Death Valley Girls, the great psychedelic garage rock band from Los Angeles, released Under The Spell Of Joy, their most recent album, in 2020. Since then, the band has released some excellent one-off singles like “When I’m Free” and “It’s All Really Kind Of Amazing.” Today, the band announces that they’ve got a new album […]
They Are Gutting A Body Of Water Drop MBV-Sampling SoundCloud Rap Track
Last month, Philadelphia experimental shoegaze band They Are Gutting A Body Of Water released a compelling new LP, Lucky Styles. It followed their recent split EP with fellow Philly band A Country Western, An Insult To The Sport. Now, TAGABOW have shared a rap track on their SoundCloud called “Beauty Lighter.” “I told u I […]
200 Stab Wounds – “Masters Of Morbidity”
Tonight Cleveland’s 200 Stab Wounds are launching a co-headlining tour with Rochester’s Undeath, their fellow young death metal greats (and a recent Band To Watch). They’re marking the occasion — and announcing their signing to Metal Blade Records — with a hulking powerhouse of a new single called “Masters Of Morbidity.” Check it out below […]
O. – “OGO”
The London duo O. comprises saxophonist Joseph Henwood and drummer Tash Keary. They’ve opened for black midi, they’re signed to producer Dan Carey’s Speedy Wunderground label, and with that lineup, you won’t be surprised to learn that their stomping, skronking sound reminds me a bit of Party Dozen. Today they’ve released their debut single “OGO,” […]
Stream Seattle Hardcore Band City Of Industry’s Intense, Atmospheric New Album Spiritual West
Two years ago, the Seattle hardcore trio City Of Industry really impressed me with their album False Flowers. On that record, City Of Industry drew on lots of different sounds — pianos, folky acoustic guitars, bursts of noise-rock sludge — to make something truly expressive. Today, the band might’ve outdone themselves. They’ve just released the […]
Massa Nera – “Adrift”
Five years ago, the intense and ambitious New Jersey screamo band Massa Nera released their full-length debut Los Pensamientos De Una Cara Palida. Now, after a bunch of interstitial releases, Massa Nera are getting ready to return with their second LP, a feverish concept album called Derramar | Querer | Borrar that the band recorded […]
The No Ones – “A Christmas Voice (I Don’t Want To Bring You Into This World)”
A few years ago, the former R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck joined a jangle-pop supergroup. The No Ones also features Young Fresh Fellows leader Scott McCaughey, Buck’s Minus 5 bandmate and longtime collaborator, as well as two members of the Norwegian power-pop band I Was A King. The No Ones released their debut EP The Sun […]
AKAI SOLO – “Upper Room” (Feat. Armand Hammer)
In recent years, the Brooklyn rapper AKAI SOLO has been a prolific force on the avant-garde underground, releasing full collaborative albums with people like Pink Siifu and Navy Blue. Today, AKAI SOLO has a new album of his own. (There’s no non-cute way to call it a solo album.) The new Spirit Roaming is AKAI […]
The Blessed Madonna – “Serotonin Moonbeams” (Feat. Uffie)
In the last few years, Kentucky-born, London-based DJ and producer Marea Stamper (The Blessed Madonna, formerly the Black Madonna) released a remix of Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott. Later in 2020, the Blessed Madonna mixed Lipa’s Club Future Nostalgia remix album featuring Gwen Stefani, Mark Ronson, Yaeji, and more. That said, she […]
Hannibal Buress Shares New Song “Knee Brace” As Eshu Tune
For years, the great stand-up comic Hannibal Buress has been making music, mostly as a hobby. Buress was a regular in rap videos, especially from Chicago artists, for a long time, and on songs like Open Mike Eagle’s 2014 track “Doug Stamper (Advice Song),” he showed that he could actually rap. Back when Buress Handsome […]