Arabrot are always busy, and 2021 is no exception. The band recently released their very good new album Norwegian Gothic (order yours), and member Karin Park has a collaborative album with Lustmord, ALTER, arriving June 25 via Pelagic (pre-order). Meanwhile,… Read More
Death Cab for Cutie will hit the road again in September with a run of dates in the Western US. “It feels so good to write these words: DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE SEPTEMBER 2021 TOUR,” they write. “We’ve missed your… Read More
Virtual concert series There Is Light continues for its third week tonight (5/18) at 8 PM ET on Twitch. We hoped you caught the first two weeks of live performances from LA’s Lodge Room, week one with Perfume Genius, and… Read More
Aespa‘s back, and they’re bringing their battle against the Black M-m-m-mamba to the “Next Level.” The SM Entertainment rookie girl group haven’t been ’round very long – they only debuted back in November of last year – but they’ve certainly… Read More
Darkthrone‘s 1994 LP Transilvanian Hunger is one of the most classic black metal albums of all time. It’s a raw, lo-fi, evil record, but what if it actually sounded gentle and beautiful? As Metal Injection points out, YouTuber mirusbella has… Read More
Manic Street Preachers will release their 14th album, The Ultra Vivid Lament, on September 2 via Columbia/Sony. The Welsh band made the album on home turf at the legendary Rockfield Studios, as well as their own Door to the River… Read More
Matt Berry is a very funny guy. He’s starred in and/or written for such influential series What We Do in the Shadows, Toast of London, The IT Crowd, Snuff Box, and Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, not to mention his appearaces in The Mighty Boosh,… Read More
Worcester, MA garage psych cult heroes The Prefab Messiahs initially just existed from 1981 to 1983, but their material was rediscovered in the internet era and cited as influential on today’s garage psych scene, prompting the band to return for… Read More
Shannon and the Clams will release their sixth album, Year of the Spider, on August 6 via Easy Eye Sound (the label run by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach). They recorded at Easy Eye Sound studios in Nashville, finishing it right… Read More
Last fall, Kississippi (Zoe Reynolds) signed to Triple Crown and released the song “Around Your Room,” and now she has announced her new album, Mood Ring, due August 6 via her new label home (pre-order). The album was made with… Read More