Last year, the avant-garde jazz trumpeter jaimie branch died suddenly at the age of 39. In her lifetime, branch was a prolific collaborator, but she was also known for her solo work and for what she did as one half of the duo Anteloper. Shortly before her death, branch finished work on a solo album […]
Ogbert The Nerd – “Bike Cops”
New Jersey emo band Ogbert The Nerd released their raw, urgent, magnificently catchy debut album I Don’t Hate You in December 2020. It was the kind of record that immediately stokes a hunger for more, but in the two and a half years since, the band has only shared one song, last summer’s “A New […]
Oblivion Access 2023 Brought Heavy, Experimental, And Unclassifiable Music To An Impossibly Hot Austin
The festival featured four nights of music, starting with a smaller Thursday night warm-up confined to just Empire Control Room & Garage and Elysium, and then spreading out across a few other clubs up and down Red River — or, if you wanted to brave the 100-plus degree weather in the daytime, you could also […]
Alienator – “Senseless Violence”
With their 2022 demo, Portland hardcore band Alienator caught the attention of Denver’s essential Convulse Records. Now Convulse is releasing an Alienator 7″. The four-song EP World Of Hate is coming in just a few weeks, and today they’ve shared its opening track. “Senseless Violence” brings a raw edge to straightahead hardcore, spiking it with […]
Sigur Rós Kick Off Orchestra Tour With Several Live Rarities
This past week, Sigur Rós released a brand-new album, their first in 10 years. ÁTTA is also the first album that Jónsi and bassist Georg Holm recorded with Kjartan Sveinsson since he left the band in 2012. Last night (June 16), joined forces with the London Contemporary Orchestra (part of their 41-piece orchestra tour) for […]
My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields Hid A Thumb Drive Of New Music In His Fender Signature Guitar Pedals
If you’re into guitar pedals, then you might have seen Fender’s recently released (and first-ever) signature fuzz, which is based on what Kevin Shields uses in My Bloody Valentine. This limited release contained only 700 pedals worldwide, and each came with a signed booklet and a fancy cardboard box. (If you want more specs and […]
The Pretenders – “I Think About You Daily” (Feat. Jonny Greenwood)
Later this year, Chrissie Hynde’s legendary rock ‘n’ roll institution the Pretenders will release the new album Relentless. We’ve already posted first single “Let The Sun Come In,” and now the band has shared the song’s grand closing track, which features some help from an unexpected collaborator. The regretful ballad “I Think About You Daily” […]
Bonnaroo Attendees Are Making Accidental 911 Calls With iPhone’s Crash Feature
This year’s Bonnaroo festival kicked off last night, and apparently people were going off too hard to Zeds Dead or whatever. In previous years, this wouldn’t have been a problem. But Apple recently launched its crash detection feature in iPhones and Apple Watches. Last fall, Apple introduced the new feature, which is intended to alert […]
KennyHoopla & Travis Barker – “SABOTAGE//”
Pop-punk/indie rock/hip-hop solo act KennyHoopla is following up 2021’s Travis Barker-produced Survivors Guilt: The Mixtape with another Barker-produced effort, the Blink And You’ll Miss It EP. Ahead of the project’s release next month, he’s shared a hard-charging new single called “SABOTAGE//,” which reminds me a bit of his recent collaborators Bloc Party. KennyHoopla’s “SABOTAGE//” is […]
Bethany Cosentino – “Easy”
Best Coast leader Bethany Cosentino is ramping up to the release of her debut solo album Natural Disaster. She shared lead single “It’s Fine” back in May and it back today with a second single. “Easy” is a midtempo pop-rock track that could almost pass for country. It finds Cosentino taking stock of where she’s […]