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 […]
Taylor Swift’s Retro “Opalite” Video Stars Everyone Who Was On The Graham Norton Show With Her
Four months ago, Taylor Swift was on UK talk show The Graham Norton Show as part of a celebrity panel with Domhnall Gleeson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Greta Lee, Cillian Murphy, and Lewis Capaldi. All of them, Norton included, are in Swift’s new video for “Opalite,” the next single from her album The Life Of A Showgirl. […]
Mew Play Their Final Show
In 2024, Mew announced they were breaking up. The Danish rockers celebrated three decades of being a band with some farewell shows last year, and tonight they performed their final gig ever in London. At the Roundhouse, the group played songs from throughout their catalogue, saving hits like “Introducing Palace Players” “Am I Wry? No,” […]
EsDeeKid Plays First US Show, Drops New Single “Omens”
In December, the young masked UK rap sensation EsDeeKid settled once and for all the mystery of whether he’s Timothée Chalamet in disguise by jumping on a track with Chalamet and appearing in the video together. We like his music even without that particular promo gimmick, so we’re pleased to announce he’s made his way […]
Flying Lotus Announces New EP Big Mama
Flying Lotus is now an auteur in every sense of the word. 2025 saw the release of Ash, the sci-fi movie that FlyLo directed. (Naturally, he also scored his own movie.) It takes a whole lot of work to put a movie together. When he finished with Ash, FlyLo immediately went to work on a […]
The Black Keys Announce New Covers Album Peaches!: Hear “You Got To Lose”
Last August, after owning up to their pretty disastrous 2024, the Black Keys released their 13th studio album No Rain, No Flowers. Around the same time, behind the scenes, Dan Auerbach was also taking care of his late father after an esophageal cancer diagnosis. Patrick Carney decided the best way to help his bandmate and […]