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, […]
Panda Bear – “Defense” (Feat. Cindy Lee)
A couple of months ago, Panda Bear released the Reset Mariachi EP with Sonic Boom. Today, the project of Animal Collective’s Noah Lennox is announcing a new album called Sinister Grift. The lead single “Defense” is out now, and it features Cindy Lee on guitar. Sinister Grift is Lennox’s first solo LP in five years, […]
Whispers – “Retribution”
Southeast Asia has a hardcore scene that’s currently thriving, and its flagship band might be Bangkok’s Whispers. Whispers have long been known for their ability to make big crowds of kids go nuts, and they’ve started doing that internationally more and more often. Expect more of that to happen, since Whispers just announced a new […]
Dehd – “Mr. Grieves” (Pixies Cover)
A Pixies cover is not an easy task, but Dehd have always been an expressive, daring band. Today, the indie rock trio — who released their fifth studio album Poetry earlier this year — tackled the Doolittle gem “Mr. Grieves.” The song originally appeared in the Hulu show The Great. The playful eccentricity is at […]