The Hives' debut album Barely Legal turns 25 this year, and to celebrate we have an exclusive, limited-to-300, coke-bottle-clear vinyl variant coming! The Swedish band changed gears from their sophomore album on, but Barely Legal is pure punk rock. That's…
Walter Schreifels' post-Quicksand band Rival Schools' classic 2001 debut album United by Fate turned 20 last year, and now the album is getting a 20th anniversary deluxe reissue via Run For Cover. The standard edition/digital edition arrives October 28, and…
“Queen mother Madonna, I love ya…” It’s been 84 years since I last typed these words, but this is an emergency situation that has unearthed a stan panic buried deep within: sit down, shut the fuck up, and stop your…
Montreal synth artist Tess Roby, who released Ideas of Space earlier this year, is also one third of Dawn to Dawn, alongside Adam Ohr and Patrick Lee. The three met in 2018, bonded over music, and were soon working on…
Take This to Heart Records have put together a compilcation of covers of Bright Eyes' classic fourth album, Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep You Ear to the Ground, in honor of its 20th anniversary this month.…
Brooklyn electronic artist Ela Minus had commissioned DJ Python to do remixes for songs from her 2020 album acts of rebellion, and a friendship grew. The pair have now become full-on collaborators, announcing a new EP, titled ♡ (“corazón”), that…
Liars frontman Angus Andrew has announced a new imprint, NO GOLD, and its first release, as well as a one-day festival at Queens' Knockdown Center. “I felt like I needed to connect with other artists and if at all possible,…
Florida's Least have a new single called "Power Blazer" arriving tomorrow (8/4) via Friend Club Records, and we're premiering a stream of the song one day early. It's a deep, soaring, emo/post-hardcore stunner, and singer Taylin Wills has this to…
Carly Rae Jepsen has announced a new album, The Loneliest Time, due on October 21 via 604/Schoolboy/Interscope (pre-order). The Loneliest Time features contributions from Tavish Crowe, Rostam Batmanglij, Bullion, Captain Cuts, John Hill, Kyle Shearer, Alex Hope, and more. Rostam…
The Big Climate Thing, the three-day festival that raises awareness for climate change initiatives in association with Brian Eno's EarthPercent organization, happens September 16-18, and they've just announced that The War on Drugs have been added to Saturday (9/17) and will now headline that…
Courtney Barnett played Long Island's Adelphi University on July 27 with Bloomsday, which was part of the Shine a Light Music Series that benefits the Tommy Brull Foundation, which helps people with special needs. As with her show at Radio City Music Hall the…
After breaking up in 2002, hugely influential metalcore/mathcore band Botch signed to Sargent House last year, finally bringing their catalog to streaming services and announcing that vinyl reissues of their discography were on the way. Bassist Brian Cook shot down…
Talbot’s call to “seize the day, all hold hands, chase the pricks away” during “Mr. Motivator” was met, naturally, by floor-wide moshing. It was the type of pit where if you get knocked down, everyone is there to pick you…
Yonkers deathgrind vets Mortician, last seen in NYC opening for Immolation earlier this year (and then at Maryland Deathfest), have announced a headlining NYC show for December 3 at Saint Vitus, and it's a gruesome bill all around with Miasmatic…
Los Espookys, the hilarious, surreal and bilingual series created by Julio Torres, Ana Fabrega, and Fred Armisen, is finally back with a second season after an extended pandemic delay. (The first season aired three years ago.) Season 2 premieres on…
Autopsy, the veteran death metal band formed by Chris Reifert after his departure from Death, have announced their first album in eight years, Morbidity Triumphant, due September 30 via Peaceville Records (pre-order). It's their first with new bassist Greg Wilkinson…
Brutus returned earlier this month with new single "Dust," and now they've announced a new album, Unison Life, due October 21 via Sargent House (pre-order). “I wanted every song to feel like the last song we’ll ever write,” singer Stefanie…
Having visited in the spring, Yard Act will return to North America this fall for a proper coast-to-coast tour, which they have now revealed has Gustaf opening. That's a very sprechgesang double bill! The NYC show at Bowery Ballroom on 10/14…
Big Joanie recently put out their new single "Happier Still," and now the UK band have announced their new sophomore album, Back Home, due November 4 via Thurston Moore and Eva Prinz’s Daydream Library Series (UK) and Kill Rock Stars…
A couple of days after supporting Lucy Dacus in Central Park, Hop Along's summer tour brought them to Long Island on Saturday night (7/23) for a benefit for the Tommy Brull Foundation, part of their Shine A Light Music Series.…
Phish are in the midst of their summer tour of North America, with multi-night runs in various cities, and frontman Trey Anastasio will be heading out for more shows once those dates wrap up. His Trey Anastasio Band fall tour…
