Hollywood Bowl‘s 2021 season is underway, and on Sunday night (7/18) the Los Angeles venue hosted Kamasi Washington and Earl Sweatshirt. Kamasi had promised “some serious inspiration on stage” for the show, and along with Thundercat joining him throughout the… Read More
Lou Barlow and John Davis‘ ’90s-era group Folk Implosion are back in action. Lou announced the news on Instagram with a picture of the two of them, writing, “Perhaps u know already but Folk Implosion o.g. reconvened last week after… Read More
This week in hip hop, we got the second posthumous album from Pop Smoke (which you can read about in Notable Releases), plus new albums from Blxst & Bino Rideaux, Drakeo The Ruler, and more. We also got an awesome… Read More
Phoebe Bridgers announced her first tour since COVID, and since the release of her excellent second solo album, Punisher, earlier this week. Tickets went on sale today, and she’s now added a second show in Los Angeles, the day after… Read More
After revealing the Longlist for its 2021 edition, the Polaris Music Prize has whittled that down to 10 nominees for Canadian Album of the Year. Here they are: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – Theory of Ice Cadence Weapon – Parallel World… Read More
Soccer Mommy released her sophomore album, color theory, last year, and ahead of her fall tour supporting it she’s shared a new single, “rom com 2004.” It was produced by Bon Iver/Low collaborator BJ Burton, and Sophie Allison says she… Read More
West Virginia’s fallfiftyfeet formed out of the ashes of False Accusations, and their new LP Twisted World Perspective is one hell of a debut offering. Opening track “The Gloom” starts out sounding like emo-grunge in the vein of Superheaven, Balance… Read More
Low Flying Hawks, the band led by guitarists/multi-instrumentalists EHA and AAL whose star-studded rhythm section is made up of drummer Dale Crover (Melvins) and bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk), will release their third album Fuyu on August 27 via… Read More
St Vincent has recorded a streaming concert special titled “Down and Out Downtown” that will air on Moment House on August 4 & 5 with four different global streaming times. The special will feature the live debuts of a number… Read More
Montreal’s SUUNS will be back on September 3 with The Witness, and they’ve just shared a new single from it. “C-Thru” is a dark, slinky groover with lots of atmosphere. “A lot of the slower and more delicate songs on this… Read More