Kanye West says he's running for president in this year's election. Specifically he tweeted tonight, "We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the… Read More
Superchunk, The Mountain Goats, Iron & Wine, The dB's, Hiss Golden Messenger, Don Dixon & Marti Jones, Erich Bachmann (Archers of Loaf), and more North Carolina artists have contributed cover songs to a new benefit comp that aims to help much-loved,… Read More
In a series of tweets on Friday night (7/3), Janelle Monae blasted the misogyny she sees from "most men in rap and music." "I really only ever wanna hear women rapping," she writes. "The amount of misogyny from most of… Read More
NOTE: We post the newest livestreams in a new post every day. Make sure you're reading the newest edition of our roundup – check the livestream tag HERE for the latest. LAST UPDATED: 7/4 at 12:01 AM ET HERE ARE… Read More
The Front Bottoms have been teasing a new album for a while, and previously released the songs "Camouflage" and "Everyone Blooms," and now they've finally announced the album along with the release of its third single. The album's called In… Read More
With measures trying to stop the spread of the coronavirus, tours/festivals through spring (and into summer and the fall) are being postponed/cancelled left and right. Many have now been rescheduled, too. Head here for more COVID-19 related news and check… Read More
Sufjan Stevens just announced his first solo album in five years, the follow-up to 2015's Carrie & Lowell, The Ascension, due out September 25. Eagerly perusing the track list, we couldn't help but notice how many of the song titles… Read More
When Vanilla Ice announced he was throwing a show in Austin on Fourth of July weekend that could theoretically attract 2500 people, as the city just had its second consecutive single-day record for COVID-19 cases, a lot of people who… Read More
Sonic Youth's classic 1990 album, Goo – their major label debut that spawned college radio and alt-rock hits "Kool Thing" (which features Chuck D) and "Dirty Boots" — turned 30 last week. To celebrate the album's Pearl Anniversary, the band uploaded newly… Read More
Jeff Rosenstock released his great new album NO DREAM earlier this year on Polyvinyl, and last night (7/1) he did an all-request livestream to benefit various Black Lives Matter, bail and transgender funds. Jeff pulled the requests out of a… Read More