So many artists, so many songs, 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…
The Taylor Swift presale has been a Ticketmaster-breaking fiasco, and the public on sale period, scheduled to begin on Friday (11/18) at 10 AM local, has now been cancelled. "Due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining…
Acid Klaus is the new collaborative solo project from Sheffield electronic artist Adrian Flanagan, who you may know from The Moonlandingz, International Teachers of Pop or Eccentronic Research Council. (He was also briefly in The Fall.) His debut album, Step On My Travelator: The Imagined Career…
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. CASS MCCOMBS Cass McCombs has announced rescheduled dates for his North American tour which got postponed in August. They now kick off January 13 in Amherst, MA and…
Sidney Gish has announced an end-of-year show at Bowery Ballroom on December 30, with support from Feeble Little Horse and Precious Human. In a post on Instagram, she wrote, "After five long years, our canine allowance policy is due for…
Ohio art punk legends Brainiac have unearthed nine songs that were recorded after 1997's Electro-Shock for President EP that were "never slated for release," but are now coming out as The Predator Nominate EP on January 20 via Touch &…
Josh Berwanger of influential emo vets The Anniversary always seems to have more and more new projects in the works, and now he's leading a new band called Gemini Parks. They have an album due in 2023, and since August,…
LCD Soundsystem are about to begin their 20-show Brooklyn Steel run, which starts this Friday (11/18), and as a warm-up they stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night to play their new single "New Body Rhumba." The…
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. THE OLD 97'S / CAITLIN ROSE The Old 97's will be celebrating their 30th anniversary in 2023 and have announced West Coast tour dates with Caitlin Rose, happening…
Hudson Valley hardcore heroes Mindforce, makers of one of the best releases of 2022, are finally playing an NYC show. It happens on Saturday, January 28 at Saint Vitus, with support from Age of Apocalypse, Exhibition, Seed of Pain, and…
Helen Ballentine released her debut LP as Skullcrusher, Quiet The Room, last month, and she played her first-ever NYC show supporting it on Sunday night at Elsewhere. Playing in front of a projection of a moon rising over a forest,…
After a Covid postponement earlier this fall, Regina Spektor has announced that her tour has been rescheduled for March 2023. In addition to the existing dates, Regina has added shows in San Diego and Port Chester, NY. See all dates…
Over a decade after she had a viral hit with "Friday," Rebecca Black has announced her debut album, Let Her Burn, due out in early 2023. She's also shared the first single, "Crumbs," a hypnotic electropop track. Watch the accompanying…
Mercyful Fate kicked off their first U.S. tour in 20 years at the end of October. It's a trek that was years in the making due to pandemic-related delays, and timed after what was, at the time, the band's exclusive…
Here's a roundup of recent tour news. Check the Tour Dates category for more. COUNTRY WESTERNS Nashville band Country Westerns released a new single this week, the first taste of an album they made with Matt Sweeney (listen below), and they're also…
Nas just released his new album King's Disease III via Mass Appeal, the third installment in his King's Disease series. It was produced by Hit-Boy and you can stream it, and see the cover art and tracklist, below. Nas also…
I was a teenager in the 1980s and, growing up in West Virginia, I didn't have a lot of access to music beyond the radio. My very small town didn't have a record store, and my cable company didn't have…
So many artists, so many songs, 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…
So many artists, so many songs, 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…
Canadian greats The Sadies are soldiering on after the death of Dallas Good last year and are currently on tour in Europe. They've also got a few holiday shows on the books including a visit to Brooklyn at Union Pool…
Country punk vets Lucero embraced their rowdy side on Should’ve Learned By Now's lead single "One Last F.U." (one of the best punk songs of October), and second single "Buy A Little Time" finds them embracing fuzzed-out, anthemic heartland rock,…
