A mural of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis in his native Manchester was painted over for an advertisement for local rapper Aitch's new album Close to Home yesterday. The mural was unveiled in 2020 in Manchester's Northern Quarter by graffiti… Read More
Sludge metal greats Thou have just launched two new vinyl pressings, one for their 2020 covers album A Primer of Holy Words and one for their 2022 soundtrack for the video game NORCO. You can get the former on transwavy… Read More
Todd Rundgren has announced a new album, Space Force, which finds him collaborating with a wide range of musicians, including The Roots, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, The Lemon Twigs, Sparks, Steve Vai, rapper Narcy, Neil Finn, Adrian… Read More
Carla dal Forno has announced Come Around, her third album, which will be out November 4 via her own Kallista Records. She made the album in her current home of Castlemaine, Australia and she's just shared the spare, dreamy and… Read More
Armani Caesar has announced a sequel to 2020's The Liz, The Liz 2, due September 2 via Griselda Records. The first single is "Hunnit Dolla Hiccup," which features her Griselda labelmate Benny the Butcher and fellow Upstate NY rapper Stove… Read More
Ontario screamo trio Gillian Carter recently returned with a few killer new songs, and now they've finally announced their first album in four years, Salvation Through Misery, due October 7 via Skeletal Lightning (pre-order). It doesn't include any of those… Read More
Beth Orton's first album in six years, Weather Alive, arrives in September, and she's shared another song from it. "Friday Night" is a gorgeous, spectral track featuring The Smile drummer Tom Skinner, and The Invisible's Tom Herbert on bass. “‘Friday… Read More
Bourbon, food, and music festival Bourbon & Beyond returns for its 2022 edition at Louisville's Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center on September 15-18. Headlining are Jack White and Alanis Morissette on Thursday, Brandi Carlile and Kings of Leon… Read More
You may have heard that Snoop Dogg, long a food-adjacent rapper and celebrity, has launched his own breakfast cereal brand, Snoop Loopz. It's via his own Broadus Foods brands which Snoop co-founded with Master P (who already has his own… Read More
Dreamwell released one of last year's best screamo/post-hardcore albums with Modern Grotesque, and members have been doing other projects lately too. Aki McCullough dropped an album with Vivid Illusion last fall, contributed to screamo collective Felony For Existing, and appears… Read More