Morbikon is a new blackened death metal band with some familiar faces: Municipal Waste's Phil “Land Phil” Hall and Dave Witte are on guitars/bass and drums, respectively, and Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns, vocalist of Finland folk/black metallers Finntroll, is fronting the… Read More

Philly indie-punks Riverby released their great sophomore album Absolution earlier this year on Take This To Heart Records, and now they've made a video for one of its biggest standouts, "Birth By Sleep." The video was directed and edited by… Read More

The prolific NYC underground rapper MIKE hasn't put out a new project in over a year, but he'll close out 2022 with a new album, Beware of the Monkey, due December 21 via his own 10k label (pre-order). Lead single… Read More

The Arcs, another band fronted by The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, have announced their first full-length album since releasing their debut LP Yours, Dreamily seven years ago. Electrophonic Chronic is due January 27 via Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound. The album… Read More

TONIGHT IN NYC: The Wonder Years, Fireworks, MacSeal @ Irving Plaza The B-52's, KC & the Sunshine Band, The Rezillos @ Beacon Theatre Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin @ Blue Note Jazz Club Violent Femmes, Alsarah and The Nubatones @ City… Read More

JOE PERA Joe Pera says, "Having fun doing tour and I don’t want to stop," so he's just announced the "Comedy in Ice" winter stand-up tour that hits three stops in Colorado (Fort Collins, Denver and Beaver Creek) in January… Read More

So many artists, so many songs, 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… Read More

It's been a few years since Michael Dorf's annual "The Music Of…" benefit concert has happened because of the pandemic, but it's set to make its return in 2023 with a celebration of the music of Paul McCartney. It happens… Read More

Nina Hagen, the German punk/post-punk icon with an equally iconic set of pipes, has announced a new album, Unity — her first in 11 years — which will be out December 9 via Grönland. The album features collaborations with George… Read More

Ridgewood residents, get ready for your rents to rise: Time Out New York has just named the Queens neighborhood the fourth coolest neighborhood in the world, beating out Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Astoria, the Lower East Side, Harlem, Bushwick and any other… Read More