Like Kendrick's last three albums, there's a lot to unpack on this new album and repeated listens are necessary to do so. This is a first-listen review. Kendrick Lamar is just built different. After five long years without a new… Read More
Like Kendrick's last three albums, there's a lot to unpack on this new album and repeated listens are necessary to do so. This is a first-listen review. Kendrick Lamar is just built different. After five long years without a new… Read More
“When you’re lost, I’ll be there…” What is this feeling coming over me? This sense of joy? This ecstasy? Elation? No. It’s…euphoria. One decade after rightfully claiming the crown for Sweden as the winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with… Read More
Having just played Saturday Night Live last weekend, Arcade Fire returned to 30 Rock on Thursday to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They performed WE's "Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)" and made it a very clubby… Read More
Jazz drummer and composer Antonio Sánchez has a new album on the way. SHIFT (Bad Hombre Vol. II) is due out on August 26 via Arts Music, and it includes a wide cast of artists joining him, including regular collaborator… Read More
Kendrick Lamar's first album in five years, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, is finally here. He prefaced it earlier this week with "The Heart Part 5," the latest installment of his non-album track series "The Heart," and both the… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Limp Bizkit, $not, WARGASM, Scowl @ Madison Square Garden Built to Spill, Wetface, Blood Lemon @ White Eagle Hall Freddie Gibbs, MIKE, Redveil @ Irving Plaza Rina Sawayama, HANA @ Terminal 5 Weird Al Yankovic, Emo Philips… Read More
My Chemical Romance are gearing up for their long-awaited lengthy reunion tour, and now they've released their first new song in eight years, "The Foundations of Decay." It's the first new music from the band since they included "Fake Your… 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
Courtney Barnett has announced a new NY show this summer, a benefit for the Tommy Brull Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit that helps people with special needs. Part of their Shine a Light Music Series in Long Island, it happens at… Read More