Jarvis Cocker has written a memoir titled Good Pop Bad Pop that will be out May 26, 2022. Technically he calls it “an inventory,” not a memoir, but one thing’s for sure: it’s a book. Jarvis also says “It’s not… Read More
It wasn’t that long ago that The Flaming Lips were playing shows where the band and the audience were all inside giant plastic spacebubbles. The band have gone back to “normal,” but frontman Wayne Coyne noted at Brooklyn Steel on… Read More
Post-metal band SOM (members of Caspian, Junius, and Constants) will follow their recent Awake EP and Billie Eilish cover with a new album, The Shape of Everything, on January 21 via Pelagic Records (pre-order). We’re premiering the Toshadeva Palan-directed video… Read More
STARS (DATES WITH LLOYD COLE, KEVIN DEVINE) Stars are bringing their annual holiday shows — which they usually do in Toronto — to the U.S. this year, with shows in NYC, Philly and Boston. The 12/8 NYC show, which is… Read More
Screamo bands Alas (Finland), To Be Gentle (Oregon), Armywives (New York), and Mirin Bide (Chile) are teaming up for a four-way split, due November 15 via Zegema Beach Records and Larry Records. It features two songs by each band, and… Read More
Travis Scott was scheduled to headline Sunday (11/14) at Day N Vegas, but after the tragic events at his Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday, where at least eight people died and hundreds were injured, Variety reports he has cancelled… Read More
Philly emo band Caracara are back with “Hyacinth,” their first new single since 2019’s Better EP and their standalone “Dark Bells” single from that same year. It’s a big, soaring, anthemic song that captures the swing-for-the-fences ambition of emo’s mainstream… Read More
Former UB40 trumpet player, percussionist and vocalist Terence ‘Astro’ Wilson has died. He was 64. “We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken to have to tell you that our beloved Astro has today passed away after a very short illness,”… 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. We… Read More
My Bloody Valentine‘s landmark 1991 album Loveless turned 30 on Thursday (11/4) and the band celebrated by sharing stories and artifacts from its making on an especially meaty edition of Tim’s Twitter Listening Party. Series creator and Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess… Read More