Social Distortion's 2011 album Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes was a return to form for the SoCal icons, delivering the kind of twangy, anthemic punk the band forged in the '80s. It also gave them them their highest charting album,… Read More
Chicago's Riot Fest is nearing, and they've just added more artists to their lineup: Riot Fest regulars Taking Back Sunday, "Gangsta's Paradise" hitmaker Coolio (!), Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, Zola Jesus, Reece Young, Poliça and cumgirl8. They join headliners My Chemical… Read More
Dean Hurley, the sound designer who worked on David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return, has collaborated with German-Brazilian synth artist Gloria de Oliveira on a new album, Oceans of Time. Admirers of each other's work, they made the album long-distance during… Read More
Napalm Death have announced the Campaign for Musical Destruction tour which has them out across the US this fall with Brujeria and Frozen Soul. The tour begins October 12 in Santa Cruz and wraps up November 19 in Los Angeles, hitting most… Read More
Lizzo released her new album, Special, on Friday (7/15), and she's expanded her tour supporting it. Her North American dates are set to begin in September, and she's added additional shows in NYC, Portland, and Los Angeles. All three new… Read More
The Psychedelic Furs brought their Made of Rain tour to The Rooftop at Pier 17 on Friday (7/15). The weather in NYC over the weekend was soggy, but thankfully the only rain at this Manhattan outdoor venue was the shower… Read More
This week Toyah and King Crimson's Robert Fripp take on Slipknot's 2008 single "Psychosocial" for their weekly Sunday Lunch series. Robert is sporting a very Corey Taylor-esque mask while Toyah wields an electric hand mixer. Their cupboard sign this week:… Read More
This week brought new albums from Antigama, The Wind in the Trees, Hissing, Scarcity, Xenoglyph, Mantar, Inhuman Condition, Maul, and more (many of which you can read about at Invisible Oranges), as well as new singles from Holy Fawn, Gospel,… Read More
Pye Corner Audio, aka analogue synth wizard Martin Jenkins, has released a new album, Let's Emerge!, which is also his first for Sonic Cathedral after a number of records on Ghost Box. This one's a little different, sonically, too, trading… Read More
Philly/NYC punks Nine of Swords (whose drummer TJ is also in Soul Glo) recently released their new album, Beyond The Swords, via Quiet Year. It's their first in six years, and it continues to perfect Nine of Swords' fusion of… Read More