Back in 1980, the Cure released their sophomore album Seventeen Seconds, an absolute classic of dark, pulsing gothic postpunk. The album’s 40th anniversary was just last month. Today, that album gets a tribute that very few would’ve known to expect. Behemoth, the demonic Polish underground metal institution, have dropped an utterly badass cover of “A […]
Baths – “Be That”
Will Wiesenfeld has been making warm, gooey electronic pop music under the name Baths for a solid decade now. And he’s about to collect a bunch of that music in the forthcoming compilation Pop Music / False B-Sides II, a sequel to his 2011 full-length of the same name and the inaugural release on his […]
Watch Wiki Debut New Single “Cash Out” On COLORS
On the COLORS web series, musicians — usually rappers, but not always — come through these bright, monochromatic studios to perform songs. Sometimes, they debut new music. COLORS has become a whole brand in recent years, and the series has recently welcomed luminaries like Denzel Curry and Moses Sumney. Today, Wiki, the New York rap […]
Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena – "Dreaming Of The Kelly Pool"
Looking Glass is Mexican Summer’s new singles series “celebrating the human condition through remote connection,” with proceeds directly benefitting the artists or a charity of their choice. Connan Mockasin and Ariel Pink have released songs through the series so far, and today a third Looking Glass track arrives from harpist Mary Lattimore and Paul Sukeena, […]
Self Defense Family – “Make Me A Pallet Fire On Your Floor” & “Local Clerics”
Self Defense Family, the Albany post-hardcore collective led by Patrick Kindlon, have spent the last few weeks digging through their archives to share unreleased music with the world. We’ve heard “Florida Trip” and “Tissue Thin,” “Jesus Of Nazareth,” and “Secular Trust” and “Lust For Nuke.” And today they’re sharing another two songs, “Make Me A […]
El-P's Debut Album 'Fantastic Damage' Hits Streaming For The First Time Ever
In 2002, shortly after the breakup of his old group Company Flow, the New York rapper and producer El-P released Fantastic Damage, an album of broken and shattered and apocalyptic underground rap music. In a lot of ways, the album showcased the community that had built up around El’s Definitive Jux label; Aesop Rock, Vast […]
End – “Fear For Me Now”
We are now less than a month away from the release of Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face, the band End’s full-length debut. This is good news. End are led by Counterparts frontman Brendan Murphy and Fit For An Autopsy guitarist Will Putney, and the band also features current and former members of Dillinger Escape Plan, […]
Chelsea Wolfe & Jess Gowrie Form New Band Mrs. Piss, Announce Debut Album 'Self-Surgery', & Share First Songs: Listen
The dark, gothed-out singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe tends to vacillate between spare, haunted doom-folk and heavier forms of music. Last year, she released her spartan album Birth Of Violence. Last month, she turned up on an all-star metal cover of Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train.” And today, Wolfe announces that she and her friend and collaborator Jess […]
Caribou Shares Four Tet Remix Of "Never Come Back," Announces Rescheduled Tour Dates: Listen
Dan Snaith and Kieran Hebden, better known to most of us as Caribou and Four Tet, have both been making forward-thinking club music since before the turn of the millennium, and they’re longtime friends. (They released a split single, for instance, way back in 2011.) Right now, both of them have new albums out. Caribou […]
The Killers Play "Caution" From Brandon Flowers' Home On 'Fallon': Watch
Back in March, around the same time that the pandemic ground American life to a halt, the Killers announced the forthcoming release of their album Imploding The Mirage. They also dropped “Caution,” an extremely tasty lead single that features guitar from Lindsey Buckingham. In the past two months, the Killers have been put in the […]