Lead singer and co-founder of The Growlers, Brooks Nielsen, has issued a new apology following a statement from Starcrawlers' Arrow De Wilde accusing bandmembers of sexual misconduct. "This week has been a wake up call about our behavior at shows,… Read More
The Lemon Twigs will release their new album, Songs for the General Public, on August 21 via 4AD. (It was originally due out in May but got pushed back due to COVID-19.) They've just shared "No One Holds You (Closer… Read More
Vistas are a trio hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland, consisting of vocalist Prentice Robertson, guitarist Dylan Rush, and bassist Jamie Law. It’s always interesting when a band is missing a key instrument or two in their roster lineup. Their debut album,… Read More
Alex Pavesi’s debut novel, The Eighth Detective, posits mathematical rules defining ‘detective fiction’ and serves up a fresh and multi-layered homage to that well-worn genre. Pavesi, who has a Ph.D. in mathematics, creates a protagonist, Grant McAllister, who is also… Read More
10. Battles – La Di Da Di [Warp] It seems like just yesterday Battles released their striking debut Mirrored. In the mid-2000s, Battles spearheaded a new generation of math rock, highly groovy music that tests the bounds of rhythm and meter using… Read More
Back to Paradise: A Tulsa Tribute to Okie Music is out 28 August via Horton Records. The sprawling collection gathers some of the finest music written by Tulsa musicians, ranging from JJ Cale to the Gap Band and Leon Russell.… Read More
“When Help! came out in ’65, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think it’s just a fast rock ‘n’ roll song.” That’s John Lennon in 1980, describing the song and anguished word that open the album of… Read More
I don’t know about where you live, but here in Brooklyn, it’s been hot. Very hot. So here’s some cool new music this week: Fontaines D.C.‘s highly anticipated (and very good) second album; The Psychedelic Furs‘ first album in 29… Read More
Yo La Tengo have announced they'll play two socially distanced shows at MASS MoCA on August 7 & 8. Each show will have the band playing acoustic, outside in MASS MoCA’s Courtyard D concert venue, with the band performing from… Read More
It’s been a minute, an hour – well, much longer really – but the music video for Hikaru Utada‘s “Time” is finally here. It just, you know, took some…time. Following her song’s release back in May, Hikki unveiled the accompanying… Read More