The band Hum formed in 1989 in Urbana, Illinois. Over the next decade, they released four albums and had exactly one big success, the 1995 alt-rock radio hit “Stars.” But Hum’s impact goes far beyond that one song. The band’s sound — a huge, surging guitar swirl that drew on American punk and metal as […]
Jesu Announces New Mini-LP 'Never', Shares New Single "Because Of You": Listen
Justin K. Broadrick is one of the great restless spirits in the history of heavy, aggressive music. With bands like Napalm Death and Godflesh, Broadrick spent the ’80s and ’90s inventing new forms and expanding genre boundaries. Since 2004, Broadrick has been releasing sad, blurry, personal music under the name Jesu. (Jesu is a shifting […]
Nick Cave on Why He Doesn't Write Political Songs
As protests against racism and police brutality continue around the world, many artists have shared their thoughts and feelings through changing lyrics of existing songs or penning new tracks that highlight the world’s current climate. However when one fan asked Nick Cave about why his song catalog isn’t “more overtly politically outspoken,” the singer-songwriter, in […]
Tom Morello Gifts 10-Year-Old Viral Rage Against the Machine Fan Custom Guitar
Earlier this month, 10-year-old musician Nandi Bushell went viral for her rendition of Rage Against the Machine’s “Guerrilla Radio,” playing all of the instruments on the song. It caught the attention of Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello who approved of it, saying “Well now we are on the right track.” Morello took his appreciation […]
Bad Moves – "Working For Free"
At the end of the week, Bad Moves are releasing their sophomore album, Untenable (digitally at least). The album was supposed to come out last month, but got pushed back due to pandemic concerns, which means we’ve heard a nice chunk of singles: “Party With The Kids Who Want To Party With You,” “End Of […]
Bright Eyes Debut 'Mariana Trench' on 'Colbert
Following the release of their video for “Mariana Trench” earlier in the day, Bright Eyes performed the new single on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday night (June 22), which is the first time the band has played together in almost a decade. And while you see the full band (who are performing in a […]
Deadmau5 & Jeremiah Fraites of the Lumineers Host Charity Gaming Stream
As our Twitch channel has demonstrated over the past several weeks, there’s arguably never been a stronger connection between video games and music than there is right now. That’s why it shouldn’t come as a surprise that iconic DJ Deadmau5 and Lumineers founder Jeremiah Fraites are joining forces through gaming to give to the No […]
Pure Bathing Culture – "Something Silver"
The last time we heard from the Portland duo (and Band To Watch) Pure Bathing Culture, it was with last year’s excellent Night Pass, an album that found Sarah Versprille and Daniel Hindman digging deeper into the soft rock elements of their sound. Today, they’re announcing that album’s successor, a new EP called Carrido that […]
The Made-Up Word "Alapathy" Gains Meaning In Fenne Lily's New Single
Young Bristol singer-songwriter Fenne Lily announced her signing to Dead Oceans earlier this year with “Hypochondriac,” a gorgeous indie-rock track with a lot of depth beneath its surface-level beauty. It marked Lily as someone fans of artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Stella Donnelly, and Aldous Harding should keep an ear on. Following last month’s “To Be […]
Seal Remembers Director Joel Schumacher: 'Thank You So Much for Everything You’ve Done'
Yesterday, director Joel Schumacher died at the age of 80, succumbing to cancer after a year-long battle. One of his more famous (or infamous) movies were the late ’90s Batman movies: Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. Though they aren’t considered among the best in the franchise’s history, they did have pretty good soundtracks and with Batman Forever launching the career of British singer […]