It was a short week due to Labor Day, but not a less busy one, so let’s just get straight to the music. I highlight eight new albums below, Bill tackles Saint Etienne, Amyl & the Sniffers, The Bevis Frond,… Read More
Saudade, the band led by Chuck Doom and Gil Sharone that features collaborations with famous guest vocalists and musicians, have covered Joy Division‘s classic “Day of the Lords” with Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe on lead vocals. It’s a well-executed… Read More
While he seems to have since patched things up with Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham was fired from Fleetwood Mac in 2018, and he filed a lawsuit against his former bandmates at the time, saying that “not a single member of… Read More
NJ’s Save Face recently released “GLITTER,” which we named one of the best punk songs of August, and now they’ve announced their sophomore album Another Kill For The Highlight Reel, due October 29 via Epitaph (pre-order). The album was produced… Read More
Jason Pierce says Spiritualized will release a new album in 2022. The news came via an interview with Pierce in Aquarium Drunkard about the reissues of Spiritualized’s first four albums this year by Fat Possum. There are not a lot… Read More
Jason Pierce says Spiritualized will release a new album in 2022. The news came via an interview with Pierce in Aquarium Drunkard about the reissues of Spiritualized’s first four albums this year by Fat Possum. There are not a lot… Read More
NJ’s self-proclaimed “bitch rockers” Little Hag will release their new album Leash on September 24 via Bar/None (pre-order), an album vocalist/guitarist Avery Mandeville describes as “a sarcastic but seriously cynical pop rock soundtrack for the dropouts and the disappointments; for… Read More
Nineteen Ninety Five was one of the most pivotal years in R.E.M.‘s career. Almost all of it was spent on a massive worldwide tour, their first in four years, supporting their ninth LP Monster, a record fueled by loud, distorted guitars… Read More
After offering up 180,000 teasers earlier in the week, our first real look at the first Matrix movie in 18 years is here. While the plot isn’t fully laid out, The Matrix Resurrections seems to be a hard reset for Neo… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: King Crimson, The Zappa Band @ Beacon Theatre Gruff Rhys, Tom Barrett @ TV Eye Kelly Lee Owens, Annie Hart @ Bowery Ballroom Andy Shauf, Tomberlin @ Warsaw Mdou Moctar, Blacks’ Myths @ Music Hall of Williamsburg… Read More