German computer-pop greats the Notwist haven’t released new music since their Sub Pop-abetted 2014 comeback album Close To The Glass. But they’ll drop a new EP called Ship in August via Morr Music — billed as the precursor to a new LP — and today we’re hearing its title track. “Ship” is a pulsing, heavily […]
Hear The Stooges' "Fun House" From Unearthed Last Concert With Original Lineup
The Stooges’ original lineup played its final show on August 8, 1970 at the Goose Lake International Music Festival in Leoni Township, Michigan, an hour outside their native Detroit. As the legend goes, bassist Dave Alexander freaked out in front of the 200,000-strong audience and did not play a note on stage that night, which […]
Robert Plant – “Charlie Patton Highway (Turn it Up, Pt. 1)”
Robert Plant has announced a new career-spanning anthology called Digging Deep: Subterranean to celebrate the third season of his Digging Deep With Robert Plant podcast. The two-disc, 30-track set will feature three unreleased tracks including “Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up, Pt. 1),” which will also appear on Plant’s upcoming album Band Of Joy Volume […]
Former Operation Ivy Frontman Jesse Michaels' Band Classics Of Love Releases 'World Of Burning Hate' EP: Stream
Operation Ivy broke up in 1989, but the Berkeley ska-punk band’s influence lingered long after that. When I was in high school, copies of Op Ivy’s one album were basically issued to every teenager who showed the slightest interest in punk rock. After Op Ivy broke up, guitarist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman went […]
Black King Savior Comments On Social Injustice On New Track ‘Going Crazy’
Black King Savior released a new number ‘Going Crazy’ – a tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement and all victims of social injustice. On his new track, Black King Savior describes the cultural forces that shape us. He openly criticizes our politically and socially challenging state, he is ready to protest and walk the […]
Watch The Makaya McCraven Documentary & Stream His New Album 'Universal Beings E&F Sides'
Chicago drummer, producer, and all-around musical genius Makaya McCraven has been widely heralded as one of the leading lights in jazz today. Universal Beings, the 2018 album that cemented that reputation, is the subject of a new mini-documentary out today, and McCraven has shared a companion album of leftover material from the same sessions. McCraven […]
Hidden Mothers – “Beneath, To The Earth”
The Sheffield band Hidden Mothers have a grand, clangorous sound. It’s somewhere between black metal and post-hardcore, and it also draws from shoegaze and goth and screamo. If you’re into the bands who exist at those different intersection points — Deafheaven, Envy, Infant Island, Svalbard — then Hidden Mothers offer a whole lot to like. […]
Murda Beatz – “Doors Unlocked” (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Polo G)
Canadian rap producer Murda Beatz has already worked on a number of releases this year, including Lil Wayne’s Funeral, Lil Baby’s My Turn, and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s PARTYMOBILE. And now he’s teaming up with longtime collaborator Ty Dolla $ign and melancholic young Chicago sing-rapper Polo G, who recently put out the album THE GOAT, for a new […]
Hinds – "Spanish Bombs" (The Clash Cover)
Hinds are one of Spain’s foremost rock exports, and now they’ve covered one of the foremost rock songs about Spain. Fresh off the release of their very fun new album The Prettiest Curse, the poppy Madrid garage band have delivered a gleefully noisy take on the Clash’s London Calling classic “Spanish Bombs,” a song about […]
Travis Barker & Run The Jewels – “Forever”
Run The Jewels just released their monstrous, long-awaited album RTJ4 last month, and that should be enough Killer Mike and El-P verses to sit around and process for a while. But today, we get a couple of new ones. Run The Jewels have teamed up with Travis Barker, the Blink-182 drummer and moonlighting rap producer, […]