Jess Nyx, leader of the Calgary band Mortality Rate, is one of the great screamers in all of hardcore; listening to her voice feels like getting an adrenaline needle straight to the eye. A couple of years ago, Nyx got together with Colter, a member of the Calgary metalcore band Serration, to start a militant […]
PHONY – “The Middle”
This week, Joyce Manor touring guitarist Neil Berthier is releasing AT SOME POINT YOU STOP, his latest album under the name PHONY. We’ve heard “Kaleidoscope” and “Summer’s Cold” from it already, and today he’s back with another new single, “The Middle.” “I had a tough time dealing with my father’s dementia conceptually,” Berthier shared in […]
THICK – “Tell Myself”
Last month, the Brooklyn Band To Watch THICK announced their second album, Happy Now, with “Loser.” Today, they’re back with another single, the chiming and catchy “Tell Myself.” “As you get older, you sometimes look at your little-kid self and wish you could give them a hug and tell them everything’s going to be okay,” […]
Turnover – “Myself In The Way” (Feat. Turnstile’s Brendan Yates)
Turnover and Turnstile are very different bands, but for obvious reasons they often get confused. The two groups are playing into that confusion today by joining forces. Turnover have announced their follow-up to 2019’s Altogether, which is called Myself In The Way — its title track features vocals from Turnstile singer Brendan Yates. The song […]
Sylvan Esso Performed A Surprise New Album At Newport Folk Festival
Sylvan Esso debuted a whole new album during their performance at Newport Folk Festival on Sunday. That new album is called No Rules Sandy, and it’ll be out on August 12. Immediately following their performance, the North Carolina duo also shared a new single, “Didn’t Care,” which appears on the LP alongside the previously released […]
New Leonard Cohen Tribute Album Will Feature Peter Gabriel, Iggy Pop, Mavis Staples, & More
In terms of tribute albums, there are a lot dedicated to Leonard Cohen. There’s 2005’s Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man, which went along with Lian Lunson’s film of the same name. There’s also 1995’s Tower of Song: The Songs of Leonard Cohen and 1991’s I’m Your Fan, which featured contributions from R.E.M., Pixies, John Cale, […]
Video: Mozzy “If You Love Me”
Payback is a bitch. Hot off the release of his Survivor’s Guilt album, Mozzy ushers in the release with his new video, “If You Love Me”. Directed by Seth Stern and Suj, the cinematic clip depicts Mozzy at a funeral of a young hustler who betrayed him and flash backs of how the deadly story […]
Stream Twen’s Riff & Reverb-Packed New Album One Stop Shop
Nashville DIY duo Twen — Jane Fitzsimmons and Ian Jones — first announced their long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s debut LP Awestruck in June, and before that they released a spate of one-off tracks. In December, we heard “HaHaHome,” followed by “Bore U” in February, and “Dignitary Life” in March. Last month, along with announcing One […]
Preview The Haxan Cloak’s Paper Girls Score
British producer Bobby Krlic — aka the Haxan Cloak — has long been a go-to for writing horror/mind-bending scores, having memorably written the music for 2019’s Midsommar. Since then, Krlic has scored TV shows such as Reprisal, The Alienist, and Snowpiercer. His most recent venture is Amazon Studios’ Paper Girls, based on the graphic novel […]
Video: dvsn “If I Get Caught”
Canadian R&B duo Daniel Daley and Nineteen85 are back as even with their new brand new single, “If I Get Caught”. I Over a sample of JAY-Z’s “Song Cry”, co-produced by Nineteen85, Jermaine Dupri, and Bryan Michael-Cox, Daniel Daley croons a love ballad full of temptation of infidelity. “If I Get Caught” is dvsn’s first […]