Contemporary Christian Music has always been a powerful medium for connecting spiritual messages with modern sounds, and Andrew Macdonald is making his mark in this space with his latest release, “Heart of Worship”. A stirring cover of Matt Redman’s iconic worship song, Macdonald’s version brings a fresh interpretation while staying true to the song’s heartfelt […]
Garden State Soundtrack Artists Will Play 20th Anniversary Benefit Concert
This year marked the 20th anniversary of Zach Braff’s hit directorial debut Garden State and its soundtrack, an important step in exporting the concept of “indie” music to the mass populace. To mark the occasion, Braff is getting the band(s) back together for a benefit concert next year. The show is going down March 29, […]
Liam Payne Jumped From Hotel Balcony, Buenos Aires Police Say
Former One Direction member Liam Payne died Wednesday after falling from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. There’s been lots of speculation about whether that fall was intentional or accidental, and a new statement from the local police offers some more perspective on that. According to the Associated Press, police say Payne jumped from his […]
Morgan Wallen’s New Gulf Shoes Music Festival Sand In My Boots Replacing Hangout For 2025
Since 2010, the beach in Gulf Shores, AL has played host to the Hangout Music Festival, a pan-genre gathering that most recently paired Zach Bryan, Lana Del Rey, and Chappell Roan with a bunch of rappers and EDM artists. (I went way back in 2013 and was happy to see Tom Petty and Stevie Wonder.) […]
Snõõper – “Relay”
In June, Snõõper released a split EP with Prison Affair. The Nashville punks are gearing up for a tour next month, and to celebrate they shared the slinky new tune “Relay.” You can always count on Snōōper for a great bassline, and the devious, infectious one in “Relay” steals all the attention from the start. […]
Benjamin Booker – “LWA IN THE TRAILER PARK”
Benjamin Booker has announced Lower, his first album in seven years. The New Orleans soul-rocker produced it with Kenny Segal (Armand Hammer, billy woods), and today he’s sharing a preview with the oozing lead single “LWA IN THE TRAILER PARK.” “I felt particularly connected to Paul Schrader’s work making this album,” Booker says about the […]
Ducks Ltd. – “Grim Symmetry” (Feat. Julia Steiner & Margaret McCarthy)
Ducks Ltd. kicked off the year with Harm’s Way, the great follow-up to their 2021 debut Modern Fiction. In May, the jangle-pop duo returned with the Harm’s Way outtake “When You’re Outside,” and now they’re unveiling a new song called “Grim Symmetry” which comes from the Modern Fiction sessions. “This is actually one of our […]
Ingrown – “Enemy”
If you’re in the market for something genuinely and overwhelmingly brutal, allow me to recommend the Boise power trio Ingrown. Ingrown specialize in a form of metallic hardcore that’s both ultra-fast and ultra-heavy. Their guttural-roar music hits like prime Nails, and their videos are full of guns. A scary band! Exactly one year ago, Ingrown […]
Stream Crowning & Oaktails’ Tremendous Intercontinental Screamo Split
Crowning, the Chicago trio whose membership includes Frail Body leader Lowell Shaffer, are a serious force in the mutually supportive screamo underground, and they’re always down to release a split with another band. Crowning have a bunch of splits to their name. The way they do the splits, bitch, their pants might rip. Two years […]
Private Hell – “Wake Up Screaming” & “Warsaw” (Joy Division Cover)
Richmond metal-punks Private Hell have lately been talking about their plan to knock out a series of self-released flexis. The first of those EPs is called Wake Up Screaming, and it came out last Friday. The band already shared the towering opening track “Dead Inside,” and now you get to hear the other two joints, […]