The city of Oxnard, California has a long and proud history of hardcore punk. Since the early ’80s, Oxnard has been cranking out fast, snotty, exciting music. If you care about hardcore, the big compilation that you need to know about today is the massive new fundraiser Shut It Down: Benefit For The Movement For […]
Portland Post-Hardcore Band Moonkisser Releases New EP 'Summer's Fleeting Majesty': Stream
The Portland band Moonkisser play a big, heavy form of post-hardcore, one that leans hard on grand belt-it-out choruses and guitar fuzz. If you like, you could add Moonkisser to the recent parade of bands that’s clearly been influenced by recently-returned heroes Hum, but there’s also plenty of Quicksand in Moonkisser’s emotional stomp. It’s a […]
Eddie Vedder on 'Democratic Process' of 'Gigaton'
Eddie Vedder opened up on a variety of topics — including working on new music during the global pandemic, why he finally joined Instagram and why the “democratic process” of recording Pearl Jam’s Gigaton makes it one of his favorite records — on a special fan-driven Q&A session with SiriusXM, Faithful Forum with Eddie Vedder, on […]
David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold the World' to Be Reissued for 50th Anniversary
David Bowie’s seminal The Man Who Sold The World album is getting the 50th-anniversary treatment and will be released under its originally intended title, Metrobolist, on Nov. 6 on Parlophone Records. As with the Space Oddity 50th anniversary vinyl, as well as a 180g black vinyl edition, it will come in 2020 limited edition handwritten numbered copies […]
New Video: G-Eazy Ft. Mulatto “Down” | Rap Radar
It’s going down. G-Eazy is the male gigolo in the comical music video to his new single featuring Mulatto. Directed by Reel Goats, the video draws inspiration from the 1999 film, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. which finds G-Eazy as a bell boy working alongside the original movie star and actor Rob Schneider. He partakes in […]
Stream Regrowth’s Great Melodic Hardcore Debut Lungs
It’s hard to find a lot of information online about the band Regrowth, something I attribute to three different factors. First, they’re pretty new; they only just released the debut EP This Time I’m No Longer Alone in 2018. Second, they come from the Italian island of Sardinia, a fairly remote place. (As far as […]
Hey Colossus – “The Mirror” (Feat. Mark Lanegan)
Heavy, noisy UK rock band Hey Colossus have announced a new double album called Dances/Curses, their 13th album and the first on bassist Joe Thompson’s new Wrong Speed Records label. “It’s 100% time for all bands to take control of their shit” Thompson says. “All the tools are there to do it yourself. Back your […]
Thunder Dreamer – "House And Garden"
Thunder Dreamer, the Indiana-based Band To Watch, have been all but silent since releasing their 2017 debut album Capture. And even though they’re back today to share new music, they’re remaining pretty quiet. “House And Garden,” the opening track from their Summer Sleeping EP, exists in that softly pretty Wild Pink/Real Estate zone, trading out […]
Hard Rock Supergroups Gone Is Gone & Killer Be Killed Share New Singles: Listen
Troy Sanders’ hard rock supergroup Gone Is Gone are back at it. Sanders, the Mastodon bassist and vocalist, leads Gone Is Gone, which also features Queens Of The Stone Age guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen, At The Drive-In drummer Tony Hajjar, and multi-instrumentalist Mike Zarin. Gone Is Gone released their self-titled debut EP in 2016, and […]
Stream Odd Future Co-Founder Vritra's Great New Album 'Sonar'
Under the name Pyramid Vritra, via his group the Jet Age of Tomorrow, Baton Rouge native Hal Williams was an original member of Odd Future, the outrageous and anarchic LA collective that launched the careers of Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Frank Ocean, Syd, and more. Whether by choice or chance, Williams always existed on […]