The holidays are upon us, and whether you’re feeling festive or not, musicians are climbing aboard the tinsel bandwagon with new songs for the season. We offer to you a week’s worth of them, nestled in one place, like gifts… Read More
In the time since Modern Baseball went on hiatus, Jake Ewald turned Slaughter Beach, Dog from a solo project into a full-fledged band, and in 2019 SB,D released their best album yet, Safe and Also No Fear. With the pandemic… Read More
John "Ecstasy" Fletcher of '80s rap icons Whodini has died. He was 56. There's been no official word, but new broke via Questlove, who posted a tribute on his Instagram, writing, "This man was legendary and a pivotal member of… Read More
Very sad news in the New York Hardcore community: reports are coming in that Rich McLoughlin of Killing Time and Breakdown has passed away. Cause of death has not yet been revealed. Rich was an original member of Killing Time,… Read More
Michigan emo band Charmer were forced to scrap a tour this spring due to COVID, but they did release their sophomore album, Ivy, back in April (via No Sleep), and you can stream that below. We spoke to the band… Read More
As the year winds down, we've been talking to bands and artists about their favorite music of 2020. A bunch of artists from LA punk label Wiretap Records have shared their album of the year lists, including Talk Show Host,… Read More
UK group The Young Knives got their start in the mid-'00s, lumped in with the UK post-punk revival that gave us Franz Ferdinand, Futureheads, Bloc Party and The Rakes, but Henry Dartnall and brother Thomas "House of Lords" Dartnall always… Read More
So many artists, 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 more all day. In… Read More
We've been asking artists and other industry figures for their Top 10 albums of the 2020, and here we have year-end lists from a bunch of staff members of much-missed NYC record store Other Music, which closed in June of… Read More
Jazz may not have the mainstream cultural dominance that it once did, but it remains a thriving, multi-faceted form of music that continues to have so much more to say. Jazz informs so much of the rap and electronic music… Read More