North Carolina rapper MAVI has an exciting roundup of special shows coming up, including a just-announced record release show in Brooklyn. It celebrates his newest album, Laughing So Hard It Hurts, which dropped back in October. The show goes down… Read More

DEVO's Gerald V. Casale has a new EP, The Invisible Man, that will be out for Record Store Day Black Friday (11/25). The EP features contributions from Oingo Boingo's Steve Bartek, Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, DEVO), and Martin Ware… Read More

One of the most exciting voices in hardcore right now is Ian Shelton, who's played in a number of bands over the years, fronts (and drums in) the powerviolence band Regional Justice Center, and more recently has been focused on… Read More

Blur are back! (Again.) The Britpop legends have announced their first show in eight years, happening at London's Wembley Stadium on July 8, 2023 with slowthai, Self Esteem, and Jockstrap. Tickets go on sale Friday (11/18) with presales starting Wednesday… Read More

TONIGHT IN NYC: Undeath, 200 Stab Wounds, Enforced, Phobophilic @ Saint Vitus Bar Ani DiFranco, Gracie and Rachel, Holly Miranda, Jocelyn Mackenzie @ Webster Hall Young Jesus, Bellows, Foyer Red @ Purgatory Thee Sacred Souls, DJ Mikey Post @ Bowery… Read More

Mercyful Fate kicked off their first U.S. tour in 20 years at the end of October. It's a trek that was years in the making due to pandemic-related delays, and timed after what was, at the time, the band's exclusive… Read More

Robert Fripp recently returned home to England after a month-long speaking tour in the US and to celebrate he and Toyah covered "Have Love Will Travel," Richard Berry's 1959 single that has been famously covered by The Sonics and The Black… Read More

Dave Chappelle hosted Saturday Night Live once again this week and brought along friends and collaborators Black Star — Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli — as musical guests. They in turn brought out Madlib for “The Main Thing Is To Keep… Read More

TONIGHT IN NYC: Paramore, Ogi @ Beacon Theatre Undeath, 200 Stab Wounds, Enforced, Phobophilic @ Saint Vitus Bar Teen Suicide, Ogbert the Nerd, Worst Party Ever @ Baby's All Right Skullcrusher, Yves Jarvis, Mal @ Elsewhere Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs,… Read More

Keith Levene, the innovative guitarist who was a founding member of both The Clash and Public Image Ltd, died from liver cancer on Friday (11/11). He was 65. The news came via his partner, Kate Ransford, who wrote on Twitter,… Read More