Afropunk Brooklyn returned for its first edition since 2019 on Saturday (9/10) at Commodore Barry Park. The Roots and Freddie Gibbs closed out the night on the Green and Red stages, respectively, and day one also featured sets from Butcher… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: My Chemical Romance, Thursday, The Lemon Twigs @ Barclays Center Afropunk Festival w/ Burna Boy, Earl Sweatshirt, Lucky Daye, Mick Jenkins, Adekunle Gold, Ambre, Bartees Strange, Ekkstacy, Pink Siifu, Fana Hues, more @ Commodore Barry Park Pearl… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got the incredible new Holy Fawn album (which you can read about in Notable Releases), plus albums from Ozzy Osbourne, Bloodbath, Revocation, Fallujah, Warforged, Slugcrust, Crippled Black Phoenix, I AM, Nadja, and more (hit… Read More
With Queen Elizabeth II's death on Thursday, there have been a lot of tributes to her, including some from surprising sources, but one we're probably not likely to get is from The Cure's Robert Smith. A longtime anti-monarchist, Smith actually… Read More
Having reissued her studio albums over the last few years, PJ Harvey is further digging into her archives to release the 59-track compilation B-sides, Demos and Rarities on November 4 via UMe/Island. It's available as either a 3-CD or 6-LP set, each… Read More
Chicago-based band Smut have announced a new album, How the Light Felt, due out November 11 via Bayonet. It's the follow-up to their 2020 EP Power Fantasy, and it was co-produced by the band and mastered by Heba Kadry. See… Read More
Ride bassist Steve Queralt will be releasing his first music outside the band as part of a collaborative EP with filmmaker Michael Smith. It's titled Sun Moon Town, will be out October 14 via the Bytes Label, and features spoken… Read More
Pop also lives at End of the Road in wild and adventurous forms. Perfume Genius’s Mike Hadreas is lush, bombastic, brilliant and ridiculous – often within the confines of a single song. As he moves further away from the art… Read More
QT co-creator and artist Hayden Dunham has announced their debut full-length as Hyd, CLEARING, due out November 11 via PC Music. It follows their self-titled 2021 EP and they wrote and recorded it with collaborators A.G. Cook, Caroline Polachek, Jónsi,… Read More
Baltimore hardcore band Jivebomb have announced a new EP, Primitive Desires, due October 7 via Flatspot, marking their label debut (pre-order). The EP was recorded with J Robbins collaborator Matt Redenbo at J's Magpie Cage studio, and then mixed and… Read More