DC post-hardcore greats Jawbox are in NYC this week for three very special shows at Le Poisson Rouge, that each concentrate on a different era of the group. As they wrote announcing the shows, "In the long history of this band, a 3-night… Read More
Jessie Ware has released her first new single since 2020's great What's Your Pleasure?, "Free Yourself," after premiering the song at Glastonbury last month. It's a throwback track, bringing strong disco and house sensibilities to the instrumental and pairing beautifully… Read More
Negative Approach are currently on tour with Circle Jerks and 7Seconds and they played Burlington, VT's Higher Ground on Sunday (7/17). Longtime friend of the band J Mascis was in the neighborhood and joined Negative Approach (as he's done in… Read More
San Francisco death metal/crust punk fusionists Acephalix have announced their first album in five years, Theothanatology, due September 30 via 20 Buck Spin (pre-order), and lead single "Abyssal" is as nasty as it is flat-out fun. If you like ass-kicking… Read More
Heaven's Gate is a new thrashy punk band featuring vocalist Tony Foresta (Municipal Waste, Iron Reagan), guitarist Mike Goo (Warthog), bassist Jeff Howe (Reversal of Man, CombatWoundedVeteran, Horsewhip) and drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz (Cannibal Corpse), and their first single is "Jerusalem… Read More
London electronic experimentalist Loraine James has announced a new album, Building Something Beautiful For Me, which “reinterprets, reimagines, and responds to” the work of minimalist composer Julius Eastman. To that end, Loraine collaborated with the late composer's brother Gerry Eastman… Read More
Irish singer-songwriter Aoife Nessa Frances has an album upcoming from her new label home. Protector is due October 28 via Partisan. With the album announcement comes the release of single and music video "Way To Say Goodbye." The track, an… Read More
Chicago's Riot Fest is nearing, and they've just added more artists to their lineup: Riot Fest regulars Taking Back Sunday, "Gangsta's Paradise" hitmaker Coolio (!), Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, Zola Jesus, Reece Young, Poliça and cumgirl8. They join headliners My Chemical… Read More
Sumerlands have announced Dreamkiller, their second album and first since their 2016 self-titled debut LP. The the retro-metal supergroup was spearheaded by guitarist/producer Arthur Rizk (best known for working with Power Trip, Code Orange, and more) and also features Eternal… Read More
Dean Hurley, the sound designer who worked on David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return, has collaborated with German-Brazilian synth artist Gloria de Oliveira on a new album, Oceans of Time. Admirers of each other's work, they made the album long-distance during… Read More