The rapper and producer MF DOOM passed away in October 2020, though his death was not announced publicly until two months later. A new report contains details about his cause of death and also reveals that his widow has raised concerns about MF DOOM’s treatment before his sudden passing. His death is the subject of […]
Watch Girls’ Christopher Owens Join Hayden Pedigo At Brooklyn Album Release Show
Yesterday, Texan fingerpicking prodigy Hayden Pedigo released his sixth studio album, The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored. Pedigo has also just kicked off a summer tour — he’s opening for Jenny Lewis on a few dates — and the first two shows (album release shows, specifically) took place at Union Pool in Brooklyn on the […]
Watch Neil Young Play Deep Cuts At West Coast Rarities Tour Kickoff
Last night, Neil Young launched his first tour since 2019 with an intimate solo set at the outdoor Ford Theater in Los Angeles. The performance came packed with rarities — he’d previously told fans that the tour would be solo-acoustic and that 80% of his setlist would be songs that he’s never played live. Some […]
Watch The Donnie & Joe Emerson Biopic Trailer Starring Zooey Deschanel & Casey Affleck
Can you believe it? They actually made a movie based on the esteemed reissue label Light In The Attic. Two years ago we learned that Casey Affleck and Walton Goggins had been cast as Donnie and Joe Emerson, siblings whose obscure 1979 record Dreamin’ Wild was brought to music-geek prominence by a Light In The […]
Tiny Engines Relaunching With New Management Structure, All Artists Will Own Their Masters
In terms of catalog, the North Carolina-based Tiny Engines was one of the best indie record labels to emerge in the 2010s, boasting incredible releases from the Hotelier, Mannequin Pussy, Illuminati Hotties, Wild Pink, Spirit Of The Beehive, awakebutstillinbed, Strange Ranger, and many more. Then, at the end of the decade, things fell apart. In […]
Lil Uzi Vert Drops Pink Tape Feat. Travis Scott, Bring Me The Horizon, A System Of A Down Cover
It’s been more than three years since A-list rap weirdo Lil Uzi Vert released Eternal Atake, their last proper studio album. But Uzi has always been present, and they’ve recorded a lot of material. Uzi continues to crank out guest-verses, headline festivals, and give attention-grabbing awards-show performances. Last year, they released the smash Jersey club […]
Stream Pool Kids’ New Split EP With Their Hardcore Alter Egos POOL
The mathy, melodic, hard-charging Tallahassee emo quartet Pool Kids earned Band To Watch status with last year’s breakout self-titled album. Today they’ve returned with a case of split personalities. The new release Pool Kids // POOL is a split EP featuring three songs from Pool Kids and three from POOL, their hardcore alter ego. That’s […]
The Number Ones: Eminem’s “Love The Way You Lie” (Feat. Rihanna)
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. On paper, the pairing makes no […]
Chromeo – “(I Don’t Need A) New Girl”
Last we heard from electro-funk standouts Chromeo, Dave 1 and P-Thugg released 2021’s Date Night: Chromeo Live!, which featured tracks from a 2019 North America concert tour where Chromeo had performed live with a full band for the first time. More recently, Chromeo performed at Coachella in April and announced the Funk Yourself Tour for […]
Kieran Hebden & William Tyler – “No Services”
Pointedly ditching his usual Four Tet moniker, the legendary electronic producer and composer Kieran Hebden teamed with the also-legendary folk-rock guitarist William Tyler on a new 7″ out today via Sylvan Esso’s Psychic Hotline imprint. We heard the single’s vast and exploratory A-side “Darkness, Darkness” back in May. With the record’s release today, we get […]