Author: Gina Alexander

So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We… Read More

Glasgow's The Orchids have been making heartfelt, jangly indiepop for more than three decades, releasing records most famously on the legendary indie label Sarah Records. It's been a while since they've released an album — eight years, specifically — but their seventh… Read More

LCD Soundsystem are doing mini-residencies in cities around the world this year, having already stopped in Philadelphia and Boston, with London shows in July. They've now announced late summer shows in the Bay Area: Oakland's Fox Theater on August 16-19… Read More

Blondshell is the new moniker of NYC-born, LA-based artist Sabrina Teitelbaum, who used to make alt-pop as BAUM. She's shared her first single with the name, the painful, potent "Olympus," which she told Nylon is "about the experience of falling… Read More

TONIGHT IN NYC: Governors Ball w/ Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Jack Harlow, Skepta, JPEGMAFIA, beabadoobee, Coi Leray, Channel Tres, Samia, more @ Citi Field The Kills, Bodega @ Brooklyn Steel Bayside, Thrice, Anxious @ Starland Ballroom Soccer Mommy @ Bowery… Read More

The current DIY ska scene has been gradually building for years, but it really picked up steam during the global lockdown of 2020. It was unfortunate timing for a genre that's so reliant on the thrill of the live show,… Read More

The Walkmen's terrific fourth album, 2008's You & Me, is getting a deluxe reissue this week via Marcata Records. Retitled You & Me (Sun Studio Edition), it's a double LP set with the original album spread across three sides of vinyl, with the… Read More

Arcade Fire head out on tour supporting their new album WE this summer and fall, with North American dates beginning in late October. They had already added additional nights in Boston, San Francisco, and Washington DC, and now they've expanded… Read More

New Orleans rock-friendly rap duo $uicideboy$ have announced a new album, Sing Me A Lullaby My Sweet Temptation, due July 29 via G*59 RECORDS. It features recent single "THE_EVIL_THAT_MEN_DO" (lyric video below) and new single "Escape from BABYLON" will debut… Read More

Nova Scotia-born, Toronto-based artist Rachel Bobbitt is releasing a new EP, The Ceiling Could Collapse, on July 15 via Fantasy Records. She co-produced it with Justice Der, and it was mixed by Jorge Elbrecht – see the cover art and… Read More