After having had to reschedule due to Covid, Spoon finally got to play NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom on Friday night (5/6), with tourmate Margaret Glaspy. The set was a crowd-pleasing mix of older favorites and songs from their great new album Lucifer… Read More
In another tribute to the the people of Ukraine, Toyah and King Crimson's Robert Fripp have covered The Cranberries' 1994 anti-war protest anthem "Zombie." For this one, there is a poster on their kitchen cupboard that says "Every Child is… Read More
With their new album WE just out, Arcade Fire were musical guests on Saturday Night Live this weekend. The played two songs off the album – "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)," where they were flanked by inflatable tube guys, and "The Lightning… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: MC5, Shilpa Ray @ Warsaw Lingua Ignota @ Le Poisson Rouge Cut Copy, Suzanne Kraft @ Webster Hall Knocked Loose, Movements, Kublai Khan, Koyo @ The Paramount Rina Sawayama, HANA @ Brooklyn Steel Simple Plan, Sum 41… Read More
Sharon Van Etten released her fantastic new album, We've Been Going About This All Wrong on Friday (order on marbled smoke vinyl), and to celebrate, she played a surprise last minute release show at Union Pool. They started giving out… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got new albums from Ufomammut, Cosmic Putrefaction, Haunter, the Malthusiam/Suffering Hour split, and more, all of which you can read about in Upcoming Metal Releases over at Invisible Oranges. I also recommend the new… Read More
This week in hip hop, we got the first Black Star album in 24 years and a new Bad Bunny album, both of which you can read about in Notable Releases. The extremely popular Jack Harlow also dropped his album,… Read More
blink-182 brought pop punk to a more mainstream level than it had ever been with 1999's Enema of the State, they kept the momentum going with their beloved live album The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back)… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Destroyer, Rosali @ Brooklyn Steel Nilüfer Yanya, Tasha, Ada Lea @ Webster Hall Lingua Ignota @ Le Poisson Rouge The Chats, Mean Jeans, THICK @ Warsaw The Slackers, Crazy & The Brains @ White Eagle Hall Hatchie,… Read More
“I’m in love with someone new…still I’m dreaming about you.” Tove Styrke knows that life is HARD. The 29-year-old Swedish singer-songwriter has been going HARD for a while now herself, especially in the past few months, from opening for Marina… Read More