The continued pandemic lockdown has been devastating to businesses everywhere. In North Brooklyn, many long-running establishing that have shut their doors for good, including much-loved restaurant/bar Snacky (which opened in 2002) and long-running cafe/bar/events space Kinfolk. They are far from the… Read More
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Grandaddy's The Sophtware Slump, frontman Jason Lytle re-recorded the album solo on an old wooden piano which really brought the songs' melancholic vibe more to the surface. If you haven't checked that out you… Read More
Relapse Records turned 30 this year, and they've been killing it the whole time. To celebrate the anniversary, they released a 241-song sampler that includes tracks from all across their incredible, diverse roster, with music from Mastodon, Obituary, Death, Nothing,… Read More
We lost Sam Jayne of Love as Laughter and Lync last week and tributes have been paid by the likes of J. Mascis, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, Har Mar Superstar, Sub Pop and K Records, and more. Besides the great… Read More
The year-end lists keep coming and here's one from Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly who posted a top 10 on Twitter that looks like this: Here’s a top 10 of 2020 thing Bartees Strange — Live ForeverWilliam Basinski — LamentationsNo Home… Read More
It's a given that 2020 has been a year unlike any that most of us have ever experienced. Time seemed to fold in on itself (for me at least), and March to December seemed to go by in an instant… Read More
In 2019 I was targeted by Facebook ads; the algorithm knows I’m a sucker for a Netflix romantic comedy promo. I watched the trailers for two Netflix Christmas movies, The Knight Before Christmas, starring Vanessa Hudgens and Josh Whitehouse, and… Read More
Houston's Narrow Head had been on the rise for a while, and they had their biggest breakthrough yet with this year's 12th House Rock, their first album for Run For Cover. If you haven't heard it, it's a driving, catchy… Read More
System of a Down, frontman Serj Tankian included, have been outspoken about the humanitarian crisis currently taking place in Artsakh and Armenia, releasing their first new music in 15 years to raise awareness for what's been going on. Now Serj's… Read More
Ringo Starr has reunited with his onetime Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney on new single "Here’s to the Nights" that features on his forthcoming Zoom In EP. Paul sings backup, and is one of a whole bunch of all-star guests on the… Read More