This week, a few days after Robert Smith dropped his Noel Gallagher remix, the Cure announced a spring and summer tour of North America. Now the legendary goth/new wave band has explained its ticketing policy for that tour. Upon announcing the tour, the band posted on their website, “The Cure have agreed all ticket prices, […]
Navy Blue – “Chosen”
In recent years, Sage Elsesser, the rapper and pro skateboarder better known as Navy Blue, has been one of the busiest and most acclaimed figures on the indie-rap underground. Navy Blue has done extensive work with artists like Earl Sweatshirt, Wiki, and AKAI SOLO. His own records, which are often self-produced, are deep dives into […]
Sam Hunt – “Outskirts”
In a career that’s lasted for about a decade, the country superstar Sam Hunt has released a grand total of two albums, and given Nashville’s relentless churn, that basically qualifies him as a recluse. Hunt doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to drop a third record, but he is reporting for work once again. […]
Watch The 1975’s SNL Promos With Host Jenna Ortega
This weekend, the 1975 will return to Saturday Night Live as musical guest alongside host and Wednesday/Scream VI star Jenna Ortega. Promoting last year’s Being Funny In A Foreign Language, the band first played SNL in 2016 in support of I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of […]
Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois Being Adapted Into Theatrical Dance Performance With New Arrangements
Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois has been adapted into a theatrical dance performance, which will have its world premiere this summer at the Fisher Center at Bard College. It’s a collaboration between Stevens, choreographer Justin Peck, and writer Jackie Sibblies Drury. Peck won a Tony Award for his work on the 2018 revival of Carousel on Broadway, […]
Hot Mulligan – “Shhhh! Golf Is On”
Who’s ready for some sparkling, anthemic emo? Some emo that’s poppy but also extremely, unflinchingly emo? If this is what you’re seeking, your friends in Hot Mulligan are about to satiate your hunger. The Michigan band’s new album Why Would I Watch is coming in May, and its lead single — the brilliantly titled “Shhhh! […]
Kassa Overall – “Ready To Ball”
Seattle jazz drummer, producer, and rapper Kassa Overall is already a sought-after collaborator and solo artist. He’s released two studio albums (Go Get Ice Cream And Listen To Jazz (2019) and I Think I’m Good (2020)), he’s a protege of drummer Billy Hart and pianist Geri Allen, and he’s previously worked with Yoko Ono, Jon […]
Florence + The Machine – “Just A Girl” (No Doubt Cover)
The hit Showtime series Yellowjackets — which tells the story of a high school girls soccer team stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash in the ’90s in parallel with the characters’ lives in the present — is about to return for its second season. To mark the occasion, Florence + The Machine have […]
Rachika Nayar – “hawthorn”
Last year, the Brooklyn electronic composer Rachika Nayar released Heaven Come Crashing, one of the best albums of 2022. Today, she’s announced that her two earlier projects, Our Hands Against The Dusk and fragments, are being put out on vinyl for the first time after only being released on cassette. The new edition of fragments, […]
Stream Waste Man’s Raw, Murky New Self-Titled EP
Waste Man have been around for a few years. They started in New Orleans and released their debut EP Outlaw in 2017, and they recently relocated to New York. The band’s sound is a scuzzy, intense take on post-hardcore and noise-rock — the intentionally off-putting sounds that fueled the American rock underground in the ’80s […]