Adore Life, the second and final album from the explosive UK post-punk band Savages, came out 10 years ago today. Dang — has it really been that long since this crew was out there blowing minds? To mark the anniversary, Savages have shared two previously unreleased tracks from the Adore Life era: an elegant, transformative […]
Arctic Monkeys, Olivia Rodrigo, Cameron Winter, Pulp, & More Contribute New Songs To War Child’s HELP(2)
In 1995, Paul McCartney, Blur, Radiohead, Oasis, Massive Attack, Sinéad O’Connor, and more legendary acts got together and recorded tracks for The Help Album to raise over a million dollars for the global children’s charity War Child UK. Now, HELP(2) is coming, and it features Arctic Monkeys, Olivia Rodrigo, Cameron Winter, Pulp, Depeche Mode, Damon […]
A$AP Rocky’s New Pharrell Collab Premieres In Louis Vuitton’s FW26 Show, New Tokischa Collab Out Now
On Friday, A$AP Rocky finally released the long-awaited and quite fun Don’t Be Dumb, his first album in almost eight years. On Saturday, he did musical-guest and sketch-cameo duty on SNL. Rocky hasn’t slowed down since then, either. He’s announced an arena tour that’ll take him straight through summer, and he’s got new Pharrell and […]
Oscar Nominations 2026: HUNTR/X, Nick Cave, & Yes, Diane Warren Among Best Song Contenders
The morning has arrived, and this year’s Oscar nominations are finally in the books. This is a music website, though you can obviously feel free to talk about Delroy Lindo finally getting an Oscar nomination or whatever in the comments section. As always, this year’s acting nominations give us plenty of music stuff to discuss. […]
Winston Hightower Announces New Album 100 Acre Wood: Hear “Lay Low”
Winston Hightower has a new album on the way. The Columbus lo-fi institution will release 100 Acre Wood in April on K’s Perennial imprint. That’s the same label that gave us Sharp Pins, but Hightower’s version of lo-fi is not so obviously Beatles-y. Local forebears Times New Viking’s scrappy, melodic art punk is a reference […]
Tinariwen Announce New Album Hoggar: Hear “Sagherat Assani”
Tuareg desert blues greats Tinariwen have been making mind-expanding guitar music for decades; they’re an institution. In a few months, they’ll follow their 2023 album Amatssou with a new LP called Hoggar. They’ll also tour the world, but they can’t play North America because of the current travel ban in place in the US. According […]
Lone Announces New Album Hyperphantasia: Hear “Life Spark”
UK producer Matt Culter has been making playfully psychedelic rave music under the name Lone for nearly two decades. The last Lone album was Always Inside Your Head, and it came out way back in 2021. Since then, though, he’s cranked out singles like “Triton,” “Ascension.png,” and “Sickly, Sweetly Summer Movie.” All of those tracks […]
Lightning Bolt Announce Split LP With OOIOO, Share New Song “CLOUD CORE”
For many years, Providence noise-rock legends Lightning Bolt and experimental Osaka wizards the Boredoms have recognized each other as fellow travelers. I once saw Lightning Bolt open a New York Boredoms show, and let me tell you, that was a good night. Boredoms drummer YoshimiO, whose name you probably recognize from that one Flaming Lips […]
Doll Spirit Vessel Announce New Album Bow: Hear “Kissing My Cup”
Philly indie rockers Doll Spirit Vessel were quiet for a few years after the release of their 2022 album What Stays, but they came back with a new song called “Godless” last month. Now, they’re ready to announce their new LP Bow, and they’re sharing a tangled, wearily energetic new song called “Kissing My Cup.” […]
United Blood 2026 Lineup Has Speed, Foundation, Agnostic Front, Breakdown, So Much Hardcore
The Richmond hardcore festival United Blood holds a special place in moshers’ hearts, and it was fondly missed when the organizers decided to stop doing the fest after COVID forced the cancellation of the 2020 edition. Last year, though, United Blood came back for the first time in six years, selling out Richmond’s bigass Canal […]