The debut EP from Skullcrusher, the perhaps deceivingly-named spectral folk project of Los Angeles musician Helen Ballentine, came out digitally back in July. It’s getting a physical release this week via Secretly Canadian and to mark the occasion, Ballentine has released two new tracks, a fresh original called “Farm” and a cover of Radiohead’s long-shelved […]
JARV IS… Covers the Velvet Underground, the Fall, For Dance Exhibit
Jarvis Cocker’s new solo project JARV IS… released its first album earlier this summer. At an exhibition about dancer and choreographer Michael Clark (aptly titled ‘A Musical Response to Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer’) the other night, Cocker and his band performed versions of the Velvet Underground’s “Venus in Furs,” the Fall’s “Big New Prinz” along Cocker’s […]
FUZZ – “Mirror”
FUZZ, the LA power trio featuring Ty Segall on drums, Meatbodies’ Chad Ubovich on bass, and Charles Moothart on guitar, are releasing their third album III at the end of the week. They’ve already shared two singles from it, “Returning” and “Spit,” and now they’re giving us one last track before the big day on […]
Alanis Morissette, Taylor Hawkins Honor Van Halen on New Episode of 'Alanis Radio'
Alanis Morissette and Taylor Hawkins paid tribute to a few musical legends and reminisced on their pasts during the latest episode of Apple Music Hits’ Alanis Radio. The longtime Foo Fighters drummer actually performed with Morissette on the Jagged Little Pill tour, joined her as the radio show’s inaugural guest on Monday. Throughout the show, the pair showed off their […]
Kneeling In Piss – “Sofia, Baby Please”
Alex Mussawir used to lead Future Nuns, a Columbus rock band that dealt in short, jangly outbursts indebted to a spectrum of ’80s underground greats, from R.E.M. to the Fall to the Flying Nun catalog. Before that he was in Goners, whose “Teenage Depression” was like Times New Viking trying to write a Sonic Youth […]
L7, Courtney Barnett and More Join 'Hands Off!'
L7, Courtney Barnett, Palehound, X’s Exene Cervenka and more are part of a new cassette compilation called Hands Off! It is a response to the shutdown of Burger Records in July, following sexual misconduct allegations. “This is a statement about there being no tolerance for predatory behavior in the rock scene. The buck stops here. […]
Watch Marissa Nadler Cover Dusty Springfield's 'Spooky'
It’s that time of the week again — a new Two Minutes to Late Night cover has dropped! Marissa Nadler takes on the lead vocals on the Dusty Springfield’s version of the moody track, “Spooky.” (The song was initially done as a jazz instrumental by Mike Sharpe in 1967.) “Trick or treat! We covered that […]
FUZZ Share New Single 'Mirror'
Over the summer, FUZZ announced III, their first new album in five years. Today, they shared the record’s third single, “Mirror,” along with a pretty creepy music video. The visuals splice footage of the band’s members — Ty Segall, Chad Ubovich and Charles Moothart — rocking out with some bizarre imagery, like Segall eating an eyeball that in turn […]
Eddie Van Halen Guitars, Smashed Kurt Cobain Guitar to Be Auctioned
Two of the late Eddie Van Halen’s iconic guitars — his custom-designed, red-and-white-striped, stage-used 2004 EVH Charvel Art Series, and a black-and-white striped Fender Stratocaster-style headstock numbered on the back #54 — are going on the auction block. Each guitar is estimated to sell between $40,000 – $80,000 at the Icons & Idols Trilogy: Rock ‘N’ […]
Boris & Merzbow Announce Collaborative Album '2R0I2P0', Share New Song "Away With You": Listen
Over the years, Japanese fuzz-metal greats Boris have crossed paths with Masami Akita, the veteran harsh-noise king known as Merzbow, a number of times. Boris and Merzbow are both from Japan, they’re both influential, and they both like to push loud music as far as it can go, so the combination just makes sense. Boris […]