The Darling Fire, the current band fronted by Jolie Lindholm (The Rocking Horse Winner, Dashboard Confessional) alongside members of Further Seems Forever, Shai Hulud, As Friends Rust, and more, will follow their 2019 debut album Dark Celebration with their sophomore… Read More
Pavement's first show in 10 years was supposed to be at Primavera Sound in 2020. Two years later, Primavera Sound was Pavement's second performance in 12 years, following a warm-up in L.A. But unlike that intimate show, Pavement played to… Read More
Castrator is an "international project" based in New York City that formed in 2013, released their debut EP No Victim in 2015, and are now putting out their first full-length, Defiled in Oblivion, on July 22 via Dark Descent Records.… Read More
Poliça's new album Madness is out today, and it's a little different for the Minneapolis group. For it, Channy Leaneagh, producer Ryan Olson, bassist Chris Bierden and drummers Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson incorporated into their sonic arsenal an "anthropomorphic… Read More
As you may know, Justin Pearson (The Locust, Deaf Club, Dead Cross, Swing Kids, etc) has been doing a podcast called Cult and Culture, and their latest episode has two very exciting guests: Napalm Death members Barney Greenway and Shane… Read More
After two years off, Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival is back and underway now, but the effects of Covid are still being felt as a few acts on the lineup have fallen off due to bands testing positive. Most notably, The… Read More
A bunch of artists contributed covers of classic '60s and '70s songs to the Jack Antonoff-produced soundtrack to new animated movie Minions: The Rise of Gru, and ahead of its release on July 1, here's a teaser. Antonoff produced St.… Read More
Houston-born country singer Sunny Sweeney will follow 2017's Trophy with her first album in five years, Married Alone, on September 15 via Aunt Daddy/Thirty Tigers (pre-order). The album was produced by Paul Cauthen (who's fresh off releasing his own new… Read More
Little Rock, Arkansas' Terminal Nation and Tokyo's Kruelty are both bands who fuse hardcore and death metal in fresh, exciting ways, so it's very cool that they've just released a split EP together, The Ruination Of Imperialism, on 20 Buck… Read More
Justice Tripp, frontman of Angel Du$t and Trapped Under Ice, has just surprise-released his self-titled debut solo album as Cold Mega. It's out digitally via Muck Tracks, and cassettes are available via Pop Wig (purchase). The eight song album was… Read More