The Marathon Petroleum refinery looms over the Boynton neighborhood of Detroit, MI like massive drill bits that cored through the center of the Earth. At night, when the lights on its dozens of towers light up, it resembles an alien electric grid, its red, blue, and white bulbs imprisoned like trapped Tinkerbells within steel beams. […]
Zach Bryan Deletes X Account After Backlash To Taylor Swift Tweet
Last week, Zach Bryan sparked conversation with the tweet: “anyone willing to put politics above music don’t get the point of listening to music.” He deactivated his X account, and then returned. However, on Tuesday evening the country superstar played with fire again, and this time the post led him to deactivate once more. Bryan […]
Bright Eyes Cancel Three Shows Including Riot Fest
After a concerning performance in Cleveland over the weekend, Bright Eyes have canceled their next three shows, including Riot Fest. The beloved indie rock band shared a statement today saying Conor Oberst lost his voice. “We’re heartbroken to announce that our upcoming record release shows have been canceled,” the statement starts, continuing: The warm up […]
Fievel Is Glauque – “Love Weapon”
Band To Watch alums Fievel Is Glauque will share their sophomore album Rong Weicknes next month. They announced the record with its art-y lead single “As Above So Below,” which was one of the Best Songs Of The Week. Today, we get another good one called “Love Weapon.” “Love Weapon” — which the band’s Zach […]
Tkay Maidza – “Electric Feel” (MGMT Cover)
Last year, after a seven-year gap, Tkay Maidza finally followed up her 2016 debut with a new album called Sweet Justice. Today, in the long tail of that album’s promo cycle, the Zimbabwe-born, Australia-raised, LA-based artist is back with a new cover of a classic song. For the Spotify Singles series, Maidza has delivered a […]
Harmony – “Stereo”
Next month, Harmony is unveiling her debut album Gossip. Already, half of the record is out: “Thot Daughter,” “Miss America,” “Coke And Mentos,” “No Romeo,” and now “Stereo.” “Stereo” is another hedonistic banger on which the ex-Girlpool member sings of “the party girl apocalypse.” The girls are looking for lobotomies, the girls don’t even give […]
A Place To Bury Strangers – “Bad Idea”
A Place To Bury Strangers have previewed their new album Synthesizer with the singles “Disgust” and “You Got Me.” The NYC noisemakers are back today with “Bad Idea.” “[Bassist John Fedowitz] came to the studio with a simple looping drum beat, thinking he didn’t have any good ideas — thus, the song was his ‘bad […]
Alvilda – “Angoisse”
Hard-charging French indie-pop bands are getting plucked up by some of the coolest punk labels on Bandcamp, and I’m not at all mad about it. Cœur À L’Index’s Adieu Minette EP came to us via La Vida Es Un Mus. Now the likeminded Alvilda have linked up with Static Shock. Next month the Paris band […]
Sean Combs Denied Bail, Will Remain In Jail Until Sex Trafficking And Racketeering Trial
Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested Monday night in Manhattan and pled not guilty Tuesday to all charges in a lengthy indictment for sex trafficking and racketeering. Now, he’s settling into a prison cell for a while. Combs was denied bail by Judge Robyn Tarnofsky, CNN reports, and will remain in federal detention until his trial. […]
Suzanne Vega Shares First New Song In Eight Years, An Ode To NYC Rats Inspired By Fontaines D.C.
Did you know Mayor Eric Adams is hosting an “Urban Rat Summit” in New York this week? I didn’t until today. I’m intimately familiar with New York City rats, and so is Suzanne Vega (stars: they’re just like us). On a separate note, Vega is also apparently a Fontaines D.C. fan. Those little critters and […]