UK grind supergroup Lock Up have welcomed vocalist Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates, Disfear) back into their lineup, and he'll now split vocal duties with Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth, Venomous Concept), who replaced him in 2014. Lock Up also now… Read More
Tool's Maynard James Keenan got COVID in February of 2020, a particularly bad case of it too, saying "I survived it, but it wasn't pretty." He's now revealed in an interview with STROMBO on Apple Music Hits that he contracted… Read More
Written by Queen Bey before she was crowned, ‘Survivor’ was the smash hit single that fully crystallised Destiny’s Child’s place in R&B history. Beyonce, ever ahead of the curve, spoke her destiny into existence long before influencers were preaching the… Read More
In 1979, King Hu made two epics at once and in the same locations in South Korea. One was the three-hour Legend of the Mountain (Shan-chung ch’uan-ch’i), which PopMatters reviewed here in its Kino Lorber release. Film Movement now graces… Read More
In this significant collection of essays and illustrations, curator Milena Høgsberg marvels at the reception to Hilma af Klint’s work at the 2020 exhibition at Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden. The question of af Klint’s growing popularity is at the heart… Read More
If you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep, then Georgian producer Gacha Bakradze is conflicted indeed. Since debuting in 2012 on Apollo Records, the ambient subdivision of electronic giant R&S, he has recorded for… Read More
It’s been 15 years since J Dilla released Donuts, an album whose deft manipulation of sampling makes it perhaps the most influential instrumental hip-hop record ever produced. It had broad appeal beyond underground hip-hop circles. It’s a record that has… Read More
Austin's Drip-Fed make hardcore punk that's heavy and furious but still approachable and melodic, as you can hear on their rippin' new single "Move Right Through Me." It's off their upcoming album Kill The Buzz, which is their first with… Read More
NY-based multi-instrumentalist Quinn McGovern, aka Sister James, has spent much of his coronavirus lockdown working on new music. He'll be sharing some of it as a new EP, I Hate It Here Pt. 1, due out April 16th via KRO… Read More
Marilyn Manson has been dropped by his agency, CAA, after being accused of abuse by Evan Rachel Wood and several other women. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the news, which comes after Manson was dropped by his record label, Loma Vista.… Read More