The Stooges’ original lineup played its final show on August 8, 1970 at the Goose Lake International Music Festival in Leoni Township, Michigan, an hour outside their native Detroit. As the legend goes, bassist Dave Alexander freaked out in front of the 200,000-strong audience and did not play a note on stage that night, which […]
Robert Plant – “Charlie Patton Highway (Turn it Up, Pt. 1)”
Robert Plant has announced a new career-spanning anthology called Digging Deep: Subterranean to celebrate the third season of his Digging Deep With Robert Plant podcast. The two-disc, 30-track set will feature three unreleased tracks including “Charlie Patton Highway (Turn It Up, Pt. 1),” which will also appear on Plant’s upcoming album Band Of Joy Volume […]
Former Operation Ivy Frontman Jesse Michaels' Band Classics Of Love Releases 'World Of Burning Hate' EP: Stream
Operation Ivy broke up in 1989, but the Berkeley ska-punk band’s influence lingered long after that. When I was in high school, copies of Op Ivy’s one album were basically issued to every teenager who showed the slightest interest in punk rock. After Op Ivy broke up, guitarist Tim Armstrong and bassist Matt Freeman went […]
Porno For Pyros Play 'Pets' and 'Kimberly Austin'
When Lollapalooza moved its festival from Grant Park in Chicago to everyone’s computer screens due to the pandemic, the longtime music fest also promised the return of Porno For Pyros. And last night (July 31), the original members — Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins and Peter DiStefano with Mike Watt (a member of PFP in 1996-1997) — […]
Black King Savior Comments On Social Injustice On New Track ‘Going Crazy’
Black King Savior released a new number ‘Going Crazy’ – a tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement and all victims of social injustice. On his new track, Black King Savior describes the cultural forces that shape us. He openly criticizes our politically and socially challenging state, he is ready to protest and walk the […]
Watch The Makaya McCraven Documentary & Stream His New Album 'Universal Beings E&F Sides'
Chicago drummer, producer, and all-around musical genius Makaya McCraven has been widely heralded as one of the leading lights in jazz today. Universal Beings, the 2018 album that cemented that reputation, is the subject of a new mini-documentary out today, and McCraven has shared a companion album of leftover material from the same sessions. McCraven […]
Hidden Mothers – “Beneath, To The Earth”
The Sheffield band Hidden Mothers have a grand, clangorous sound. It’s somewhere between black metal and post-hardcore, and it also draws from shoegaze and goth and screamo. If you’re into the bands who exist at those different intersection points — Deafheaven, Envy, Infant Island, Svalbard — then Hidden Mothers offer a whole lot to like. […]
Murda Beatz – “Doors Unlocked” (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Polo G)
Canadian rap producer Murda Beatz has already worked on a number of releases this year, including Lil Wayne’s Funeral, Lil Baby’s My Turn, and PARTYNEXTDOOR’s PARTYMOBILE. And now he’s teaming up with longtime collaborator Ty Dolla $ign and melancholic young Chicago sing-rapper Polo G, who recently put out the album THE GOAT, for a new […]
New Music: Russ “Still”
Racks in the mail, shoutout UPS. It’s still Russ everyday on his new weekly drop, produced by himself. Over his jubilant beat, Russ raps hunger as an independent artist, riches, and laughs in the face of his haters. Hate ’em if you want. “Still’ comes a week after his previous track, “Can’t Be Me“.
Hinds – "Spanish Bombs" (The Clash Cover)
Hinds are one of Spain’s foremost rock exports, and now they’ve covered one of the foremost rock songs about Spain. Fresh off the release of their very fun new album The Prettiest Curse, the poppy Madrid garage band have delivered a gleefully noisy take on the Clash’s London Calling classic “Spanish Bombs,” a song about […]