I was a teenager in the 1980s and, growing up in West Virginia, I didn't have a lot of access to music beyond the radio. My very small town didn't have a record store, and my cable company didn't have… Read More
Black Star (aka Yasiin Bey fka Mos Def and Talib Kweli) are set to perform on this weekend's Dave Chappelle-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live, and they've also just announced a last-minute NYC show taking place the following Tuesday (11/15)… Read More
Dallas and Brooklyn-based ska-punks The Holophonics have announced a new album, LAVOS, due December 16 via Bad Time Records, marking their first release for the label (pre-order). "LAVOS is an album about the anxiety, fear, and shame of working through… Read More
It's been six years since Breanna Barbara released her debut album, Mirage Dreams, and since then the psych-garage singer's career has taken some unusual turns. Most surprising: being recruited by Tricky to be his main touring vocalist in 2017 that has kept them collaborating… Read More
Taylor Swift keeps adding dates to her big 2023 arena tour, which has Paramore, Phoebe Bridgers, MUNA, HAIM, girl in red, beabadoobee, GAYLE, Gracie Abrams, and OWENN as openers, varying by date. She's now added 17 more dates, including two… Read More
Rap seems to move more quickly than virtually any other style of popular music; blink and you'll miss a whole slew of promising new artists. We listen to as much as we can, and we're always coming across new favorites,… Read More
We've hit mid-November which means new releases have finally slowed down a little but I've still got six for you this week in Indie Basement: The John Hughes Mixtapes is '80s teen film gold, Love & Rockets launch a vinyl… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Alex G, Hatchie @ Brooklyn Steel Plains (Waxahatchee & Jess Williamson), MJ Lenderman @ Webster Hall Soul Glo, City of Caterpillar @ House of Independents Ceremony, Gel, SRSQ, Chronophage @ The Meadows Oso Oso, M.A.G.S., Anxious @… Read More
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 post music news, track premieres, and… Read More
A lot has been written about the state of the live music industry recently, as artists like Santigold and Animal Collective cancel planned outings that are no long economically feasible. While mid-level and smaller acts have been most effected by… Read More