In 2001, Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley teamed up with Blind Idiot God’s Tim Wyskida and former OLD members James Plotkin and Alan Dubin to form a kind of drone-metal supergroup called Khanate. Over four albums in the ’00s, Khanate made some deeply heavy and experimental music. Even in the context of the doom metal underground, […]
Hear Ghost Cover Tina Turner, Television, Genesis, & More On New EP
On Easter, Swedish pop-metal performers Ghost announced a five-song EP — PHANTOMIME — containing covers of Television (1977’s “See No Evil”), Genesis (1992’s “Jesus He Knows Me”), the Stranglers (1977’s “Hanging Around”), Iron Maiden (1980’s “Phantom Of The Opera”), and Tina Turner’s 1985 song “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome).” At the time of announcement, […]
Lana Del Rey Shares Previously Unreleased “Say Yes To Heaven” After Success As Sped-Up TikTok Sound
The unreleased Lana Del Rey song “Say Yes To Heaven” kind of holds mythological status. Originally recorded in November 2013, the song was intended to be included on 2014’s Ultraviolence but was cut. Since then, various versions of the song have circulated online (starting around 2016). In 2022, a sped-up snippet from “Say Yes To […]
Bodysync – “Get Up!” (Feat. Byron Stingily)
In February, electronic dance duo Bodysync — aka Ryan Hemsworth and Giraffage — released their first new single, “Rhythm,” since last fall’s “this edible ain’t shit.” Today, Bodysync have returned with another new track. The bouncy-ball “Get Up!” features Chicago R&B/house singer Brian Stingily, whose falsetto is looped and manipulated to a dizzying degree. It’s […]
Bad Bunny – “Where She Goes”
On Monday, Bad Bunny started teasing a new song (following his Billboard-topping Grupo Frontera collab “un x100to”), “Where She Goes,” on TikTok, followed by an Instagram Story on Thursday. “Where She Goes” is officially out now and features a thudding club beat, swirling synths, and yearning lyrics: “Baby, tell me the truth if you forgot […]
Peter Gabriel Debuts New Songs At i/o Tour Opener, First Show In Nine Years
Peter Gabriel has kicked off his i/o tour with a show at Poland’s Tauron Arena in Krakow on Thursday night. It’s his first full show in nearly nine years, since he wrapped up his Back To Front tour in 2014. Gabriel’s much-anticipated new album i/o is expected to come out this year, though it still […]
Flavor Flav Is The Latest Musician To Show Up On The Writers Strike Picket Line
Over the past few weeks, striking writers have been visited by many celebrities in solidarity and they’ve gotten performances from Weezer and Imagine Dragons. And on Thursday outside the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, Flavor Flav showed his support for the Writers Guild Of America by bringing some pizzas and launching into an impromptu playback […]
Blur – “The Narcissist”
Britpop legends Blur, aka the band from before Gorillaz that was better than Gorillaz, announced a smattering of stadium and festival gigs, and it’s been almost two years since Damon Albarn said they “have an idea” for another album. Today, that all adds up to news that makes me want to shout, “Woohoo!” The idea […]
Koyo – “You’re On The List (Minus One)”
A few years ago, a group of Long Island hardcore veterans, many of whom had played in some extremely heavy bands, got together to form Koyo, a band that’s rooted in Long Island’s history of emo, pop-punk, and extremely melodic hardcore. The band released their debut EP Painting Words Into Lines in 2020, and they […]
Velocity Girl Reuniting For First Show In 21 Years At Black Cat 30th Anniversary Weekend
The nightclub known as the Black Cat opened in Washington, DC in 1993. The club was founded by Dante Ferrando, former drummer for post-hardcore greats Gray Matter, and one of its early investors was Dave Grohl, who was still the drummer in Nirvana back then. Ever since, the Black Cat has been a DC institution. […]