After the back-and-forth between Arkansas government officials and TempleLive, the venue that was scheduled to host the first socially distant concert in the U.S. featuring Bishop Gunn’s Travis McCready tomorrow (May 15), have announced that it is compiling with the state authorities and will be moving the concert to May 18. “It’s very Minoritiy Report […]
Behemoth's Death Metal Cover Of The Cure's "A Forest" Is Awesome
Back in 1980, the Cure released their sophomore album Seventeen Seconds, an absolute classic of dark, pulsing gothic postpunk. The album’s 40th anniversary was just last month. Today, that album gets a tribute that very few would’ve known to expect. Behemoth, the demonic Polish underground metal institution, have dropped an utterly badass cover of “A […]
Baths – “Be That”
Will Wiesenfeld has been making warm, gooey electronic pop music under the name Baths for a solid decade now. And he’s about to collect a bunch of that music in the forthcoming compilation Pop Music / False B-Sides II, a sequel to his 2011 full-length of the same name and the inaugural release on his […]
Watch Wiki Debut New Single “Cash Out” On COLORS
On the COLORS web series, musicians — usually rappers, but not always — come through these bright, monochromatic studios to perform songs. Sometimes, they debut new music. COLORS has become a whole brand in recent years, and the series has recently welcomed luminaries like Denzel Curry and Moses Sumney. Today, Wiki, the New York rap […]
Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena – "Dreaming Of The Kelly Pool"
Looking Glass is Mexican Summer’s new singles series “celebrating the human condition through remote connection,” with proceeds directly benefitting the artists or a charity of their choice. Connan Mockasin and Ariel Pink have released songs through the series so far, and today a third Looking Glass track arrives from harpist Mary Lattimore and Paul Sukeena, […]
Guns N' Roses Take Aim at Trump With New COVID-Related T-Shirt
Guns N’ Roses took aim at President Donald Trump’s trip to the Honeywell factory in Arizona last week when the 45th president of the United States walked around the vicinity without a mask on. The band has released a special edition t-shirt with “Live N’ Let Die With COVID 45″ on it, which claps back at […]
Pearl Jam's 'Retrograde' Video Shows End of the World and Features Greta Thunberg
Pearl Jam’s Gigaton was released in March and it’s safe to say, things have not gone according to plan since. But the good news: they shared a new video for their latest single, “Retrograde.” For the animated clip, the band teamed up with director Josh Wakely, it opens with a lone traveler driving through the rain and descending upon a […]
Self Defense Family – “Make Me A Pallet Fire On Your Floor” & “Local Clerics”
Self Defense Family, the Albany post-hardcore collective led by Patrick Kindlon, have spent the last few weeks digging through their archives to share unreleased music with the world. We’ve heard “Florida Trip” and “Tissue Thin,” “Jesus Of Nazareth,” and “Secular Trust” and “Lust For Nuke.” And today they’re sharing another two songs, “Make Me A […]
El-P's Debut Album 'Fantastic Damage' Hits Streaming For The First Time Ever
In 2002, shortly after the breakup of his old group Company Flow, the New York rapper and producer El-P released Fantastic Damage, an album of broken and shattered and apocalyptic underground rap music. In a lot of ways, the album showcased the community that had built up around El’s Definitive Jux label; Aesop Rock, Vast […]
End – “Fear For Me Now”
We are now less than a month away from the release of Splinters From An Ever-Changing Face, the band End’s full-length debut. This is good news. End are led by Counterparts frontman Brendan Murphy and Fit For An Autopsy guitarist Will Putney, and the band also features current and former members of Dillinger Escape Plan, […]