While it’s easy to get caught up in debates about aesthetic purity when it comes to punk music, it’s important to remember that, in the ’70s, embracing the punk lifestyle often came with a very real threat to life and… Read More
Helado Negro, aka Roberto Carlos Lange, has signed with 4AD. In celebration he's shared this cover of Neil Young's "Lotta Love," featuring vocals from Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak/Flock of Dimes), as well as backing vocals by Devendra Banhart and Adron,… Read More
Just what was the secret sauce that made the string of ABBA albums, from Arrival (1976) through to The Visitors (1981), so uniquely satisfying? Even the less consistent earlier albums, particularly 1975’s Abba, bore signs of brilliance. I can only… Read More
The #iVoted virtual festival, aimed to encourage voter turnout, is slated to take place on Election Day, November 3, with a whopping 600+ participating performers. Running from 12 PM EST through 2 AM EST, performances will take place on multiple "stages" (including… Read More
In 2013 and 2015, drummer/composer/arranger John Hollenbeck released Songs I Like a Lot and Songs We Like a Lot, collaborations with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band and singers Kate McGarry and Theo Bleckmann. He mainly reworked relatively popular songs from… 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,… Read More
The Distillers have been hard at work on their first album since 2003's classic Coral Fang, and they're giving their self-titled debut LP a 20th anniversary reissue this Friday (10/30) via Epitaph, and now they also announced a five-song acoustic… Read More
Face masks have become popular merch items in these past seven plus months of the coronavirus pandemic, including DEVO's ingenious energy dome face shields. Nine Inch Nails, who already summed up the year pretty perfectly with a line of pandemic… Read More
Red Death have become one of the best and most loved modern crossover thrash bands since forming in 2013, and it's been less than a year since they released Sickness Divine — their first album for Century Media and most… Read More
The 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards were last night (10/27), and among the performers was Burna Boy, who used his performance to show support for the #EndSARS movement in Nigeria and to give a powerful tribute to the innocent lives… Read More