Kevin O'Meara, who played drums for Baltimore's Videohippos (part of the Wham City collective), was officially declared a missing person on Monday (10/12). He was last seen October 4 in Mercer, Maine. His vehicle, a dark green 2001 Toyota Tundra… Read More
Brooklyn drill rapper Fivio Foreign, aka Maxie Ryles, was arrested for assault in Edgewater, New Jersey, XXL reports. According to jail records which XXL obtained, the rapper was arrested on Saturday (10/10) on a charge of "simple assault," and is… Read More
As mentioned, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit played four socially distanced shows outside Pelham, TN's The Caverns starting on Thursday (10/8). Saturday's (10/10) show fell on what would've been the late John Prine's 74th birthday, and to mark the… Read More
The Eddie Van Halen tributes keep coming, and here's one in the form of a reworked NYC subway station sign, courtesy of NYC street artist Adrian Wilson (who did a similar thing last month for Ruth Bader Ginsburg). As MetalSucks… Read More
Once Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band hit in 1967, just about every band either wanted or felt pressured to make some whimsical psychedelic pop of their own, from The Rolling Stones to Herman's Hermits to The Four Seasons, and… Read More
Much of RUI HO’s music has been centered around the complexity of personal journeys forward through space and life. On earlier EPs Becoming Is an Eventful Situation and In Pursuit of the Sun 逐日, the Berlin-based DJ drew on her… Read More
Christ Stopped at Eboli (Cristo si è fermato a Eboli) tracks the journey of painter Carlo Levi (Gian Maria Volonté), who has been made a confino; that is, he has been consigned by the fascist administration of Benito Mussolini in… Read More
Rivers are thick with pollution and forests leveled by fire, an autocratic dictator ignores the council of others, refugees are turned away at borders with nowhere else to go, and young people grapple with an uncertain future in the face… Read More
It's been another stacked week for rap/R&B/etc, with the new Headie One album (which I reviewed for Notable Releases), and songs from Benny the Butcher, Junglepussy, Ghetts/Skepta, Reason/Rapsody, Bun B, Caleb Giles, Chuck Strangers, CupcakKe, Preme/Popcaan/Davido, Big Boi/Killer Mike, and… Read More
Are you as tired as I am? I thought so. This week: the wonderfully melancholy new album from Cut Worms; Ride's Andy Bell releases his first solo album; METZ are here to whip you into shape using their "unnerving exercise" regime; Garcia Peoples… Read More