To call Lloyd Miller a tireless, relentless musicologist is quite an understatement. Although often labeled a jazz musician, Miller’s artistic pursuits stretch way beyond the jazz genre and usually have much more in common with world music subgenres. Well-known for… Read More
10. Type O Negative – “Black No. 1” (1993) The dearly-departed Peter Steele always had his tongue planted firmly in-cheek, reveling in the inherent ludicrousness of his pitch-black compositions. The verses of the goth-chick tribute “Black No. 1 (Little Miss… Read More
Westside Gunn released his first album for Shady Records (Who Made the Sunshine) in October (following Griselda releasing their crew album WWCD on Shady in 2019), and he just revealed on Joe Budden's podcast that he already parted ways with… Read More
This was an extremely stacked week for new music. I reviewed 13 new albums for Notable Releases (including Pa Salieu, Salaam Remi, Amaarae, theMIND, Seba Kaapstad, Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin, Davido, Liam Bailey, Aesop Rock, and more), and you… Read More
After a very stressful election week, it feels really good to know that, come January, Trump will finally be out of office. Celebrations of Trump's defeat broke out across the country (and world), and as happy as we are, there's… Read More
Tribulation have released the first taste of their anticipated new album Where the Gloom Becomes Sound, which comes out January 29 via Century Media. It's called "Leviathans," and it finds the band's usual blend of black, death, prog, psych, and… Read More
Deftones have released the Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) remix of their classic collaboration with Tool's Maynard James Keenan, "Passenger," from Black Stallion, the upcoming White Pony remix album (due December 11). It follows Purity Ring's remix of "Knife Prty," and… Read More
Chilly Gonzales released his holiday album A very chilly christmas today where he brings his minimal, classy, instrumental magic style to a whole bunch of standards new and old on the album, from "Silent Night" and "O Come All Ye Faithful:… Read More
From as early as his teenage years, it was plain that Warren Zevon was never going to be an ordinary person, or at the very least an ordinary writer. In the oral biography compiled by his first wife Crystal, I’ll… Read More
Donald Trump used a lot of artists' music without their permission during his failed 2020 reelection campaign. One of them was Eddy Grant, whose classic 1982 single "Electric Avenue" was used in an animated Trump campaign video. Trump tweeted the… Read More