Just as this summer was getting going, Overmono, the duo of Welsh dance-producer brothers Tom and Ed Russell, released Good Lies, an excellent debut album that went tripping all the way across rave history. They also put a very handsome dog on their album cover, and we should commend them for that. Now, Overmono have […]
Bry Webb – “Thunder Bay”
Just a couple weeks ago we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Constantines’ astounding sophomore album Shine A Light. Today the Cons’ frontman Bry Webb is back with news of his first solo album in nine years. Run With Me is coming in November, and lead single “Thunder Bay” is great despite sounding almost nothing […]
Hot Boys Rapper B.G. Released After A Decade In Prison
B.G., a founding member of the ’90s rap group Hot Boys, was released from prison on Tuesday after more than a decade, as Billboard reports. The rapper, real name Christopher Dorsey, was arrested in November 2009 during a traffic stop; in 2012, he was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for gun possession and […]
Empty Country – “David”
This fall, former Cymbals Eat Guitars leader Joseph D’Agostino is coming back with the second album from his new project Cymbals Eat Guitars. Empty Country II is fully immersed in the sound of ancestral American indie rock, and D’Agostino recorded it at R.E.M. producer Mitch Easter’s studio in North Carolina. We’ve already posted the singles […]
Civic – “Hourglass”
At the top of the year, the Australian band Civic released their second album, Taken By Force, and they’re about to head out on a North American tour for the first time. To celebrate, they’re sharing a new one-off single called “Hourglass.” “Off the back of Taken By Force we wanted to create something new, […]
Sun June – “Easy Violence” & “John Prine”
Last month, the Austin band Sun June announced a new album, Bad Dream Jaguar, and shared its lead single “Get Enough.” Today, they’re back with a pair of new tracks, “Easy Violence” and “John Prine,” both understated and lovely. The former is centered around some imagery that gives the album its name: “Had the bad […]
PONY – “Haunted House (Remix)” (Feat. MSPAINT)
MSPAINT, the breakout synth-powered weird-punk Band To Watch from Mississippi, have remixed “Haunted House” by PONY, one of the best pop-rock acts in the underground. Almost every remix is a huge waste of time, but given our affection for both artists, this one passes the interest threshold. DeeDee and pals have significantly altered the fiber […]
Zach Bryan Returns To Ticketmaster: “One Guy Can’t Change The Whole System”
Public Opinion & Rex Tycoon – “Bug”
On their recent 7″ for Convulse Records, the Denver band Public Opinion played a Hives-adjacent, Spiritual Cramp-esque form of garage-punk. Their new single for the same label sounds way different. “Bug,” a collaboration with Pittsburgh power-pop band Rex Tycoon, is a grunge-pop track in the vein of last year’s Dazy/Militarie Gun team-up “Pressure Cooker“: huge […]
Here’s To Another 40 Years Of Guided By Voices
“Let’s do some rock!” A beaming Bob Pollard had just sauntered onstage in his Fast & Bulbous T-shirt and practically curtsied to his audience. This was the first of two concerts celebrating the 40th anniversary of Guided By Voices, the prolific, poppy, deeply idiosyncratic rock band Pollard has spent most of his life heading up. […]