The music of Regis is nothing fancy. In the early 1990s, Karl O’Connor—the project’s namesake—helped pioneer the Birmingham Sound, a techno subgenre known for its stripped-down, aggressive minimalism. Together with his partner Female (aka Peter Sutton), O’Connor founded Downwards Records,… Read More
“I was suffering from a classic case of wanderlust,” writes Ivy Mix, owner of heralded Brooklyn bar Leyenda, when recounting her first trip to Guatemala as a callow 19-year-old undergrad. That initial, unquenchable desire to get out of her comfort… Read More
Contemporary culture finds itself caught between two antagonistic poles: a fascination with nostalgia and an obsession with the new. Art, music, and literature are at once inundated with repurposed objects from the 20th century—the endless filmic remakes and call-backs to… Read More
The ladies of Red Velvet are no strangers to a creepy concept. The morbid, near-death experience glee of “Russian Roulette,” anyone? The Strangers/Us-esque eeriness of “Peek-A-Boo”? Simply put: the girls do dork-sided well. Enter Irene and Seulgi, who’ve come together… Read More
Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo has shared a playlist as part of Mute Records's #MUTEMIXTAPE series. He opens thing with "The Carrier" from Brian Eno & David Byrne's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, and it also includes songs… 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, track premieres, and more all day. In… Read More
Charlie Daniels, who bridged country and rock in the '70s and '80s, has died at age 83 after suffering a hemorrhagic stroke. Best known for his massive 1979 hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (and more recently for his… Read More
The great Gainesville punk festival The Fest have been hosting a livestream during these concert-less times, and now they officially announced that the 2020 edition of their IRL festival has been postponed to October 29-31, 2021. Along with the postponement,… Read More
As mentioned, Massachusetts metalcore vets The Acacia Strain are releasing their new album Slow Decay on July 24 via Rise Records (pre-order). It's made up of the five two-song singles that The Acacia Strain rolled out throughout the year, plus… Read More
Late soul legend Bobby Womack's 1984 song "American Dream," which uses part of Martin Luther King Jr's 1961 speech of the same name, feels as relevant now as it did 36 years ago. As this year's Fourth of July comes during… Read More