Black Lips had a 7″ single pulled from being released by Italian label Wild Honey Records after “certain allegations” were “made against a member of the band,” Pitchfork reports. Wild Honey shared a statement to Pitchfork about the single, which… Read More
Brooklyn alt-metal vets Life of Agony are headed out on tour in 2022. They’ve announced “Lost at 2022,” a run of dates in the northeastern US in January and February, which includes stops in NY, NJ, PA, and MA. Rapcore… Read More
Year-end list season is underway, and as always, the first major metal list of the year comes from Decibel. As you’d expect from Decibel, the list has a good mix of legends, up-and-comers, and plenty of the in-between, and it’s… Read More
Robert Hampson reactivated his ’80s/’90s psych rock group Loop in 2013, they’d been dormant for 22 years, to play All Tomorrow’s Parties and he’s kept it going ever since. Loop put out the excellent Array EP in 2015 which was supposed… Read More
Syrian dabke icon Omar Souleyman has been arrested on terrorism charges in Turkey, The Guardian reports. Omar’s son Muhammad told a Syrian news outlet that Omar was apprehended by officers and had his home searched, and an official from the… Read More
Mattiel have announced their third album, Georgia Gothic, which will be out March 18 via ATO. Mattiel Brown and Jonah Swilley say this is their first truly collaborative album that they wrote and produced together. “It was about learning what… Read More
Are we having fun yet? If not, hopefully we will be in the near future, as cult sitcom Party Down is officially back. Deadline reports that Starz, who aired the series’ two seasons in 2009 and 2010, have greenlit a… Read More
Irish band Just Mustard, who we profiled back in 2019, have signed to Partisan Records and will release their new album via the label in 2022. While details haven’t been revealed, the group have just released their first single for… Read More
Dublin group Girl Band have changed their name to Gilla Band, and have apologized for “choosing a misgendered name in the first place and to anyone who has been hurt or affected by it.” They continue: “When we were starting… Read More
For a quarter century, Berlin’s MMM have crafted rave anthems of unusually potent caliber. The duo of Errorsmith and Berghain resident Fiedel, MMM aren’t terribly prolific. Since their debut, in 1996, they’ve released just seven 12″s, all on their eponymous… Read More