Cassie has sued Sean “Diddy” Combs for rape and repeated physical abuse. As The New York Times reports, a lawsuit was filed in Manhattan’s Federal District Court on Thursday alleging a pattern of abusive behavior that started when Cassie, birth name Casandra Ventura, first met Combs in 2005, when she was 19. “After years in […]
We’ve Got A File On You: Evanescence’s Amy Lee
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. By almost any metric, Evanescence’s Fallen is one of the biggest albums of the 21st century. Its emotive hybrid of gothic rock and nü metal […]
gglum – “Easy Fun”
Last month, London’s Ella Smoker, aka gglum, shared the song “SPLAT!” Today, she’s back with the ominous, mischievous track “Easy Fun” with a video directed by Finnegan Travers. “‘Easy Fun’ is every night out I’ve had since I was a teenager mushed into one,” Smoker said in a statement. “It’s meant to be silly and […]
Cakes Da Killa – “Cakewalk”
New York club-rap trailblazer Cakes Da Killa has been making confrontational, innovative music for a long time, and he’s in no danger of slowing down anytime soon. After releasing the album Svengali last year, he’s got a breathless new dance-rap single, recorded with longtime collaborator Sam Katz, out today. Here’s what Cakes says about it […]
Pile – “Only For A Reminder”
Early next year, Pile are releasing a new EP called Hot Air Balloon, their follow-up to full-length All Fiction, which came out earlier this year. We’ve already heard “Scaling Walls” and “The Birds Attacked My Hot Air Balloon” from it, and today the Boston band is sharing another track, the hypnotically gripping “Only For A […]
Watch The Hives’ Extremely Fun Kimmel Performance
The Hives evidently do not care about aging gracefully. The Swedish garage-rockers returned earlier this year with The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons, their first new album in more than a decade, and it’s full of the same kind of rambunctious, peacocking riffage that made the band famous in the first place. Back in the day, […]
Nouvelle Vague – “Only You” (Yaz Cover)
The veteran French cover band Nouvelle Vague have announced their first full-length album since 2016. It’s called Should I Stay Or Should I Go? and is dropping in February. Along with today’s announcement comes the band’s cover of “Only You” by beloved new wavers Yaz. Nouvelle Vague’s version laces the tune with the “Be My […]
Jerskin Fendrix – “Bella” & “Lisbon”
The English musician Jerskin Fendrix — who came up alongside Black Midi and Black Country, New Road — was tapped by Yorgos Lanthimos to score his upcoming film Poor Things after the director heard Fendrix’s 2020 debut solo album Winterreise. The film — which stars Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, and others — […]
Raavi – “About It”
I’ve enjoyed Raavi Sita’s releases as Raavi over the past few years. “Lazy Susan,” “Chorus Girl,” and “No Bodies” were all winners, and so is today’s new song “About It.” The track pares back the driving melodic indie rock structures around Sita, leaving her voice backed by little more than acoustic arpeggios and some dreamy […]
Mannequin Pussy – “Sometimes”
Mannequin Pussy’s new album I Got Heaven isn’t out until March, but they’ve already shared two songs from it, the title track and “I Don’t Know You,” both of which made it onto our best songs of the week list when they came out. Today, the band is back with a third single, “Sometimes” — […]