When Garden State debuted in 2004, it felt like it was a movie made for me — a hopeless romantic millennial teen girl from New Jersey grappling with loneliness who had a fascination with pop culture and a burgeoning interest in music discovery thanks to my dad’s Sirius (not XM quite yet) account. The movie, […]
cumgirl8 – “Karma Police”
Releasing a single called “Karma Police” that’s not a Radiohead cover: Fantastic bit. Genuinely funny. Almost as noteworthy as calling your band cumgirl8. The herky-jerk New York post-punk band of that name just announced plans to release their new album The 8th Cumming this fall, and I’m forced to admit that cumgirl8 are good at […]
Kelly Lee Owens – “Sunshine”
This fall, the Welsh producer Kelly Lee Owens will release her new album Dreamstate. The record has contributions from Bicep, the Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands, and the 1975’s George Daniel. We’ve already posted first single “Love You Got,” an absolute banger. Today, Owens shares another one. “Sunshine,” the second single from Dreamstate, is a slinky […]
Machine Girl – “Until I Die”
New York City electronic hardcore duo Machine Girl have announced MG Ultra, their sixth studio album and their first in half a decade. It arrives in October and marks the duo’s debut with their new label home Future Classic. The news arrives today along with the record’s amped-up lead single “Until I Die.” “Until I […]
Watch Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle And Jim Fairchild Reunite To Cover Elliott Smith At LA Tribute Show
Yesterday marked 55 years since the birth of Elliott Smith. To celebrate the late, great singer-songwriter, a bunch of musicians threw a tribute concert last night at the Regent in LA, a benefit for Smith’s former recording studio New Monkey Studio. Headlining the show, which was titled All My Rowdy Friends, was the pairing of […]
Suga From BTS Apologizes For Riding An Electric Scooter While Drunk
BTS’ Suga issued an apology Wednesday for driving an electric scooter while under the influence of alcohol. The K-pop idol wrote in a statement that he had been fined for riding the scooter home while drunk Tuesday night — a violation of South Korea’s traffic laws — and had his driver’s license revoked. A Seoul […]
Jack Black Says That Tenacious D Are Not Finished
Last month, it looked like Jack Black was done with Tenacious D, his long-running comedy-rock duo. At a show in Sydney a few weeks ago, Black’s Tenacious D bandmate Kyle Gass joked about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, which had only just happened the day before. The Sydney show was on Gass’ birthday, so […]
Kehlani And Ex Javaughn Young-White Release Statements Responding To Report That She’s In A Cult
On July 24, Kehlani’s ex Javaughn Young-White filed for full custody of their 5-year-old daughter Adeya Nomi, claiming that the singer is in a cult. Today, Kehlani shared a statement about the situation to her Instagram story. “What has been published in the media over the past 24 hours is incredibly hurtful, inaccurate, inappropriate, and […]
Dreamless Veil – “A Generation Of Eyes”
The extreme metal band Dreamless Veil brings together Artificial Brain guitarist Dan Garguilo, Inter Arma/Artificial Brain vocalist Mike Paparo, and Psycroptic drummer Dave Haley. Their debut album Every Limb Of The Flood, coming next month via Relapse, is billed as “a blackened concept album that follows the travails of Grief, a character who awakens from […]
The Bug Club – “A Bit Like James Bond”
Welsh rockers the Bug Club are releasing On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System, their first album for Sub Pop, later this month. So far, they’ve shared the singles “Quality Pints” and “Lonsdale Slipons,” and now they’ve dropped another one called “A Bit Like James Bond.” “Everybody thinks they look a bit like James […]