Japanese avant-garde metal vets Sigh have announced a new album, Shiki, due August 26 via Peaceville (pre-order). Here's some background, via the album announcement: The word "Shiki" itself has various meanings in Japanese such as four seasons, time to die,… Read More
The Shins are celebrating the 21st birthday of their quietly game-changing debut album Oh, Inverted World this summer, and they've added a few new dates. The new shows are in NYC, Big Sur, Flagstaff, and Portland, and you can see… Read More
As you may know, the recently-launched Trust Records has been reissuing punk and hardcore classics lately, and today they've announced a very long-awaited — and actually first-ever — reissue of pioneering Boston hardcore band SSD's debut album, The Kids Will… Read More
Girls Aloud are uniting once more, and they’re doing it for Sarah Harding. Nine months after her passing, and twenty years after their 2002 debut with “Sound of the Underground,” Sarah’s bandmates – Nicola Roberts, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and… Read More
So many artists, so many songs, 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… Read More
Southern California post-hardcore band Movements have been busy this year. They put out new single "Barbed Wire Body" in March before beginning their tour supporting Knocked Loose, and they're gearing up to open for A Day To Remember and The… Read More
Post Malone released his new album Twelve Carat Toothache earlier this month, and now he's announced a North American tour supporting it. Dates run through September, October, and November, and he'll be joined by opener Roddy Ricch, who also appears… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got a new album from Yatra, a Satyricon soundtrack to an Edvard Munch exhibit, a surprise new Tomb Mold EP, and more. We also got new singles from Imperial Triumphant, Excavate, Downfall, KEN mode,… Read More
Record Setter released their fantastic Topshelf debut, I Owe You Knowing, in 2020, and followed it with a split with Home is Where, Dissection Lesson, this year. They've now announced they'll be heading out on tour this summer, playing many… Read More
Black Thought and Danger Mouse have released the second single from their long-awaited collaborative album Cheat Codes. Over dark and bluesy production from Danger Mouse, "Because" offers up gritty, compelling verses from Black Thought, Joey Bada$$, and Russ, and a… Read More