From 2004 to 2012, there was a traveling hip hop festival called Rock the Bells that shuttered after the planned 2013 editions were cancelled. The fest was named after the classic song by LL Cool J, who won a lawsuit… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Viagra Boys, Provoker @ Warsaw Low Cut Connie @ Blue Note Jazz Club Luna Luna, Dent May, Pearl & The Oyster @ Knitting Factory Reverend Vince Anderson & The Love Choir @ Union Pool Ilana Glazer @… Read More
After winning all four major categories in 2020 and Record of the Year and Best Song Written for Visual Media last year, Billie Eilish returned to the Grammys in 2022. She did an intense rendition of "Happier Than Ever," the… Read More
C.W. McCall, the country singer known for 1975 #1 hit "Convoy," died on Friday at age 93. According to his son, he had been battling cancer and was in hospice care when he died. Born Billie Dale Fries in 1928,… Read More
This week in the heavy music world we got new albums from Meshuggah, Wolf, Satan, and you can read up on those over at Invisible Oranges. We also recommend the new LPs from Eunoia and Yume, and the new Candescent… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Parquet Courts, L'Rain @ Brooklyn Steel The Menzingers, Oso Oso, Sincere Engineer @ Starland Ballroom Dev Hynes (Selected Classical Works) @ BAM Ted Leo, Tami Hart @ TV Eye black midi, NNAMDI @ White Eagle Hall Fennesz,… Read More
So many artists, 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 post music news, track premieres, and more all day.… Read More
Arlo Parks toured last fall in support of her Mercury Prize-winning debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, and is on the road now with Clairo. She just announced she'll be back this fall for her biggest headline tour yet. It immediately follows the two… Read More
Pre-order Municipal Waste's new album 'Electrified Brian' on white vinyl, limited to 300 copies and exclusive to our stores, here. Richmond crossover thrash staples Municipal Waste are back a new album, Electrified Brain, due out July 1 via Nuclear Blast.… Read More
Back in 2020, Denver hardcore band FAIM put out their great debut full-length Hollow Hope on Safe Inside Records, and now they've given a 12" reissue to their Convulse Records-released 2018 7", as a split release between Safe Inside and… Read More