Can you believe it’s already September? I’m still referring to 2019 as “last year” and now we’re on the home stretch to 2022. COVID times are weird. In the U.S., it’s Labor Day Weekend, which means Made In America, BottleRock,… Read More
We’re about two decades removed from the peak of the nu metal era, an era that’s been re-entering the current music discourse in the forms of nostalgia, continued hatred, and re-evaluations, especially this year, a year that brought a Woodstock… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Arooj Aftab, Yasmin Williams @ Pioneer Works Anna Fox Rochinski, Scout Gillett, May Rio @ The Broadway Nite Jewel, NAIMA, DJ Bryndon Cook @ Baby’s All Right QWAM, Haybaby, Oceanator, B3cca @ Rippers Bonobo (DJ set), Kate… Read More
Following the much-talked-about VERZUZ battle between The LOX and Dipset in NYC in front of a live audience, another in-person VERZUZ between two New York rap veterans has been announced: Fat Joe and Ja Rule. It goes down September 14… Read More
“I always let the good ones go…” Charli XCX is a sell-out. Or, well, that’s the goal. Over the past few months, our dearest Charlotte Aitchison, She of Track 10 Fame, has been distancing from left-lane, artsy-fartsy, experimental alt-hyper-pop princess… Read More
So many artists, 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 more all day. We… Read More
Oasis documentary/concert film Knebworth 96 will be out in theaters later this month. It chronicles the Britpop stars’ two-night stay at Knebworth Park in August of 1996, where they performed to 280,000 fans in total. The trailer was released a few… Read More
Michael Stipe and Mike Mills of R.E.M. and Vanessa Briscoe Hay of Pylon are helping to encourage residents of Athens, Georgia to get vaccinated against COVID. All three have recorded PSAs for local public radio station WUGA, which you can… Read More
ABBA. The term “iconic” is beaten to death, thanks to the Internet and Stan Twitter, and maybe also sometimes me. But in this case, it’s only appropriate. The legitimately legendary Swedish troupe and Eurovision winners-turned-global icons – responsible for every… Read More
Charli XCX has released her first proper single of 2021, “Good Ones,” which finds Charli delivering airy hooks over a bouncy synth line that sounds more than a little like the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams.” Listen and watch the video below.… Read More