Later this month, ferocious punk avengers War On Women will release their new album Wonderful Hell, the follow-up to 2018’s excellent Capture The Flag. Guitarist Brooks Harlan co-produced the new one with Jawbox leader J. Robbins, and the band has already shared the album’s title track. Today, we get a second song, an anthemic rager […]
'Marcy Projects And The Infinite Sadness' Mashes Up Jay-Z's 'Black Album' With Smashing Pumpkins Tracks
One of the most memorable artifacts of ’00s mashup culture is The Grey Album, on which Danger Mouse — then a largely unknown rap producer with some meager critical buzz — replaced the music on Jay-Z’s freshly released The Black Album with samples from the Beatles’ iconic 1968 self-titled double LP, aka “The White Album.” […]
Megan Thee Stallion Writes New York Times Op-Ed | SPIN
Megan Thee Stallion wrote an op-ed piece for the New York Times today (Oct. 13) about Black women in America. Titled “Why I Speak Up for Black Women,” the piece addresses voting, the alleged shooting by Tory Lanez and the continuing pressure on, and mistreatment of Black women. “Black women are expected once again to deliver victory for […]
The Mountain Goats – "Picture Of My Dress"
The Mountain Goats are releasing a new album, Getting Into Knives, in a couple of weeks. So far, they’ve shared “As Many Candles As Possible” and “Get Famous.” The new album doesn’t, unfortunately, include the 18-second song about a teacup that John Darnielle recently posted to his Twitter account, but it does include a song […]
Sharon Van Etten – "Let Go"
Sharon Van Etten has a new song featured in Feels Good Man, the documentary about the creator of the internet meme Pepe The Frog, which has been hijacked by the alt-right in recent years. The film, which debuted on video-on-demand services a few weeks back, is airing on PBS’ Independent Lens this week. Today, Van […]
Cloud Nothings – "Am I Something"
In the three months since surprise-releasing the quarantine album The Black Hole Understands, Cloud Nothings have been steadily trickling out new music through their Bandcamp subscription series. Turns out Dylan Baldi’s crew are still churning out music for the general public, too. A new Cloud Nothings LP called The Shadow I Remember is coming this […]
Clipping – “Pain Everyday”
Next week, Clipping, the LA rap experimentalists led by star of stage and screen Daveed Diggs, will release their new album Visions Of Bodies Being Burned. Like the trio’s 2019 album There Existed An Addiction To Blood, the new LP is dedicated entirely to horror cinema and to the different ways that the genre interacts […]
Puscifer Announce Global Livestream, 'Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti'
Maynard James Keenan’s Puscifer will “take viewers deep into the heart of the Arizona desert” with the Oct. 30 Global Livestream “concert experience” titled Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti. It starts at 6 pm EST/ 3 pm PST and will remain on-demand for 72 hours. Tickets can be purchased here. It ties into the release, that same […]
Cloud Nothings Announce New Album 'The Shadow I Remember,' Share 'Am I Something'
Cloud Nothings have had a busy year. After self-releasing The Black Hole Understands — an album made totally in isolation — just a few months ago, the band announced a new album, The Shadow I Remember. Though technically their eighth album, the noise rockers got back to their roots for this one. Recorded prior to lockdown, the […]
Ari Lennox – “Cognac Eyes”
Rising R&B star Ari Lennox followed up last year’s wildly popular Shea Butter Baby early this year with a one-off track called “Bussit.” That one was released through her label, J. Cole’s Dreamville, as part of a two-track “single pack” with fellow Dreamville breakout stars EARTHGANG. She returned last month with “Chocolate Pomegranate,” which seemed […]