MTV held their annual Video Music Awards on Sunday (Sept. 12) at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in New York. Pulling a double-duty, Doja Cat hosted the event and performed “Been Like This” and “You Right” for the evening. She also grabbed a few awards including Best Collaboration “Kiss Me More” and Best Art Direction with “Best […]
James Blake – “Famous Last Words”
James Blake’s new album Friends That Break Your Heart was originally supposed to come out last week, but it’s been delayed until October due to vinyl factory delays caused by COVID. He’s still heading out tour this week, though, beginning with a show in San Diego on Thursday. And today, following early singles “Say What […]
Absolutely Free – “Remaining Light”
It’s been nearly seven years since the Toronto pop experimentalists Absolutely Free released their self-titled debut. In a few months, they’ll finally follow it up with the new Jorge Elbrecht-produced album Aftertouch. We’ve already posted early track “How To Paint Clouds,” as well as “Still Life,” a song originally released in 2018. Today, Absolutely Free […]
Kim Gordon’s Body/Head Team With Aaron Dilloway For Collaborative Album, Share New Song “Goin’ Down”
Ever since the end of Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon has been one half of Body/Head, an improvisatory experimental duo with Bill Nace. Gordon and Nace released The Switch, the most recent Body/Head album, in 2018. A year later, Gordon released her solo debut No Home Record. But now Body/Head are coming back, and they’ve temporarily […]
Kohti Tuhoa – “Väkivaltaa”
Finnish D-beat ragers Kohnti Tuhoa are among the fiercest and best punk bands in the entire world. The band cranks out frantic, serrated music, and they sing very angrily in their mother tongue. (The band name is Finnish for towards destruction. Kohti Tuhoa play fast, and they work fast, too. Last year, the band released […]
Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser Joins Oneohtrix Point Never On New Version Of “Tales From The Trash Stratum”
Oneohtrix Point Never has announced a special expanded Blu-ray edition of his most recent album, last year’s Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, which will come out in October on the one-year anniversary of the LP’s original release. In addition to new Dolby Atmos mixes and new artwork from album cover creator Robert Beatty, the Blu-ray edition […]
Stream Advance Base’s Surprise Covers Album Wall Of Tears & Other Songs I Didn’t Write
Owen Ashworth has written a lot of devastating songs. For years, Ashworth recorded under the name Casiotone For The Painfully Alone. Ashworth retired that moniker in 2010, and he’s been going by the name Advance Base ever since. Ashworth’s deeply sad 2018 album Animal Companionship was a big favorite around here. Today, though, Ashworth has […]
MTV VMAs 2021: Foo Fighters Take Home Global Icon Award, Perform Hits Medley | SPIN
It’s been a big year for the Foo Fighters. We can go into that ad nauseam but will spare you. But at this year’s edition of the MTV Video Music Awards, Dave Grohl and company were the recipients of the Global Icon Award. According to the award’s description, it “celebrates an artist/band whose unparalleled career […]
Machine Gun Kelly Wins Best Alternative at MTV's VMAs
Machine Gun Kelly did it again. The former rapper now punk rocker won the Best Alternative Video award for the second year in a row. This year’s nominees for Best Alternative Video were Bleachers (“Stop Making This Hurt”), Glass Animals (“Heat Waves”), Imagine Dragons (“Follow You”), Machine Gun Kelly ft. Blackbear (“My Ex’s Best Friend”), […]
MTV VMAs 2021: Watch Olivia Rodrigo Perform 'good 4 u' | SPIN
Already the winner of the Push Performance, Olivia Rodrigo made her VMAs debut with a performance of “good 4 u.” She entered the stage in grand fashion, coming from the sky before launching into her pop punk-infused song. Watch her entrance below. It's @Olivia_Rodrigo's debut #VMAs performance, and boy, does she know how to make […]