Josh Martin, the former drummer for stoner-rock band Pearls And Brass, had a nice little run there in the 2010s after rebranding himself as Daughn Gibson. Under that moniker, Martin released three albums of noir-ish, electronics-infused country music that leaned into his real-life backstory as a truck driver and a dark gothic surrealism that basically […]
Latto Announces New Album Big Mama, Confirms Pregnancy Via Cover Art
Latto seems to be doing really well. We haven’t gotten an album from the Atlanta rapper since 2024’s Sugar Honey Iced Tea, but she’s been cooking up more than a follow-up. Today she announced her new album Big Mama with the single “Business & Personal.” The cover art, the song, and its video revealed that […]
Failure – “A Way Down”
LA alt-rock veterans Failure are a textbook cult band, and they’ve inspired many of their younger peers. Next month, they’ll release Location Lost, their seventh album, and we’ve already posted lead single “The Air’s On Fire.” The LP features an appearance from Failure devotee Hayley Williams, who recently joined frontman Ken Andrews to cover a […]
Foo Fighters – “Caught In The Echo”
It’s some more Foos for youse. We’re about a month away from thew Foo Fighters releasing their new album Your Favorite Toy, and Dave Grohl and company already shared the title track, as well as teasers for every song on the album. Single number two drops today, and it’s called “Caught In The Echo.” I’m […]
Singer-Songwriter Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Streaming Services Of $8 Million With AI-Generated Songs
A North Carolina singer-songwriter is on the hook for more than $8 million in fraudulent streaming royalties racked up with AI-generated tracks and bots, Rolling Stone reports. In US district court today, Mike Smith, 54, pled guilty to defrauding streaming services by flooding them with hundreds of thousands of AI-generated tracks and accumulating billions of […]
Kreidler Announce New Album Schemes: Hear “Marble Upset”
Kreidler are the Berlin/Düsseldorf-based trio of Thomas Klein (percussion, drums, found sounds), Alexander Paulick (fretless bass guitar) and Andreas Reihse (synthesisers, electronics, field recordings). They’ve been at it for years, and they have a new batch of electronic soundscapes on the way. Schemes is dropping in May on Bureau B. Our first preview is “Marble […]
Modern Woman – “Daniel”
London’s Modern Woman are releasing their new album Johnny’s Dreamworld at the beginning of May. They’ve already shared “Neptune Girl” and “Dashboard Mary.” Today, they’ve dropped the third single “Daniel” with a video by Joel Kerr. The prior singles have an anthemic push to them, where as “Daniel” is a more subdued. It’s a quiet […]
CY Fest Loses Nearly 20 Bands Amid Boycott, New Promoter Steps In Then Backs Out
Things are not looking good for CY Fest, the underground punk/hardcore/metal festival that’s supposed to come to Los Angeles in a week and a half. Last week, the Instagram page @Feral_bonobos, which lists itself as “the beginning of a decentralized feminist coalition within the punk scene,” circulated many sexual misconduct allegations against festival promoter Ignacio […]
fakemink Announces North American, UK, European Tours
The young London rapper fakemink has a whole lot of hype around him, and his music has enough fuzzed-out weirdo energy to justify that. He was one of our favorite new artists of 2025, and he ended the year by playing his first few North American tours, including a set at Tyler, The Creator’s Camp […]
Croatian Amor – “Regret” (Feat. School Of X & Niko)
Loke Rahbek used to be a member of the Danish band Lust For Youth, and then he split off to start the solo project Croatian Amor. Last year, he got together with his old band for the Lust For Youth/Croatian Amor collaborative album All Worlds. Today, Rahbek follows that album with “Regret,” a new standalone […]