One of the standouts on Arab Strap‘s great As Days Get Dark (their first album in 15 years) is “Fable of the Urban Fox,” a song that shines a light on the racist treatment of immigrants against a backing that somehow… Read More
Milwaukee’s huge SummerFest is getting its first comedian headliner this year. Dave Chappelle headlines the festival’s second weekend, on Saturday, September 11. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 11 at 12 PM CDT, with various presales starting Thursday, June 10… Read More
Japanese Breakfast has added more shows to her fall North American tour, including shows in Houston, Tucson, Tempe, Sacramento, Sonoma, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz and Pomona. She’s also added a third show at NYC’s Brooklyn Steel on October 14. (The… Read More
Metalcore/deathcore/etc greats The Acacia Strain will hit the road for a tour that includes two-night stands in each city. They’ll play their unique, atmospheric 2019 album It Comes In Waves in full plus select songs from 2020’s Slow Decay on… Read More
We’ve been anticipating a follow-up to Lorde‘s great 2017 sophomore album Melodrama, and it looks like it may be on its way very soon. Lorde updated her official site with the text “ARRIVING IN 2021 … PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE,”… Read More
NY Governor Cuomo gave Broadway the go-ahead to open in September, but shows will actually return to the Great White Way before that. Bruce Springsteen is coming back to Broadway for a limited summer run of his acclaimed 2018 one-man,… Read More
Neil Young is busy as ever, and gave fans an update of what’s in the hopper via his Archives website. Chief among them is a new album with Crazy Horse, with whom he last worked with on 2019’s Colorado. “I… Read More
Happy June, everybody. This week: Greentea Peng channels all sorts of things I love on her debut album; Crowded House, which now includes three members of the Finn family, are back with their first album in 11 years; IDLES, Gary… Read More
oddCouple is the moniker of Chicago producer Zach Henderson, who’s worked with Jamila Woods, Chance The Rapper, Saba, Joey Purp, and more, and today he releases his new album Reflections, which features Jamila Woods, theMIND, Kweku Collins, Fatherdude, Elijah Blake,… Read More
Pa Salieu and slowthai are two of the best and most unique rappers in the UK right now, so it’s exciting news that they’ve just teamed up for a collaborative song. It’s called “Glidin’” and it’s a very cool fusion… Read More