Rapper/singer/producer HAWA has announced her debut album, HADJA BANGOURA, is coming on November 4 via 4AD (pre-order). HADJA BANGOURA is named after HAWA's great-grandmother, who passed last year. HAWA wrote most of the album in Conakry, the capital of Guinea,… Read More
Metallica have announced their third annual benefit concert and auction for their non-profit All Within My Hands foundation, which supports workforce education and the fight against hunger. This year's edition happens at Los Angeles' Microsoft Theater on December 16, and… Read More
System of a Down's Serj Tankian has announced a new solo EP titled Perplex Cities, due out on October 21 via Serjical Strike (pre-save). The five-track EP is a followup to last year's Elasticity EP, but Perplex Cities sees Serj… Read More
Spoon will headline the 2022 edition of WFUV's annual Holiday Cheer fundraiser at NYC's Beacon Theatre on December 6. The show also features sets from Lucius and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 23 at 9 AM, with a WFUV… Read More
Metalcore vets Morning Again continue to gear up for their new EP Borrowed Time (due in November via Revelation Records), and it includes recent single "Serpiente" as well as the new "Resignation." This new single is especially significant, as it… Read More
Punitive Damage, the Vancouver hardcore group led by Regional Justice Center bassist Steph Jerkova, are following up last year's Strike Back 7" with This Is The Blackout, their debut album, which will be out October 14 via Atomic Action Records.… Read More
The Tallest Man on Earth, aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson, signed to ANTI- earlier this year, and now he's announced his first album for them. Too Late for Edelweiss, an album of covers, is due out this Friday, September 23… Read More
Irish folk multi-instrumentalist Anna Mieke is releasing her sophomore album Theatre on November 18 via Nettwerk (pre-order), and we're now premiering third single "Mannequin." The new song beautifully employs the richly layered sonic texture Anna cultivated in Theatre, with scratchy… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Rosalía @ Radio City Music Hall Rise Up NYC w/ Wyclef Jean, Shaggy, Dougie Fresh, C&C Music Factory, Shannon, Crystal Waters, Rob Base, Judy Torres @ Broadway (47th-50th Streets) William Basinski, Faten Kanaan @ Le Poisson Rouge… Read More
Riot Fest 2022 day two (Saturday, 9/17) is a wrap. The day, which felt noticeably less overcrowded than day one, was headlined by the Misfits, who played Walk Among Us in full. You can read our review of that here… Read More