Brooklyn band Pom Pom Squad recently signed to City Slang and released a new single, “Lux.” Now they’ve announced their debut LP, Death of a Cheerleader, due out June 25. It was produced by bandleader Mia Berrin and Sarah Tudzin… Read More
Industry City has announced a new outdoor daytime concert series that will run this spring and through the summer at their courtyard Band Shell. Sponsored by Hometown Bar-B-Que, the series happens on Saturday and Sundays from 3-6 PM and will… Read More
Jim Steinman, the hit songwriter and producer of Meat Loaf‘s Bat Out of Hell albums, died today in Connecticut. No cause of death has been given but the medical examiner says it was sudden. He was 73. The Jim Steinman… Read More
Ahead of the release of their new record Blue Weekend, due out June 11 via Dirty Hit/RCA (pre-order on limited transparent green vinyl), they’ve shared another new single, an empowering anthem called “Smile.” With this new track, the four-piece remind… Read More
Jeff Rosenstock has just surprise released SKA DREAM, a rerecorded ska version of last year’s great NO DREAM. “As with most things ska in my life, what started out as a fun goof with friends eventually morphed into ‘Hey, what… Read More
The National’s Bryce Dessner is always staying busy. He recently worked on new albums by Taylor Swift, Sufjan Stevens, and more, and he also just put out his own modern classical album, Impermanence/Disintegration, on 37d03d, the label he runs with… Read More
Heart’s Nancy Wilson has released an instrumental acoustic song called “4 Edward,” and it’s a tribute to the late Eddie Van Halen. “When Heart toured with Van Halen I asked Eddie why he never played acoustic guitar, his response ‘I… Read More
— Stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but I have been known to say that there’s either a Smiths or a Simpsons quote for almost any situation. Those worlds collide this Sunday (4/18) when Benedict Cumberbatch will play… Read More
Foxing have been teasing their highly anticipated fourth album for a while, and after recently releasing the stunning, seven-minute song “Speak With The Dead,” they’ve now released a second new song, “Go Down Together.” The previous single was a sprawling,… Read More
Sharon Van Etten‘s epic Ten — featuring covers of every song on the album — comes out this Friday (4/16) via Ba Da Bing, and Sharon’s been gradually rolling out the covers leading up to the release. Here’s the final… Read More