Mikey and His Uke, the solo project of Mikey Hawdon (Inner City Surfers, The Fairmounts, Lion Ride), started doing a guest-filled punk cover series during COVID lockdown, and after a few weeks away, he’s brought it back to cover Fugazi‘s… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Garcia Peoples @ The Turk’s Inn Rooftop Ravi Coltrane, Juke Joint Jelis, Brianna Thomas @ Drom Ali Wong @ Beacon Theatre The Lemon Twigs, Slugbug @ Elsewhere Rooftop Kublai Khan, I Am, Chamber, Aka Mana @ Amityville… Read More
The Jordan Peele-produced remake of ’90s horror classic Candyman is out next week (8/27), and as mentioned, the score was composed by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (aka Lichens) and features Hildur Guðnadóttir on cello and vocals, Matthew Morandi on keyboards and contrabass, with co-production and… Read More
Toronto duo Ducks Ltd make jangly guitar pop that feels especially indebted to the ’80s UK indie scene, with the band citing Television Personalities, Felt, and The Servants as inspiration, alongside New Zealand Flying Nun groups like The Clean, The Chills,… Read More
Lorde‘s new album Solar Power comes out Friday (8/21), and ahead of its release she’s shared one more single, “Mood Ring.” “This is a song I am very excited about, it’s so much fun to me,” Lorde says. “Obviously when… Read More
While NYC’s new vaccine mandate for many indoor locations doesn’t apply to the outdoor series, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival has announced that they’ll be requiring attendees of all shows this year to present proof of full vaccination, or a negative… 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,… Read More
All Away Lou is the new solo project of Philly-via-UK punk staple Lou Hanman (who sings in Caves and the now-defunct Flamingo50 and has also played in RVIVR, Thin Lips, Worriers, Queen of Jeans, Katie Ellen, and Mikey Erg’s band),… Read More
This week we got the very good new Boldy James & Alchemist album, which I reviewed in Notable Releases, and we also got a Benny the Butcher EP (see below), a surprise Ka album (ditto), and new songs from MAVI,… Read More
Here’s a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. JOHANNA SAMUELS (HEADLINE SHOWS & OPENING FOR COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS, MIPSO) Johanna Samuels will soon be on tour with Courtney Marie Andrews, including stops in Atlanta, Dallas, San Antonio,… Read More