I recall a creative writing class one autumn evening in 2012, and the tutor offering the advice not to be overly adventurous, instead to tell a familiar and simple story well. It’s a sentiment that at some point feels true… Read More
“All I’m thinking about is you.” Aly & AJ, born Godly & SlayJ, are ready to begin a new chapter. It’s already been a big year for the girls, if by accident (such is the way of the Internet), after… Read More
10. Peel Dream Magazine – Agitprop Alterna [Slumberland] Fully in dream-pop/soft shoegaze mode, the New York-based band Peel Dream Magazine’s second album further expands their sound until it’s big-sky, widescreen-epic big. Their synths are clearly Stereolab-influenced, the noisy guitars beg for My… Read More
Flicker Alley presents a DVD/Blu-ray combo of the Austrian Film Archive’s restoration of H.K. Breslauer’s 1924 silent film The City Without Jews (Die Stadt ohne Juden), a title whose existence and survival are pretty much miraculous. In the imaginary city… Read More
Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney and Portlandia is writing a biopic about rock band Heart that she will also direct. As reported by Rolling Stone, the news came from Heart's Ann Wilson in an interview on SiriusXM. “I can’t tell you all… Read More
Back in 2014, Protomartyr opened for Parquet Courts at Brooklyn's Sugar Hill Supper Club, which was the NYC stop on their tour together — a "mildly historic show" at a definitely unique venue. A recording of Protomartyr's set is now… Read More
Earlier this year, Melbourne's Catholic Guilt released their new EP This Is What Honesty Sounds Like (on Wiretap Records), a casually genre-defying fusion of punk, emo, indie rock, folk, and more that takes on personal issues like loss and social… Read More
Two Minutes to Late Night's quarantine cover series continues with Murder By Death's Adam Turla, The Distillers' Brody Dalle, My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero, Thursday's Tucker Rule (who's also currently in Frank Iero's band), Soul Glo's GG Geurra, and your… Read More
Conway The Machine has released a new video for "Forever Droppin Tears" (ft. Elcamino) off his great new album From King To A GOD, the emotional eight-minute song that pays tribute to two of Conway's friends who passed away, Damani… Read More
Terrell Davis, aka UK drill rapper TM1way and brother of British-American rapper 21 Savage, was reportedly killed in a stabbing in Brixton on Sunday (11/22). A family source told The Daily Mail that Davis "had been taking some shopping to… Read More