Last year, Anna Calvi joined forces with Perfume Genius for a cover of Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “I See A Darkness.” It turns out that comes from a just-announced EP called Is This All There Is?, which also features Iggy Pop, Matt Berninger, and Laurie Anderson. The collaboration with the Godfather of Punk is called “God’s […]
J. Cole Releases Music Video For ‘Two Six’ — Watch
Last night, J. Cole finally dropped his new double-disc album The Fall-Off, which is a little more experimental than his previous efforts and a lot of times, feels like a love letter to his home of Fayetteville, North Carolina. You can stream it here. The second track and first song on the LP is ‘Two […]
J. Cole Releases Music Video For ‘Two Six’ — Watch
Last night, J. Cole finally dropped his new double-disc album The Fall-Off, which is a little more experimental than his previous efforts and a lot of times, feels like a love letter to his home of Fayetteville, North Carolina. You can stream it here. The second track and first song on the LP is ‘Two […]
Prince’s Old Band New Power Generation Changes Its Name
From 1990 to 2013, Prince’s backing band was the New Power Generation, a sprawling and oft-changing ensemble. NPG rejoined Prince in 2015 for the final studio album of his lifetime, Hit n Run Phase Two, and the band has toured multiple times doing Prince material in the years following his death. But they’ve recently had […]
Nine Inch Nails Win First Grammy In 30 Years, Play “Non-Entity” For The First Time In 17 Years
Nine Inch Nails kicked off the next leg of their incredible Peel It Back tour Thursday at the Smoothie King Center in Trent Reznor’s former home base of New Orleans — but not before winning a Grammy. During Sunday’s pre-show, “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” NIN’s single from the Tron: Ares soundtrack, […]
Ascendant Hardcore Bands Collateral & Burning Lord Release Furious New Split
The hardcore split 7″ is back, baby! Right now, Collateral and Burning Lord are two of the most energetic, commanding newish bands on the hardcore circuit. Collateral come from Florida and play fast, frantic old-school attack music; their EP We Still Know came out in 2024. Burning Lord come from Boston and make stompy, chanty […]
The Leaving – “Pray”
Last fall, CHVRCHES members Martin Doherty and longtime unofficial drummer Jonny Scott announced their futuristic project called the Leaving with the single “Saved.” Today they’ve released another song, a shimmering, club-ready synthpop number called “Pray.” “‘Pray’ is rooted in a conversation about what is left when someone is gone” Doherty shared about the song. “To […]
Ted Leo Shares New Post-Punk Tracks, Pharmacists Album Update
Indie OG Ted Leo hasn’t released an album since 2017’s The Hanged Man, but he continues to work all the time, sometimes posting new songs on Patreon or on Bandcamp. Leo wants to get back together with his backing band the Pharmacists in the studio, and he’s trying to raise the funds needed to make […]
Ted Cruz Mocks Billie Eilish’s Grammys Speech In Senate Hearing, Finneas Responds
The Grammys this year were anti-ICE. One of the program’s most notable moments this past Sunday was during Billie Eilish’s acceptance speech for Song Of The Year, which she accepted alongside her brother and collaborator Finneas. “I don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land,” Eilish […]
The Story Behind Every Song On Ratboys’ New Album Singin’ To An Empty Chair
Every Ratboys album is good. The Chicago indie rockers have been in the game for six albums and 16 years, and they’ve only gotten better at their sound, which carries echoes of emo and pop-punk and alt-country and classic rock without fully steering into any of them. Their last, 2023’s The Window, was an outright […]