UK techno icons Orbital spent the first part of 2022 celebrating their 30th anniversary with a retrospective box set, and now they're looking forward, announcing new album Optical Delusion which will be out February 17. The album features guests on… Read More
Viagra Boys and Shame's co-headlining tour hit NYC on Tuesday night (10/18) for a sold-out show at Brooklyn Steel. Photos by P Squared, including both bands' setlists, are in this post. The tour has the two groups alternating who plays… Read More
Jimmy Eat World recently churned out a Bleed American-style banger with "Something Loud," and now they've followed it with "Place Your Debts," an atmospheric slow-burner more in the vein of Clarity or the deeper cuts on Futures. Some of Jimmy… Read More
The Mercury Prize, the annual award for best British or Irish album of the year, had its ceremony postponed last month following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, but a makeup ceremony was held on Tuesday (10/18), and Little Simz's… Read More
So many artists, so many songs, 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… Read More
M.I.A. has been in the news for comparing the Alex Jones verdict to "every celebrity pushing vaccines," and she also just released her first album in six years, MATA. To promote the latter, she talked with another outspoken celebrity who… Read More
It's been a huge year for Steve Lacy. His song "Bad Habit" had been climbing up the Billboard chart (thanks in part to TikTok), and it eventually unseated Harry Styles' "As It Was" at No. 1, where it's stayed for… Read More
Having taken 2020 and 2021 off due to the pandemic, the Iceland Airwaves festival returns this year, happening November 3-5. A slightly scaled down version of the festival, 2023 features 85 artists across three days at venues in downtown Reykjavik. While this year's fest… Read More
James Yorkston and The Cardigans' Nina Persson have teamed up with The Second Hand Orchestra for new album The Great White Sea Eagle that will be out January 13 via Domino. It's the follow-up to Yorkston and The Second Hand… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Steve Lacy, Fousheé @ Terminal 5 Viagra Boys, Shame, Kills Birds @ White Eagle Hall serpentwithfeet, Devin Tracy @ Music Hall of Williamsburg The Black Angels, The Vacant Lots @ Brooklyn Steel Jonathan Richman @ The Opera… Read More