IDLES have released a music video for "Stockholm Syndrome" off their latest album, last year's Crawler (order on vinyl). The surreal and macabre video was directed by Charlotte Gosch and IDLES guitarist Lee Kiernan, who explain: The initial idea of… Read More
John Hughes' '80s films, in addition to showing a side of teenage life most other comedies didn't approach, were also a lot of people's first exposure to bands like New Order, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, Simple Minds, Oingo… Read More
In addition to playing bass in Cult Leader (who have a split with END due in September), Sam Richards leads the band RILE, who have been putting out new music this year too. They recently dropped the single "Dead End,"… Read More
UK punk and ska-punk band The Bar Stool Preachers have signed to Pure Noise, and their first single for the label is "Call Me On The Way Home." This one's a big, rousing punk anthem and it comes with a… Read More
Zambian psych band W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend to Cause Havoc) will be bringing their Zamrock sound to East Coast and Midwest tour dates ahead of their appearance at Austin's Levitation festival. They'll be out with PAINT (Allah Las' Pedrum Siadatian), and stops include Chicago, Detroit, Montreal, Toronto, Brooklyn,… Read More
Azealia Banks has announced a big hometown one-off happening at NYC's Central Park SummerStage on September 8. Tickets go on sale this Thursday (8/4) at 10 AM with member presale starting Wednesday (8/3). The show marks her first appearance at… Read More
Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine brought their "Outside Problems" co-headlining tour to NYC on Friday (7/29) at The Rooftop at Pier 17. The setup for this tour has Sam Beam opening with a solo Iron & Wine set, followed by a set with Andrew Bird… Read More
David Byrne has released the August edition of his monthly playlist series, titled "Tomorrow's Hits Today." He wanted to highlight more up-and-coming and currently popular artists with this list, bucking reports that older music is more popular today. He writes:… Read More
Having both played Newport Jazz fest the day before, UK group Sons of Kemet and Makaya McCraven hit NYC on Sunday night (7/31) for a free SummerStage in Central Park show with L'Rain and Danielle Ponder. Photos from the whole… Read More
Northeast dance-punk/post-hardcore band Perennial released their new album In The Midnight Hour earlier this year (read the band's track-by-track breakdown for more), and they've now got a new video for "Soliloquy For Neil Perry." It embraces a similar aesthetic to… Read More