Judy And The Jerks hail from Hattiesburg, MS. Shitty Life are from Parma, Italy. The two bands both play unhinged, hyperactive forms of hardcore punk that remind me of Snõõper or the Armed, and they’ve teamed up on a new 12″ that quite expectedly rips. Listen below.
Mosswood Meltdown is returning to Oakland next July, and today, they’ve teased the lineup for their 2025 iteration. It’ll include Devo, Osees, and Oakland’s own Kreayshawn — of viral “Gucci Gucci” fame — doing her first proper show in over a decade. Again hosted by John Waters, Mosswood Meltdown 2025 will mark the first time […]
Fresh off of touring with Wallows in North America and Olivia Rodrigo in Australia, New Zealand alt-pop player BENEE has a brand-new single for us. Titled “Animal,” this new one follows September’s “Sad Boiii.” Both will show up on her forthcoming album, which drops next year. Upbeat and anthemic, “Animal” has a clear hip-hop influence, […]
In the history of annoying journalism clichés, no one’s ever embodied a “rapper’s rapper” as much as Freddie Gibbs. When he’s not sharing vivid D-Boy recollections or laughing at fallen enemies, he’ll make time to own it. Otherwise, critics like me will prescribe it for him, noting a gravelly baritone that emits intensity and the […]
