Later this month, the Haxan Cloak’s Bobby Krlic has a score coming out for the new Ari Aster film Beau Is Afraid, but before that, he has a different score for us. He composed the music for the new Netflix series BEEF, which was created by Lee Sung Jin, stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, […]
Mick Mars Sues Mötley Crüe
Last fall, Mötley Crüe announced that guitarist Mick Mars was retiring from touring due to his ongoing battle with Ankylosing Spondylitis, though they said in a statement that he would still be a member of the band. But now, as TMZ reports, Mick Mars — real name Robert Alan Deal — has filed a lawsuit […]
Watch Members Of Testament, Cannibal Corpse, Municipal Waste, & Dethklok Play A Passover-Themed Cover Of Metallica’s “Creeping Death”
Jordan Olds’ great video series Two Minutes To Late Night was a weekly pandemic delight, and it’s kept going since then, albeit a little more intermittently. Last month, 2M2LN assembled a band of hardcore all-stars for a cover of AFI’s “The Leaving Song, Pt. II.” Now, in honor of Passover, we’re getting a Jewish metal […]
Daryl Johns – “Gabriel”
Daryl Johns is a bassist who has played with Mac DeMarco, the Lemon Twigs, Immanuel Wilkins’s Quartet, Vijay Iyer’s Trio, and Macy Gray, just to name a few. He’s just signed with DeMarco’s record label Mac’s Record Label to release his debut single, “Gabriel.” “it just feels like a hug to me,” Johns said of […]
Tony Shhnow – “Real Rare”
Last month, Atlanta rapper Tony Shhnow announced a new project, Love Streak, coming in late April. Produced by Grimm Doza and CashCache, Love Streak includes a Solange sample and features guest spots from Lil Crank (“Something To Remember”), 3AG Pilot (“Control Issues”), Act (“Friends Still), Mavi (“On The Street”) and DRAM (“Reminisce). Also in March, […]
Spinebreaker – “Spectral Forge”
The story of Gulch was an amazing hardcore myth, and it got a beautiful storybook ending. Gulch came ripping out of San Jose, bringing a frantic, chaotic, confrontational sound and carrying themselves like post-apocalyptic warrior urchins. They quickly became the toast of the hardcore world. Their live show was famously intense, but they became even […]
Steven Tyler Denies Sexual Assault Claims, Lawyers Accuse Aerosmith Singer Of “Gaslighting”
Last December, a woman named Julia Holcomb accused Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting her in the ’70s, when she was a minor. Now, Tyler has issued a denial of all of the allegations, Rolling Stone reports. In a statement filed last week in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tyler claims Holcomb (now […]
Watch Clairo Cover Vashti Bunyan’s “Winter Is Blue”
Over the weekend, Clairo released a demo of a new song called “For Now,” with proceeds going to charity. A few weeks before that, she hopped on a remix of Phoenix’s “After Midnight.” And now, another dispatch from Clairoverse. On Wednesday, she shared a video of herself covering Vashti Bunyan’s “Winter Is Blue,” a song […]
Moses Sumney, Halsey Cast In Ti West’s MaXXXine
Last year, the cult indie-horror director Ti West came back from a long absence with X, a deeply entertaining slasher set on a ’70s porn shoot. Kid Cudi was in that movie, co-starring with Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, and Martin Henderson. But the real breakout was Mia Goth in a stunning double role. Later that […]
CHAI – “We The Female!”
It’s been about two years since the Japanese band CHAI released their last album, 2021’s Wink, and since then they’ve dropped a series of singles: “Whole,” Surprise, “Hero Journey,” and “My Dream,” the most recent of them that came out last August. Today, they’re back with a fresh song for us, the energetic and bright […]