New legislation aimed at making purchasing concert tickets fairer for consumers passed the New York state senate and assembly late last week. The bill, which is awaiting Governor Kathy Hochul's signature, requires ticket pages for NY events, both primary and… Read More
Rosie Thorne is the alt-pop side project of Mannequin Pussy members Marisa “Missy” Dabice and Max Steen, and they've just released their synthy new single "You're My Future" on Epitaph. It comes with a video, and here's some background on… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Mannequin Pussy, Shawty @ Saint Vitus Bar A Place To Bury Strangers, Glove, Native Sun, GIFT @ Music Hall of Williamsburg The Head and the Heart, Jade Bird @ The Rooftop at Pier 17 Ringo Starr and… Read More
Atlanta rapper Trouble has reportedly died at age 34. HotNewHipHop reports: The Atlanta rap community is in mourning once again. Early on the morning of Sunday, June 5th it was reported that Trouble – best known for hits like "Ain't… Read More
Every single one of us has the devil inside, according to INXS, and this week on their Sunday Lunch covers series Toyah and King Crimson's Robert Fripp let it out. They're clearly having fun with the Australian band's 1988 hit,… Read More
2012 was a hell of a year for loud rock records, like Cloud Nothings' Attack on Memory and The Menzingers' On the Impossible Past, and one of the most monumental of all was Japandroids' Celebration Rock, which was released in… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Coldplay, H.E.R. @ MetLife Stadium Mannequin Pussy, Shawty @ Saint Vitus Bar Rufus Wainwright w/ Justin Vivian Bond, Laura Benanti, Lorna Luft, Molly Ringwald, Sharon D Clarke @ City Winery Katy Kirby, June McDoom @ Union Pool… Read More
A good Britney cover is hard to come by. Perhaps it’s the gatekeeping, weathered, overly protective stan that still resides deep in my heart (REFERENCE) who can’t hear anything else other than the original version, but the covers are usually… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got a new album from GWAR, who you can read an interview with over at Invisible Oranges (and get our exclusive white vinyl variant of the album), plus Temple of Void, Origin, Druids, Artificial… Read More
This week in rap and R&B, we got new not-actually-very-rap albums from Post Malone and 070 Shake, both of which you can read about in Notable Releases, along with projects from Vory, MC Ren, Lil Tracy, Lil Kee, YN Jay,… Read More