Maryland Deathfest was rescheduled for a second time in January, to May 26-29, 2022. Organizers have said that the majority of the lineup will remain intact from 2020, and they’ve been re-confirming acts for it, as well as adding addition… Read More
After having his tour plans with Big Thief cancelled last year due to the pandemic, guitarist and solo artist Buck Meek, finding himself with extra time on his hands, released a new solo album, Two Saviors, in January. Now he’s… Read More
Fruit Bats released new album The Pet Parade back in March and they’ve just announced they tour for it next year. North American dates begin March 9, 2022 in Santa Barbara, CA includes stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Vancouver,… Read More
Rolling Stones bassist Ron Wood faced cancer a second time, after being diagnosed with an aggressive small cell variant of the disease during lockdown. Good news, though: he has just been given the all-clear by his doctor. “I’ve had cancer… Read More
Slang Church’s benefit compilation Long Armed Bill’s Summer Comp (Vol. 1) comes out this Saturday (5/1), with all proceeds benefiting Big Minds, and we’re now premiering the contribution from Berkeley punks Sarchasm. It’s a “brunch tunes” version of “Scott” from… Read More
King Crimson‘s Robert Fripp and Toyah‘s always entertaining Sunday Lunch covers series continued today with them taking on “Silver Machine” by ’70s spacerock greats Hawkwind. As Toyah notes, they were once again joined by “mysterious stranger” Sydney Jake) and the performance features… Read More
The great, Shabaka Hutchings-led UK jazz group Sons of Kemet have shared “To Never Forget The Source,” the second single off their anticipated new album Black To The Future (due 5/14 via Impulse!). Shabaka calls this song the “central (ideological)… Read More
After a couple somewhat fallow Fridays, this week’s Indie Basement is overflowing with things I like a whole lot: Field Music are back with their most enjoyable record in a while; Dinosaur Jr keep doing what they do on Album… Read More
A timeworn means of rebelling against one’s parents: loud guitar music. But in Evan Majumdar-Swift’s case, embracing rock’n’roll represented a rejection of another strain of music long associated with youthful hijinks. His father, Matthew Swift, is hardly your garden-variety Boomer:… Read More
Hackneyed as it may sound, you can learn a lot by taking the right drugs at the right time. You can also learn a lot by quitting drugs, but the emotional and physical lessons of substance experimentation aren’t to be… Read More