Can you believe it’s already September? I’m still referring to 2019 as “last year” and now we’re on the home stretch to 2022. COVID times are weird. In the U.S., it’s Labor Day Weekend, which means Made In America, BottleRock,… Read More
ABBA. The term “iconic” is beaten to death, thanks to the Internet and Stan Twitter, and maybe also sometimes me. But in this case, it’s only appropriate. The legitimately legendary Swedish troupe and Eurovision winners-turned-global icons – responsible for every… Read More
Charli XCX has released her first proper single of 2021, “Good Ones,” which finds Charli delivering airy hooks over a bouncy synth line that sounds more than a little like the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams.” Listen and watch the video below.… Read More
Chicago’s Riot Fest has been undergoing last-minute lineup changes due to artists dropping off due to COVID concerns, and here are some new additions. Patti Smith, Alkaline Trio, Joyce Manor (performing their S/T debut), WDRL, and Kristeen Young were added… Read More
Back in March, Beak> — the trio of Geoff Barrow (Portishead), Billy Fuller (Robert Plant’s Sensational Space Shifters) and Will Young (Moon Gangs) — released a video for a new track, “Oh Know,” which at the time their label Invada… Read More
Moritz von Oswald has never cared much for the spotlight. In the early 1990s, his duo Basic Channel, with Mark Ernestus—and their whack-a-mole-like series of aliases Maurizio, Quadrant, Cyrus, and Round One through Round Five—were notorious for their tight-lipped nature.… Read More
“Everything on the record is me, for better or worse,” says Lindsey Buckingham of his new self-titled album that will be out in just a couple weeks (pre-order it on vinyl). He’s just shared a new track from it, the… Read More
The Pop Group will release Y in Dub — the new dub version of their debut album they’ve created with master of the form Dennis Bovell — in October and they’ve now made a video for the first single “Words Disobey Me.”… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Yo La Tengo, Mountain Movers, DJ Amanda Nazario @ SummerStage at Central Park UPDATE: Postponed until 10/1 Alanis Morissette, Garbage, Cat Power @ PNC Bank Arts Center Azealia Banks, IZE @ Webster Hall Soulfly, Niviane @ Gramercy… Read More
DC hardcore legends Scream have announced that the original lineup of the band — brothers Pete and Franz Stahl, bassist Skeeter Thompson and drummer Kent Stacks — are getting back together to record a new album titled DC Special. Making… Read More