The Aluminum Group, the duo of brothers Frank and John Navin, have announced their first album in 14 years. It's self-titled and will be out April 29. The album reteams Frank and John with producer Dave Trumfio of The Pulsars… Read More
Last month, rising rapper Doechii signed to TDE (after appearing on Isaiah Rashad's 2021 album and opening SZA's 2021 tour) and released the rap/R&B hybrid "Persuasive." Today she's released her second single for the label, "Crazy," and this one's way… Read More
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted today to ban Will Smith from all Academy events, including The Oscars, for 10 years for slapping presenter Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars ceremony. Via Variety, here is the Academy's… Read More
East Williamsburg venue Brooklyn Steel held its first show five years ago this month, and to celebrate their birthday, we're giving away tickets to a bunch of upcoming shows there! Use the form at the end of this post (and… Read More
billy woods released his great new Preservation-produced album Aethiopes today (read our review), and he and Pres will celebrate it with a release show on June 29 at Elsewhere's Rooftop with special guests. No word on who those guests are,… Read More
Sleater-Kinney's third album and breakthrough, Dig Me Out, turns 25 today (4/8), and to celebrate they've announced a new album of other artists covering its songs. They've put together quite an exciting list of participating artists, including Courtney Barnett, St.… Read More
Steve Earle & The Dukes are releasing a tribute album to the late Jerry Jeff Walker, simply titled Jerry Jeff, on May 20 via New West. It's in the same series as their Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark tributes. “This… Read More
Emma Ruth Rundle has announced new album Electric Guitar Two: Dowsing Voice, which will be released May 13 via Sargent House. It's a quasi sequel to 2011's EG1 and she says it's "album of improvised music – with an emphasis… Read More
Charleston, South Carolina country rock vets Blue Dogs have announced their first album in 16 years, Big Dreamers, due June 3 (pre-order). The album was produced by Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden (who's also fresh off… Read More
As we talked about in our list of all-time essential ska albums, '80s-era Bay Area band The Uptones played a massive yet often-overlooked role in the development of US ska-punk, directly paving the way for Operation Ivy and Rancid, who… Read More