Sentenced 2 Die are a new Minneapolis death metal band who formed last year, played their first show in August (with Xibalba, Wanderer, and While God Sleeps), and released their debut EP No Reason to Live in November. They're fronted… Read More
Amy Taylor is a dynamo. This is not news. Watch one of Amyl & The Sniffers' music videos, or just listen to almost any song, and Taylor's energy and charisma is apparent. While the band's songs would rip regardless, Taylor's… Read More
NYC experimental metal band Imperial Triumphant have announced a new album, Spirit of Ecstasy, due July 22 via Century Media (pre-order). The album features Voivod frontman Snake on lead single "Maximalist Scream," and other guests include sax man Kenny G,… Read More
Montreal band Ought announced their breakup last November, while frontman/guitarist Tim Darcy and bassist Ben Stidworthy simultaneously announced they'd formed a new band, Cola, with U.S. Girls drummer Evan Cartwright. "What started as stripped-down open D songwriting with a CR-78 soon became a full album and new… Read More
Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson's third album as SOAK, If I Never Know You Like This Again, is out today via Rough Trade Records. They wrote it with longtime collaborator Tommy McLaughlin and recorded it with a full band in the… Read More
I'm still making my way through the extremely dense, complex, and complicated Kendrick Lamar album, but there are also a lot of new albums out this week worth talking about, so let's talk about those. I highlight 11 below, and… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Mavis Staples, Amy Helm @ BAM Grouper, Benoît Pioulard @ The Opera House Injury Reserve, Armand Hammer, AKAI SOLO @ Warsaw Slipknot, Cypress Hill, Ho99o9 @ Barclays Center Primus, Battles @ Capitol Theatre Jon Hopkins, Abby Echiverri,… Read More
“Take out all my sorrow, put that on a beat…” Writing about a man? In these trying times? I know… But we support fellow LGBTs in this house, and the multi-talented MIKA is no exception, especially as he’s having a… Read More
So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and… Read More
Ceremony are on tour supporting Turnstile with Citizen and Ekulu now, and they hit NYC together soon, on Monday (5/23) at Brooklyn Steel. Ahead of that, Ceremony have added a last minute, intimate late-night headlining show in Queens. It happens… Read More