with members based in Florida, New Jersey, and Georgia, have signed to Fueled By Ramen, the label that helped break mid 2000s pop punk giants… Read More
Last week Bill Callahan and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy covered Yusuf/Cat Stevens' "Blackness of the Night," and now they're back with another collaborative cover. This time they've tackled Hank Williams Jr's 1979 song "OD'd in Denver," with a little help from… Read More
Former Happy Mondays tour manager Anthony Murray was arrested along with 15 others at a port in Istanbul when authorities found 500 pounds of cocaine hidden inside 3,500 bags of fertilizer aboard a ship from Colombia, according to British tabloid… Read More