The latest album announcement from Colorado hardcore institution Convulse Records comes from Giallo. The band hails from Minneapolis, where a lot of unspeakable atrocities have been taking place lately. And though debut album Tenebrarum was presumably recorded before ICE made the Twin Cities something like a war zone, advance tracks “Sleepwalking” (96 seconds, real crazy) […]
Adult DVD – “Real Tree Lee”
You’re not gonna believe this, but there’s a new ruggedly artsy post-punk band out of Britain. The Leeds combo Adult DVD have announced their signing to Fat Possum today with the release of the intense (and intensely likable) new single “Real Tree Lee.” Over top of a post-DFA backing track built around a relentless strobing […]
Watch Mr. Bungle Play “Retrovertigo” Live For The First Time In 25 Years
The Mr. Bungle reunion has been in full swing since 2020. There have been some bumps, like when Mike Patton had to cancel for mental health reasons and when he tried to take out a drone at Knotfest Chile. But they’ve been having fun and even covering Grease songs. On Thursday, the band pleased audiences […]
Watch St. Vincent Join Cate Le Bon For “Always The Same” In New York
Last week, Cate Le Bon and St. Vincent released “Always The Same,” a collaboration made during the sessions of the Welsh singer’s latest album Michelangelo Dying. Last night Le Bon performed at New York’s Irving Plaza and brought out Annie Clark to sing the duet. Le Bon originally said about the track: “Always The Same” […]
Lexa Gates Launches Second Album With Second “Crazy Stunt”
Lexa Gates is a 24-year-old rapper/singer/producer from Queens, NY. Today she’s released her sophomore album I Am, the follow-up to 2024’s Elite Vessel. The album’s title is a play on her birth name/initials Ivanna Alexandra Martinez. “I am everything they said I couldn’t be. I am all of those things. I am what I am,” […]
Chvrches – “Addicted To Love” (Robert Palmer Cover)
Synth-pop trio Chvrches covered Robert Palmer’s lustful classic “Addicted To Love” for the Hulu drama Tell Me Lies. Chvrches’ rendition, out today, is less jazz-rock and more melodramatic ballad pop. A serious piano greets us along with Lauren Mayberry’s concerned vocals. In fact, it sounds like she’s narrating a horror scene when she sings, “You […]
Charli XCX – “Wall Of Sound”
The album Charli XCX made for the forthcoming Emerald Fennell-directed Wuthering Heights film adaptation is sounding pretty great so far. We’ve already heard the John Cale collab “House” and “Chains Of Love,” which we named as one of that week’s best tracks. Today she’s released another single “Wall Of Sound.” It’s a brooding ballad that […]
Mitski Announces New Album Nothing’s About To Happen To Me: Hear “Where’s My Phone?”
It’s hard to believe that Mitski’s last album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We came out in 2023. She’s kept impressively busy, first putting on an incredible pop-turned-performance art tour then turning that tour into a live album and a film. (She’s also been writing the music and lyrics for a stage musical […]
Rocketship Announce A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness 30th Anniversary Tour & Reissue
As far as I’m concerned, A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness is essential ’90s indie pop listening. The debut album from the Pacific Northwest band Rocketship has steadily earned a cult following since its release via the seminal label Slumberland in 1996, although it’s been out of print for years. This year, Rocketship are celebrating […]
GWAR Cover “Pink Pony Club”
A.V. Undercover, the A.V. Club’s series in which bands were invited to be filmed performing a cover chosen from an ever-dwindling list of pre-selected songs, is one of the great blog-era video franchises. It went away in the 2010s, but new ownership brought it back with a vengeance in 2024, starting with GWAR covering “I’m […]