Last fall, Mötley Crüe announced that guitarist Mick Mars was retiring from touring due to his ongoing battle with Ankylosing Spondylitis, though they said in a statement that he would still be a member of the band. But now, as TMZ reports, Mick Mars — real name Robert Alan Deal — has filed a lawsuit […]
Watch Members Of Testament, Cannibal Corpse, Municipal Waste, & Dethklok Play A Passover-Themed Cover Of Metallica’s “Creeping Death”
Jordan Olds’ great video series Two Minutes To Late Night was a weekly pandemic delight, and it’s kept going since then, albeit a little more intermittently. Last month, 2M2LN assembled a band of hardcore all-stars for a cover of AFI’s “The Leaving Song, Pt. II.” Now, in honor of Passover, we’re getting a Jewish metal […]
Daryl Johns – “Gabriel”
Daryl Johns is a bassist who has played with Mac DeMarco, the Lemon Twigs, Immanuel Wilkins’s Quartet, Vijay Iyer’s Trio, and Macy Gray, just to name a few. He’s just signed with DeMarco’s record label Mac’s Record Label to release his debut single, “Gabriel.” “it just feels like a hug to me,” Johns said of […]
Tony Shhnow – “Real Rare”
Last month, Atlanta rapper Tony Shhnow announced a new project, Love Streak, coming in late April. Produced by Grimm Doza and CashCache, Love Streak includes a Solange sample and features guest spots from Lil Crank (“Something To Remember”), 3AG Pilot (“Control Issues”), Act (“Friends Still), Mavi (“On The Street”) and DRAM (“Reminisce). Also in March, […]
Spinebreaker – “Spectral Forge”
The story of Gulch was an amazing hardcore myth, and it got a beautiful storybook ending. Gulch came ripping out of San Jose, bringing a frantic, chaotic, confrontational sound and carrying themselves like post-apocalyptic warrior urchins. They quickly became the toast of the hardcore world. Their live show was famously intense, but they became even […]
Steven Tyler Denies Sexual Assault Claims, Lawyers Accuse Aerosmith Singer Of “Gaslighting”
Last December, a woman named Julia Holcomb accused Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting her in the ’70s, when she was a minor. Now, Tyler has issued a denial of all of the allegations, Rolling Stone reports. In a statement filed last week in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tyler claims Holcomb (now […]
Watch Clairo Cover Vashti Bunyan’s “Winter Is Blue”
Over the weekend, Clairo released a demo of a new song called “For Now,” with proceeds going to charity. A few weeks before that, she hopped on a remix of Phoenix’s “After Midnight.” And now, another dispatch from Clairoverse. On Wednesday, she shared a video of herself covering Vashti Bunyan’s “Winter Is Blue,” a song […]
Moses Sumney, Halsey Cast In Ti West’s MaXXXine
Last year, the cult indie-horror director Ti West came back from a long absence with X, a deeply entertaining slasher set on a ’70s porn shoot. Kid Cudi was in that movie, co-starring with Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, and Martin Henderson. But the real breakout was Mia Goth in a stunning double role. Later that […]
CHAI – “We The Female!”
It’s been about two years since the Japanese band CHAI released their last album, 2021’s Wink, and since then they’ve dropped a series of singles: “Whole,” Surprise, “Hero Journey,” and “My Dream,” the most recent of them that came out last August. Today, they’re back with a fresh song for us, the energetic and bright […]
The Final Performances Of Iconic Bands Before They Disappeared
Bands come and go, as none of them have the ability to stay relevant or keep playing music forever (unless you’re the Rolling Stones.) While some bands may have created more of an impact or are more successful and popular than others, they all have one thing in common: They all have their first show […]