José González‘s first album in six years, Local Valley, is due out September 17 via Mute, and he’s just shared another single from it, “Head On,” which you can watch the video for below. “I wrote it as a combat… Read More
Genre-defying metal band Inter Arma returned last year with a new covers album, Garbers Days Revisited, featuring their takes on songs by Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, Tom Petty, Prince, Husker Du, Cro-Mags, Venom, and Ministry. They’ve now announced they’ll… Read More
As recently mentioned, Eric Smeal from the record label Acrobat Unstable and the band Clearbody recently launched a What’s In My Bag-type video series called Stocking Up. The third video in the series premieres in this post, and it features… Read More
Back in December, we shared the sad news that independent Texas music promoters Margin Walker, who we partnered with for three years of SXSW parties (and were about to again for a fourth year when COVID struck), were shutting down.… Read More
Militarie Gun (the lighter post-hardcore band of Regional Justice Center leader Ian Shelton with members of Drug Church and Modern Color) recently released their first of two 2021 EPs, All Roads Lead To The Gun, and they’ve also announced a… Read More
“The last time Anti-Flag embarked on a North American tour it lasted two days before Covid 19 brought it to an end,” write Anti-Flag. After more than a year of challenges, hardships and misfortune for many the world over we… Read More
Back in April, New York Comic Con announced that they’d be moving ahead with their 2021 edition, scheduled for October 7-10 at Javits Center, with a reduced capacity. They’ve now detailed ticket procedures, which will be different than usual. They’ll… Read More
One of our favorite annual traditions to welcome summer, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, was, like all other large events, cancelled in 2021, although they did hold a de-centralized, virtual edition. Now comes the very welcome news that the Mermaid… Read More
Last year Dave Chappelle released “8:46,” a standup special that was angry, powerful and very serious. Titled for amount of time, in minutes and seconds, that Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck and back, “8:46” tackled race… Read More
Porridge Radio are back with a new song, a cover of “Happy in a Crowd” by Chicago lo-fi artist Love is Everything (aka Bobby Burg). “In 2016, I joined the band Garden Centre and we did a very DIY UK… Read More