LCD Soundsystem have been back in action, playing mini residencies in cities around the world, but we haven't gotten any new music since their 2017 comeback album American Dream. That will change soon as the band have written and recorded… Read More
Thanks to Stranger Things, Kate Bush's Hounds of Love classic "Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) has been the (old) song of the summer (three months after its ascent it's still hanging in at #5 on Billboard's Hot… Read More
Harlem rapper Dave East has announced the 'No Place Like Home' tour (billed as "Dave East and friends"), which kicks off in Maine on 9/30 and travels around the US before wrapping up at home, at Harlem's Apollo Theater on… Read More
It's been two years since UK rapper and actor Riz Ahmed released his album The Long Goodbye and its Oscar-winning accompanying short film, and he was supposed to play NYC in 2020 to celebrate its release but you-know-what happened. So… Read More
Folk icon Ani DiFranco has written her first children's book, The Knowing, due out March 7, 2023 via Penguin Kids. It was illustrated by Julia Mathew, and according to the press release, it "encapsulates ideas that DiFranco feels strongly about… Read More
Rising Florida emo band GILT recently released their guest-filled Conceit EP (which features The Callous Daoboys, Shaolin G, The Holy Ghost Tabernacle Choir, Doll Skin, and Kind Eyes), and now they've announced a lengthy tour going down this September and… Read More
Fresh off epic looking sets at Sound and Fury and Psycho Las Vegas, Santa Cruz thrashy hardcore up-and-comers Drain have announced a NYC one-off happening on October 14 at Brooklyn Monarch, presented by Saint Vitus and Core Clientele. They'll be… Read More
Type O Negative's seventh and final studio album, 2007's Dead Again, turned 15 this year, and to commemorate it they're reissuing it with bonus tracks: live versions of "Everything Dies," "My Girlfriend’s Girlfriend," "Black Sabbath (intro) / Christian Woman," "Love… Read More
Interpol and Spoon kicked off their "Lights, Camera, Factions" tour on Thursday night (8/25) at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park. Both bands are signed to Matador, released new albums this year (The Other Side of Make Believe… Read More
The Cure's great 1992 album Wish is often overshadowed by its two biggest singles ("A Letter to Elise" and especially "Friday I'm In Love"), or the fact that it followed their most widely-acclaimed album, 1989's Disintegration, but it's one of… Read More