Nitehawk Cinema's Music Driven series, which is presented by BrooklynVegan, continues Thursday, April 28 at 9:30 PM with a screening of Dave Markey's 1982 documentary The Slog Movie, which is about the West Coast hardcore punk scene that features Circle Jerks, T.S.O.L., Redd… 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
Coachella returned for its first edition since 2019 over the weekend (4/15-4/17), with headliners Harry Styles, who brought out Shania Twain for "Man, I Feel Like a Woman" and "You're Still The One," on Friday; Billie Eilish, who brought out… Read More
Pusha T has announced that his new album It's Almost Dry will be out this Friday, April 22 via Def Jam. The album is produced entirely by Kanye West and Pharrell Williams, and includes recent singles "Diet Coke" and Jay-Z collab… Read More
David Freel, who led San Francisco psych band Swell through the '90s and '00s, died on April 12 in Oregon City. He was 64. Stereogum points out that the news was shared today via Swell's Facebook page: "David led with… Read More
Kendrick Lamar's last album, DAMN., came out in 2017, and needless to say, we've been highly anticipating its follow up. On Monday (4/18), he quoted a tweet from @raptalksk reading "Kendrick Lamar is officially retired," with a link to his… Read More
Ministry are currently on tour celebrating the belated 30th anniversary of their classic 1989 album The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste. The tour, originally set for 2020, was a reunion of the "Industrial Strength" tour with KMFDM and Front… Read More
Ty Segall's proto-metal-inspired trio Fuzz brought their tour to NYC last week, playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on Thursday and Bowery Ballroom on Friday, making for Ty's first shows here since before the pandemic. We caught the Bowery show which… Read More
Ready For Death is a new thrash band featuring Artie White (Indecision, Milhouse, Concrete Cross), Dallas Thomas (Pelican, Asschapel, Swan King), Dan Binaei (Racetraitor, Haggathorn), Shawn “The Beast” Brewer (Haggathorn), and Luca Cimarusti (Luggage, Annihilus). The band came together after… Read More
'70s gospel/soul greats The Staples Jr Singers are getting their rare 1975 album When Do We Get Paid reissued on May 6 via Luaka Bop. Formed in Aberdeen, Mississippi by siblings Annie Brown, Edward Brown and A.R.C. Brown, they named themselves after their… Read More