The sad news just broke that underground rap veteran The Gift of Gab (real name Timothy J. Parker) of Blackalicious died this past Friday (6/18) at age 50, following a seven-year-long battle with kidney failure. “It is with heavy hearts… Read More
This is one of the busiest release weeks of the year so far (a good problem to have!), so I’m just gonna skip the intro talk and get right to the 12 (!) albums I highlight this week. And those… 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
Very sad news: blink-182 co-founder/co-frontman and pop punk hero Mark Hoppus has been diagnosed with cancer. He writes: For the past three months I’ve been undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. I have cancer. It sucks and I’m scared, and at the… Read More
Inner Ear Studio, the iconic Arlington, VA recording studio that hosted Fugazi, Bad Brains, Dag Nasty, Minor Threat, Jawbox, Bikini Kill, Bob Mould, and others, is closing on October 1. “We’ve been in that location for 32 years, it’s been… Read More
Montreal singer/songwriter Alexandra Levy released her debut album as Ada Lea, what we say in private, in 2019 via Saddle Creek, and followed it with an EP, woman, here, last year. Now she’s shared her first new single since the… Read More
Damon and Naomi, who you might also know as 2/3rds of Galaxie 500, have announced a new album, A Sky Record, which will be out August 6, 2021. For it, they’ve once again collaborated with guitarist Michio Kurihara. “It’s like this… Read More
What does it take to make one of the greatest albums of all time? For The Beach Boys, The Beatles, and Marvin Gaye, it meant doing something maximal, utilizing orchestras and multi-layered arrangements and coming out with something that just… Read More
The Forms have been one of the more underrated bands in NYC since forming back in 2003, and though they’ve been pretty quiet recently, they just announced their first album in 10 years. (Their last release was 2011’s Derealization EP,… 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