UK based singer-songwriter and producer Chris Reardon releases a follow-up single titled “Elephant In The Room” to his previous release, “Drifting”. Written, produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by himself at his home studio in Greater London, “Elephant In The Room” is a beautifully harmonic track, blending experimental sonic designs with powerful alternative rock chord progressions. […]
Refused Release Live Show From 2012 Comeback Tour
Refused have been back on the touring front for quite some time now (and have released new music) — but the Swedish hardcore outfit did break up in 1998 leaving fans wondering what could have been. Obviously, that changed with their 2012 reunion that started at Coachella, and now the band is celebrating that with […]
Concerts Won't Likely Be Back Till Fall 2021, According to Coronavirus Expert
Although many states in the U.S. that have quarantined have helped slow down the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, health experts are saying that we still have a long way to go till we can “go back to normal.” A new piece in The New York Times Magazine that ran over the weekend pointed out that […]
Stay Inside Release Debut Album 'Viewing': Stream
Despite the name, Brooklyn’s Stay Inside are not specifically a pandemic-themed band. They released their debut EP The Sea Engulfs Us And The Light Goes Out back in 2018 — not long ago, in the grand scheme of things, but in a time when COVID-19 only existed in pangolin scales or whatever. Still, if you’re […]
Stream Black Dresses' New Album 'Peaceful As Hell'
Last week, Black Dresses previewed their new album, Peaceful As Hell, with the single “CREEP YOU” and today the whole thing is out in full. It’s the fourth full-length team-up between Devi McCallion and Rook, the most recent being last year’s LOVE AND AFFECTION FOR STUPID LITTLE BITCHES. Like that one, it sees them easing […]
Pure X Announce First New Album in 6 Years, Share New Songs
It’s been a long time (an eternity in the music world, and hell, the world-at-large for that matter) since Pure X last released music. Things were a lot different in 2014, but that doesn’t matter now, now does it? Anyway, Pure X just announced plans to release their new self-titled album on May 1 on Fire […]
David Gilmour Covers 2 More Leonard Cohen Songs in Latest Family Livestream
Last week, David Gilmour performed Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire” and “So Long Marianne” as part of a livestream with his family to promote his wife’s, Polly Samson, new novel. They had so much fun doing these (even billing themselves as the “Von Trapped” family) apparently that they returned for round two. Just like […]
Billie Joe Armstrong Covers The Avengers' 'Corpus Christi'
Billie Joe Armstrong keeps his No Fun Mondays series rolling by sharing his latest cover — but a day early. Posted on Sunday (April 12), the Green Day singer celebrated Easter by putting his spin on the Avengers’ 1983 track, “Corpus Christi.” “Welcome to another No Fun Mondays, but on a Sunday (Easter edition). This […]
Ruston Kelly – "Brave"
Since the release of his stellar debut album Dying Star in 2018, country balladeer extraordinaire Ruston Kelly has given us an EP called Dirt Emo Vol. 1 that stretched the definition of “emo” to include Blink-182, Taylor Swift, and the Carter Family. (It also included Dashboard Confessional’s more indisputably emo “Screaming Infidelities,” about which he […]
Lido Pimienta Shares New Album 'Miss Colombia': Stream
Four years ago, the Colombian-born and Toronto-based artist Lido Pimienta won Canada’s Polaris Prize for her album La Papessa. This week, Pimienta will follow that one up with her new LP Miss Colombia, an album partly named for the famous 2015 gaffe where Steve Harvey messed up and gave the Miss Universe crown to Miss […]