Imagine you own a vacation home in rural Maine. You may have heard legends of a mythical creature that lurks in the shadows and breaks into people’s homes. Suddenly, you begin to notice there is food missing from your pantry. Then, some of your clothes are gone. Although there is no proof of a break-in, […]
These Are Some Of The Strongest Militaries In The World
While an all-out battle may be the only way to truly determine which country has the strongest military, hopefully, we’ll never have to find out. If there isn’t a real battle to judge, how does someone determine who has the most powerful military in the world? Is it the number of soldiers in a country’s […]
GIFT – “Wish Me Away”
In 2022, the NYC band GIFT released their debut album Momentary Presence, a set of shimmery and psychedelic songs that sometimes raced ahead with the propulsive post-punk/krautrock momentum of bands like DIIV. Today they announced that they’ve signed to Captured Tracks for the next one. We don’t have new album details yet, but new single […]
KRM & KMRU – “Differ”
Kevin Richard Martin, aka the Bug, and Joseph Kamaru, aka the ambient musician KMRU, have teamed up for a new collaborative project under the name KRM & KMRU, taking advantage of their similar initials and their admiration for each other’s music. Their debut album together, Disconnect, will be out in June. They already have an […]
Hear Alan Vega’s “Mercy” From Previously Unreleased ’90s Album Insurrection
Alan Vega, the singing half of the massively important New York synth-punk duo Suicide, passed away in 2016. Vega released a handful of solo albums in the ’90s, returning to the minimal electronic music that he’d made with Suicide, and he left behind more recordings that never came out. In 2021, the lost Vega solo […]
Next Week’s Grateful Dead Cover Band Festival Canceled With No Refunds
Traditionally, the Ventura, CA music festival Skull & Roses brings together a bunch of Grateful Dead cover bands for a full weekend celebrating the legacy of Jerry Garcia and friends. The sixth annual installment was to take place next weekend, April 19-21, with headliners Dark Star Orchestra and an undercard filled with many more Dead […]
Philly Metalcore Band This Day Forward Announce First Shows In Over 20 Years
Philly’s This Day Forward are back. The metalcore crew haven’t released a new album since their 2003 Equal Vision debut In Response, and today they’re announcing their first shows in 20 years. This Day Forward will be performing at Philly’s Underground Arts on August 24, and then New York’s Bowery Ballroom on August 25. About […]
Newport Jazz Festival Announces 2024 Lineup
Newport Jazz Festival has revealed its 2024 lineup. Top-billed artists include André 3000, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Kamasi Washington, Elvis Costello, Laufey, Robert Glasper, Brittany Howard, and Cory Wong. Dinner Party, the supergroup made up of Glasper, Washington, and Terrace Martin, is playing — Martin is also doing a set with Calvin Keys. Also performing […]
Watch Tyla Bring A Highly Choreographed “ART” To Colbert
After breaking out last year with the breezy and satisfying “Water,” South Africa’s amapiano-infused pop star Tyla dropped her self-titled debut album last month. One of the focus tracks on the record is “ART,” on which Tyla casts herself “as both artist’s muse and on-canvas creation,” as our pop columnist Katharine St. Asaph put it. […]
METZ – “Superior Mirage”
In a few short days, the beast-ass Toronto power trio METZ will release their new album Up On Gravity Hill. We’ve already posted the early singles “99,” “Entwined (Light Street Buzz),” and “Light Your Way Home,” the latter of which features Black Mountain’s Amber Webber. Now, with the album release imminent, METZ have shared one […]