Caroline Polachek's first solo project under her own name, Pang, was released a little over a year ago, and now the former Chairlift frontwoman has announced a new collection of remixes. It includes collaborations with Toro y Moi, Deftones' Chino… Read More
UK band bdrmm released their excellent debut album, Bedroom (which is also how you pronounce their name), back in July. The band are ace students of classic shoegaze, from from Disintegration to Nowhere to Siamese Dream, and have made those… Read More
Sometimes, a book aims such a blow to the guts I have to put it down and come back to it after a few deep breaths. Kiss Myself Goodbye:The Many Lives of Aunt Munca (Bloomsbury) is Ferdinand Mount’s account of… Read More
“The idea was to create electronic music with the ethos and trappings of what Gram Parsons called ‘Cosmic American music.’” That’s how experimental musician Jordan Reyes describes the inspiration behind his latest album, Sand Like Stardust, released 20 November on… Read More
Yo La Tengo's annual Hanukkah shows, which began at Maxwell's and for the last few years have been at Bowery Ballroom, are an NYC holiday tradition. With the pandemic those aren't happening, obviously, but Ira, Georgia and James have just… Read More
Frank Zappa was many things: a counter-cultural icon of the 1960s, a shredding guitar virtuoso, a creator of bracingly cynical and satirical rock music, a composer of orchestral music, and a political pundit and activist. Alex Winter’s new documentary, titled… Read More
Year-end list season continues today with Pitchfork's 100 Best Songs of 2020. The diverse list includes tracks by The Killers, DaBaby, Lomelda, Yaeji, Cakes Da Killa, Rico Nasty, Moor Mother/billy woods, SZA, Drakeo The Ruler, Fleet Foxes, Saweetie, Standing on… Read More
Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie and ambient composer Harold Budd have been making albums together since the mid-'80s, including tranquil classics like The Moon And The Melodies and the Mysterious Skin soundtrack. It's been a while since they've worked together, though,… Read More
Wolfgang Van Halen has criticized Julian's Auction House, saying they exploited his father Eddie Van Halen's death with its Icons & Idols Trilogy: Rock 'n' Roll auction this week where three Van Halen guitars sold for $422,000. He also brought into questions… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got the new album from orchestral blackened screamo band Respire that I can't recommend enough (and that I wrote about in Notable Releases), and we also got new albums from Undergang, Gama Bomb, Depravity,… Read More