Last month, young Los Angeles jazz legend Kamasi Washington headlined the Hollywood Bowl, and his set featured a very cool surprise. Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo joined Washington and his band onstage, and they helped out on a cover of Metallica’s 1991 deep cut “My Friend Of Misery.” This, of course, is Washington’s contribution […]
Loose Buttons – “Minor Leaguer”
The young NYC rockers Loose Buttons remind me of some of the best guitar-pop bands of the aughts. I have often compared them to the Strokes, but on new single “Minor Leaguer — the latest from their upcoming What’s On Outside — I’m hearing quite a bit of early Arctic Monkeys too, particularly in Eric […]
David Ferguson – “Chardonnay” (Feat. Margo Price)
At the end of the week, longtime country music engineer David Ferguson — who has worked with Johnny Cash, John Prine, and Sturgill Simpson, among many others — is releasing his debut album, Nashville No More, after decades in the game. He worked on it with a bunch of country music notables, including Margo Price, […]
Runnner – “Snowplow” (Feat. Skullcrusher)
The rising LA singer-songwriters Runnner (aka Noah Weinman) and Skullcrusher (aka Helen Ballentine) are dating. They have upcoming tour dates together on both coasts. And as of today, they have a new collaborative single called “Snowplow.” It’s a reworked version of “Urgent Care” from Runnner’s recent debut album Always Repeating, and you can hear it […]
Stream Kanye West’s Donda — Really!
Kanye West has released his new album, Donda, his first full-length since 2019’s Jesus Is King. It came out the weekend after his third listening party, which took place at Chicago’s Soldier Field. The album features guest appearances from Jay-Z, the Weeknd, Jay Electronica, the Lox, Young Thug, Pop Smoke, Pusha T, Travis Scott, Lil […]
MØL – “Serf”
The Danish blackgaze powerhouse MØL announced their new album Diorama last month with the release of lead single “Photophobic.” Today they’ve returned with a second track from the album, an epic immolation titled “Serf.” There are blastbeats here, and the vocals are consistently shrill and indecipherable in the black metal tradition, but mostly this music […]
Stream Under Attack’s Frantic New EP Preservation’s Crash
Two years ago, a group of veteran Richmond musicians got together and released a righteously fast and furious hardcore punk EP. The members of Under Attack have been in bands like Municipal Waste, Limp Wrist, and Succession. Together, they make old-school basement-rage music that’s almost overwhelming in its simplicity. Their debut EP Through The Blade […]
Stream Flee Lord & Roc Marciano’s New Collaborative Album Delgado
Way back in 2010, the Long Island rapper Roc Marciano released his self-produced album Marcberg and essentially invented a new subgenre of underground rap. That subgenre doesn’t really have a name, but you can hear echoes of Roc Marci’s bleak, meditative beats and whispered, intricately worded goon-talk in virtually all of the smoky boom-bap that’s […]
Stream Filth Is Eternal’s Merciless New Album Love Is A Lie, Filth Is Eternal
Earlier this year, the ferocious and bloody-minded Seattle hardcore band Fucked And Bound announced a name change. It’s hard to imagine a band name as nasty and memorable as Fucked And Bound, but the band found one that’s at least in the same zone: They would now be known as Filth Is Eternal. Along with […]
Joey Purp – “Candypaint”
Three years is a long time in rap, but we won’t have to wait too much longer to hear the fired-up Chicago rapper Joey Purp’s follow-up to his 2018 album QUARTERTHING. Next month, Purp will release UpLate, a new mixtape that promises to embrace the homegrown Chicago sound of house music. We’ve already heard the […]