Last year, Foo Fighters covered Bad Brains at the opening of a new music venue in Washington, DC. Now, Dave Grohl teamed up with Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Charlie Benante to tackle Bad Brains’ “The Regulator” for a Record Store Day 7-inch. The collaboration — done under the name G.B.I., for Grohl, Benante, and Ian […]
Kanye West’s Vultures 1 Distributor Seeking To Have Album Removed
After some arena-scale listening parties in Chicago and on Long Island, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s album Vultures 1 went live on streaming services Saturday. It might not remain online forever. Turns out the company that’s distributing the album would rather not be. FUGA, a business-to-business tech and distribution platform for record labels, is […]
Swami And The Bed Of Nails – “How Are You Peeling?”
A couple years ago, the always-busy San Diego staple John Reis released Ride The Wild Night, his first proper solo album under the name Swami John Reis. Today, Reis is announcing a new project called Swami And The Bed Of Nails, a band he fronts alongside members Tommy Kitsos, Joe Guevara, Richard Larson, and Mark […]
Caroline Polachek Releases Desire, I Want to Turn Into You: Everasking Edition Featuring Four New Songs
It’s Valentine’s Day, and once again, Desire is in the air. A year ago today, Caroline Polachek released her transcendent Desire, I Want To Turn Into You. Today she dropped the deluxe. Desire, I Want To Turn Into You: Everasking Edition features seven additional tracks, including last fall’s single “Dang” and the new version of […]
Warpaint – “Common Blue”
In 2022, Los Angeles indie rock crew Warpaint shared their fourth album Radiate Like This. Today, the group is back with the announcement of their signing to Rough Trade as well as a new 7″ containing “Common Blue” and “Underneath.” The former track is out today. “It makes us smile to release them in collaboration […]
Tennessee House GOP Blocks Resolution Honoring Allison Russell, But Not Paramore
Paramore and Allison Russell both won Grammys earlier this month, the pop punk band taking home Best Rock Album and Best Alternative Music Performance, and the Americana singer getting Best American Roots Performance. However, on Monday a Republican leader in the Tennessee House objected to a ceremonial resolution in Russell’s honor. Democrat Justin Jones — […]
Album Of The Week: Heems & Lapgan LAFANDAR
Throughout all of this past year’s discourse over the commercial decline of rap music, I wondered if the problem was less that listeners had lost interest in the genre than the artists themselves had stopped having fun? The most prominent headline was Lil Yachty, who, after making the most of a seeming study abroad in […]
lake j – “My Own Mess”
Twin Peaks, the rambunctious Chicago garage rock Band To Watch that became one of the most consistently excellent rock bands of the 2010s, seems to be good and done now. But the members have been launching other projects for years, and one of them has big news today. Twin Peaks singer and guitarist Cadien Lake […]
First-Time Nominee Liam Gallagher Says “Fuck The Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame”
Over the weekend, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame unveiled this year’s class of nominees, which includes 10 different artists who have never been up for the honor before. One of those artists was Oasis, who seem like a total no-brainer, especially given that a Hall Of Fame induction could potentially lead to a […]
Can Vocalist Damo Suzuki Dead At 74
Damo Suzuki, vocalist of German experimental rock band Can, has passed away. A cause of death has not been disclosed but the legendary musician had been battling colon cancer since the ‘90s; in 2014 he was given a 10% chance of survival. Suzuki was 74. The news was revealed on Can’s label’s Instagram and confirmed […]