Fontaines D.C.'s third album Skinty Fia opens with an elegy. Against mournful choral harmonies, frontman Grian Chatten chants "gone is the day, gone is the night," with only a single note bassline as backing. The drums eventually kick in with an almost… Read More
Cynthia Albritton, the artist and onetime "super groupie" more famously known as Cynthia Plaster Caster, who was famous for making plaster casts of rock musicians' penises and breasts, has died after a long illness, reports Variety. She was 74. Among the… Read More
Weekend two of Coachella 2022 is almost here, and the festival has just announced the updated set times for this weekend's edition, which runs Friday, April 22-Sunday, April 24. One major change is that Run the Jewels have been moved… Read More
The television landscape is about to get a little indie sleaze-ier. Nicholas Braun, who you know and love as Cousin Greg on HBO's Succession, is developing a series for the network revolving around the "Meet Me in the Bathroom" era… 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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has cancelled Thursday night's (4/21) episode after Stephen Colbert tested positive for Covid. Ozark's Jason Bateman and Laura Linney and Veep's Matt Walsh were scheduled to appear; a repeat featuring Josh Brolin and The… Read More
UK band King Hannah made their North American debut in Brooklyn last month ahead of their appearances at SXSW. They'll be back in May for their first proper tour, which does not include an NYC show. However, they've just announced… Read More
Warpaint are releasing their first album in six years, Radiate Like This, in May, and they've now announced a North American tour supporting it. Shows begin in Philadelphia in July and include stops in Washington DC, NYC, Toronto, Los Angeles,… Read More
John Carpenter has composed the score for the upcoming Blumhouse adaptation of Stephen King's Firestarter. (Preorder on splatter vinyl.) Composed with his current collaborators Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter, this marks the first score work they've done outside of the… Read More
Flasher have paid homage to Nicolas Cage action flick National Treasure with their new video for "Love is Yours." This has been a longtime dream of the band's Taylor Mulitz; using stock footage, some cheap plug-ins and deep fake technology… Read More