Philadelphia DIY band the Ire have really figured out their own take on classic cinematic death-rock churn. On their 2019 demo and their 2021 EP-length cassette release CS, the Ire conjured the sweeping gloom of the early-’80s British bands that clearly inspired them. Today, the Ire have taken that sound a step further, and they’ve […]
Post Malone Drops Two Twelve Carat Toothache Bonus Tracks
Last week, Post Malone returned with his new album Twelve Carat Toothache. (We took a closer look at it yesterday.) Like many pop artists these days, Post’s albums are often quite long, but in the lead-up to Twelve Carat Toothache he talked about paring it down, prizing artistic statements over streaming numbers. At the same […]
Benny The Butcher Drops A Song To Support Buffalo Shooting Survivors Fund
Only in America. In the wake of the recent mass shootings across America, Benny The Butcher gives back to those effected on his latest track, “Welcome To The States”. Over Kendrick Lamar and Taylour Paige’s “We Cry Together”, Benny touches on the tragic events, the disturbing numbers of incidents in 2022, the corrupted government, and […]
Healing Potpourri – “Wind”
In August, Oakland indie-pop luminary Simi Sohota will release his new album as Healing Potpurri, Paradise. Co-produced by Sohota and Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas, Stereolab), Paradise also features production by engineer Jason Kick. It follows Healing Potpurri’s previous effort, 2020’s Blanket Of Calm. Sohota has also shared the album’s first single, “Wind,” which also […]
Kacey Musgraves Filing “Massive Complaint” Over “Hostile” American Airlines Employee
Kacey Musgraves has filed a “massive complaint” against a male American Airlines flight attendant, whom she says she felt “unsafe” around due to his alleged “shockingly hostile behavior.” “I know there are way bigger things going on in the world at the moment,” she wrote on social media. “But I truthfully just don’t want anyone […]
Video: Post Malone “Insane”
Insane Malone. Fresh off the release of his album, 12 Carat Toothache, Post Malone enjoys a a late night by the pool in his new video. In the clip, a topless and barefoot Posty displays his goofy personality while uncontrollably dancing in his house pants, smoking on a cigarette, and sipping a beer. The track […]
Video: Wiz Khalifa, Girl Talk “Ready For Love”
Get ready. Wiz Khalifa is a man of many talents in his new video featuring Girl Talk. In the Andy Koeger-directed clip, Wiz takes center stage for a musical performance where he woos his female audience, juggles a chainsaw, helps hatch baby dinosaurs, and showcases his squatting, pottery, martial arts, and archery skills. The track […]
Rosie Thorne – “You’re My Future”
Back in 2018, Mannequin Pussy’s Marisa Dabice unveiled a synth-pop side project called Rosie Thorne with newer MP member Max Steen. They had plans to release a new song every month throughout that year, but only one of those, “Slick,” ever materialized. But today Rosie Thorne has been resurrected with a new single, the glistening […]
Gillian Carter – “Terminal Brain” & “Quit trying. You failed.”
Prolific Florida screamo greats Gillian Carter — a band, not a person — have been putting out records for 15 years, and they never seem to stop. Gillian Carter have made five full albums, and they’ve also got a ton of other miscellaneous releases. The band’s last album was 2018’s …This Earth-Shaped Tomb, and their […]
PHONY – “Summer’s Cold”
PHONY, the not-so-new-anymore project of former Donovan Wolfington leader Neil Berthier, has announced a new album, AT SOME POINT YOU STOP, the follow-up to 2020’s Knock Yourself Out. It includes last year’s stray single “Great White” and today’s newly-released track “Summer’s Cold,” which builds to a chiming and hooky chorus that sounds like some peak […]