Four decades after joining Metallica, guitarist Kirk Hammett is going solo for the first time in his career with an instrumental EP called Portals that comes out this Saturday (4/23) for Record Store Day. It'll be available at local independent… Read More
Revolver is launching a special new limited edition collector's magazine devoted entirely to the mighty Motörhead, and exclusive vinyl variants to go with it. The 100-page deluxe issue has three alternate covers — a Lemmy Kilmister solo portrait, a classic… Read More
UK band King Hannah made their North American debut in Brooklyn last month ahead of their appearances at SXSW. They'll be back in May for their first proper tour, which does not include an NYC show. However, they've just announced… Read More
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. MAX CREEPS Max Creeps, the enigmatic, supposedly veteran, probably made-up but nonetheless fun punk group who just announced an album will be on tour this summer, including stops… Read More
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall have formed a new duo called The WAEVE. There's not a lot to go on just yet, but here's the blurb that came with the announcement: The coming together of two musicians,… Read More
Connecticut hardcore band Broken Vow (whose vocalist Tommy Harte has recently been playing as Anxious' touring guitarist) have just followed their December 2021 EP Same Minds End with a new split EP with Canada's Set Straight. There's two new songs… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Phish @ Madison Square Garden Wilco, Aizuri Quartet @ United Palace Kowloon Walled City, Rid of Me @ Saint Vitus Bar Fruit Bats, Johanna Samuels @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Adia Victoria, Lizzie No @ Brooklyn Made… 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
Calexico recently released their tenth album, El Mirador, and they've announced a fall US tour supporting it. They'll be joined by Ada Lea for the shows, which run through October, stopping in Chicago, Minneapolis, Asheville, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Washington DC,… Read More
David Freel, who led San Francisco psych band Swell through the '90s and '00s, died on April 12 in Oregon City. He was 64. Stereogum points out that the news was shared today via Swell's Facebook page: "David led with… Read More