British Sea Power, the UK band who’ve been making anthemic indie rock for 20 years now, have announced that they’ve changed their name to Sea Power, and that their first album under the new name, Everything Was Forever, will be… Read More
Ska is one of the longest-running styles of popular music, and it has a rich history, one that spans over half a century, six continents, and countless examples of cultural exchange. It was born in Jamaica in the 1950s as… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Between The Buried and Me @ Gramercy Theatre Ramy Youssef @ The Bell House Isaiah Sharkey @ Blue Note Jazz Club Phoebe Robinson @ Union Hall Andrew Dice Clay, Eleanor Kerrigan @ City Winery — STAY IN… Read More
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival was supposed to return for two weekends in October 2021, after the 2020 edition had been postponed, and now they’ve announced that the festival will not occur in 2021 due to “the current exponential… Read More
Webster Hall shut down for the night on Saturday (8/7) after the stage rail broke. The show was cancelled and the venue evacuated not long into opener Guppi‘s set, and Marauda and Calcium never got to play their scheduled sets.… Read More
After postponing their August 6 show at Stone Pony Summer Stage an hour before doors were set to open, Limp Bizkit have now cancelled the remainder of their August tour, as well. A statement from the band reads: Out of… Read More
TONIGHT IN NYC: Foxes in Fiction, Yohuna, Adelyn Rose @ Purgatory Public Practice, 95 Bulls @ Our Wicked Lady Rooftop Open Air w/ Melanie Charlies, Kayla Farrish @ Maria Hernandez Park Ramy Youssef @ The Bell House Neon Indian (DJ… Read More
Dennis Thomas, original member and saxophonist of funk/soul/disco legends Kool & the Gang, has passed away at age 70. The band broke the sad news in a statement, which reads: On August 7,2021, Dennis Thomas (known as “Dee Tee”), beloved… Read More
This week in heavy music, we got the (not actually “heavy” but also very heavy) new Lingua Ignota album, and a great album from Australian screamo/post-hardcore band Raccoon City, both of which you can read about in Notable Releases. You… Read More
This week in rap and R&B, we got a new Pink Siifu album and the first Abstract Mindstate album in 20 years (produced by Kanye West), both of which you can read about in Notable Releases. We also got new… Read More