London’s Tube Alloys play post-punk, but not like some of the more prominent UK bands of recent vintage played post-punk. Their style hearkens back to Wire, Swell Maps, and the Fall — blunt and shouty rather than cerebral and talky, with big choruses that remind me of, I don’t know, “Academy Fight Song”? They have […]
Malaysian Festival Organizer Orders The 1975 To Pay £2 Million In Damages Over Onstage Kiss Or Face Legal Action
A few weeks ago, the 1975 were headlining the first date of Kuala Lampur’s Good Vibes Festival — a name that become more ironic every day — when frontman Matty Healy took it upon himself to criticize Malaysia’s anti-LGBTQ laws and kiss bassist Ross McDonald. As a result, the 1975’s set was cut short, and […]
Arm’s Length – “Up In Smoke”
The young Ontario band Arm’s Length play a hearty, hard-charging brand of emo, the kind you throw your whole self into without any care about what’s cool. When the approach hits, it really hits, as on today’s new single “Up In Smoke.” At less than three minutes, the track feels epic. It begins in a […]
Taylor Swift Announces 1989 (Taylor’s Version) With Five “Insane” Vault Tracks
Some fans at Taylor Swift’s first Eras Tour show at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles last week believed Swift was teasing 1989 as her next re-recorded album. It looks like she was. Wednesday night, at Swift’s final SoFi show (her last Eras Tour date in North America until next fall), she confirmed that 1989 (Taylor’s […]
Steve Lacy On Overexcitable Concertgoers: “This Is How These Kids Are”
You may have noticed that live-music audiences have been acting the fuck out lately. People keep throwing things at pop stars, and those pop stars keep getting hit: Bebe Rexha with a phone, Kid Cudi with bottles, Lady Gaga with a Dr. Simi doll, Kane Brown with a cowboy boot. People have thrown so many […]
Sex Pistols Record Designer Jamie Reid Dead At 76
Jamie Reid, the artist and graphic designer most famous for working with the Sex Pistols, has died. In his work for the Pistols, Reid helped establish the visual language of punk rock. As The Guardian reports, gallerist John Marchant confirmed Reid’s death, making a statement alongside his family and describing Reid as “artist, iconoclast, anarchist, […]
Alan Palomo – “Club People” & “La Madrileña”
Alan Palomo is almost ready to release World Of Hassle, his first album in eight years and first since he ditched the Neon Indian moniker. We’ve already heard several singles from the album including “Nudista Mundial,” “Stay-At-Home DJ,” and “Meutrière.” Today he shared two more squelchy synth-funk tracks, “Club People” and “La Madrileña.” Regarding “Club […]
Scowl’s Kat Moss Fires Back At “Industry Plant” Accusations
Kat Moss of the Santa Cruz hardcore band Scowl has posted a lengthy message combating the idea that she and her band are “industry plants,” that often-deployed term for artists who’ve been artificially shot to stardom by behind-the-scenes machinations rather than rising to prominence organically. “I’m so sorry if I’m alienating some of you, your […]
Travis Scott Announces His First Tour Since The Astroworld Disaster
In the past few years, Travis Scott has headlined a few festivals and played some one-off shows, but he hasn’t mounted a full-scale tour since his disastrous 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston. At that show, a sudden crowd crush during Scott’s set led to 10 deaths and hundreds of injuries. Scott has been cleared of […]
Whitney – “Kansas”
From the looks of that photo, Whitney aren’t in Kansas anymore. But they apparently were there long enough to be inspired to write their excellent new single. Like so many Whitney songs, “Kansas” sublimely captures the spirit of rootsy retro soft rock, swaddling Julian Ehrlich’s falsetto with a lush and wistful swirl of beauty like […]