What a week. It's Halloween (not that anything could be scarier than what's actually going on in the world), and there's also way too much good music out this week to keep track of. In the hip hop world, we… Read More
Goth means a lot of things these days, and can encompass everything from emo to EDM to straight-up pop to just someone who only wears black. But "classic goth," as a genre, mostly refers to the dark strain of post-punk from the first half of… Read More
John Darnielle is a man of many interests. As the creative force behind indie mainstay the Mountain Goats, Darnielle has used his music to explore a ridiculously wide range of topics: Dungeons and Dragons (In League with Dragons), rural America… Read More
UPDATE (10/30): Album officially announced, Purity Ring remix released. — Original post… Deftones have released another new trailer for their White Pony remix album Black Stallion, and this one's much more detailed. It reveals more of the contributing remixers —… Read More
Beloved Ghouls is a supergroup that (allegedly) comes together every Halloween, featuring Sepultura's Derrick Green on vocals, former Slayer (and current Misfits, Mr. Bungle, Suicidal Tendencies, etc) drummer Dave Lombardo, and recent Slayer and longtime Exodus guitarist Gary Holt. Their… Read More
Hamburg-via-Baltimore art pop artist Sophia Kennedy has released her first new single since her great 2017 self-titled debut album. That album came out on DJ Koze's Pampa label (and Sophia also appeared on Koze's 2018 album Knock Knock), but new… Read More
Matt Sharp, frontman, songwriter, and only permanent member of the Rentals, doesn’t release music very often. Q36 is the band’s fourth album over 25 years of existence, and first since 2014’s Lost in Alphaville. It bears some of the hallmarks… Read More
Of all the versions of “I Can See Clearly Now” that have been circulating since Johnny Nash died on 6 October, my favorite is the one from 1973, when Nash performed the song on the late-night variety show The Midnight… Read More
“The baby, assailed by eyes, ears, nose, skin, and entrails at once, feels it all as one great blooming, buzzing confusion.” —William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890) Philosopher and psychologist William James (1842-1910) was interested in the epistemological question… Read More
UK band TV Priest have signed with Sub Pop who will release the group's upcoming debut album, Uppers, on February 5 (pre-order). The album had originally been slated for a November 13 release. With the news the band have shared… Read More