Sad news: Cathal Coughlan, who led Microdisney in the '80s and Fatima Mansions in the '90s, has died. The Guardian reports that his family confirmed his death, saying he "slipped away peacefully in hospital after a long illness." He was 61.… Read More
Britpop greats Suede are back with a new album, Autofiction, which will be out September 16 via BMG. Their fourth full-length since reforming in 2010, the album finds Brett Anderson, Mat Osman, Simon Gilbert, Richard Oakes and Neil Codling working once… Read More
SACK are a "mysterious" punk band from Denver, but they've got some famous rotating members, and for their upcoming album Ripper!, lead vocals are handled by Kody Templeman of The Lillingtons and Teenage Bottlerocket (who goes by Bruzzy in this… Read More
Bonnaroo returns for its first edition since 2019 on June 16-19 in Manchester, TN, and they've revealed this year's set times. Things kick off on Thursday with The Weather Station, Nothing, Indigo De Souza, Sons of Kemet, Garcia Peoples, and… Read More
Maryland rapper IDK is fresh off releasing his new Kaytranada-produced EP Simple (ft. Denzel Curry and Mike Dimes), and now he has announced a lengthy headlining tour. He says he'll he performing material from Simple, as well as 2021's USEE4YOURSELF,… Read More
New York’s State Senate have approved the bill that would limit the use of song lyrics as evidence in criminal trials, Pitchfork reports. The article states that Senate Bill S7527 — often referred to as the "Rap Music On Trial"… Read More
Taylor Vick of Boy Scouts and Ezra Furman collaborators Sam Durkes and Trevor Brooks released their first single as Art Moore last month, and they've now announced their debut self-titled album, due out August 5 via ANTI- Records. See the… Read More
Sincere Engineer leader Deanna Below and Covey vocalist Tom Freeman have announced a solo co-headlining tour. It runs through July and August in North American, with stops in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Washington DC, Philadelphia, NYC, Boston, Toronto, Detroit,… Read More
Last year. Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo released In Virus Times, a 22-minute acoustic piece that he recorded during the pandemic. A portion of that piece now serves as the soundtrack to an experimental film directed by Philipp Virus (Philipp Reichenheim) who… Read More
NYC's Trophy Hunt are gearing up to release their new album The Branches On Either Side this Thursday (5/19) via Zegema Beach Records and Middle-Man Records, and we're premiering third single "Gate" ahead of its release. It starts out as… Read More