There’s a lot to like about Cleveland’s 200 Stab Wounds, who play old-school death metal with purpose and intensity, but I simply cannot talk about this band without gushing about how much I like their name. 200 Stab Wounds are a great band, but there are a lot of great bands in the world, and […]
Speed – “The First Test”
Two years ago, the Sydney band Speed took the world by storm with their debut EP Gang Called Speed. Speed play down-the-middle stomp-you-out hardcore with the same kind of heavy-riff intensity and swagger as Trapped Under Ice. Their videos are beautiful, and their live shows seem to be absolute spectacles. Speed are on big a […]
Kate Bollinger – “Any Day Now”
Kate Bollinger has been putting out dreamy pop songs for a while now, primarily collected in a string of EPs and singles that date back to 2017. Today, the Richmond musician (who is now based in LA) has announced her debut full-length, Songs From A Thousand Frames Of Mind, which will be out in September. […]
Katy Kirby – “Headlights”
At the top of the year, Katy Kirby released her sophomore album Blue Raspberry, a more than worthy successor to her 2021 debut — it was our Album Of The Week. Today, Kirby is announcing a deluxe edition of Blue Raspberry that’ll be out this summer featuring two tracks that didn’t make the album. The […]
Max Richter – “Movement, Before All Flowers”
Max Richter has announced a new album, In A Landscape, which will be out in September. “For me, the music on the record is about connecting or reconciling polarities,” Richter said. “The electronics with the acoustic instruments, the natural world with the human world, and the big ideas of life with the personal and intimate. […]
Previous Industries – “Zayre”
Earlier this year, indie-rap all-star Open Mike Eagle announced the formation of Previous Industries, his new group with longtime friends and collaborators Still Rift. and Video Dave. Next month, they’ll release their debut album Service Merchandise, and we’ve already posted the early tracks “Showbiz,” “Braids,” and “Pliers.” Today, they’ve got a new one. Service Merchandise […]
One Of The “Most Historically Important Beatles Guitars” Is Up For Auction After Being Lost In An Attic For Fifty Years
You’d think that the world would’ve run out of priceless Beatles memorabilia to auction off, but every once in a while, a previously undiscovered artifact seems to fall out of the sky. That’s the case with the lost acoustic guitar that John Lennon used when the Beatles were making Help! — both the 1965 album […]
The Alternative Number Ones: Simple Minds’ “See The Lights”
Dirty Three – “Love Changes Everything II”
Last month, Dirty Three — the instrumental trio made up of Warren Ellis, Mick Turner, and Jim White — announced their first new album in 12 years, Love Changes Everything. They shared its opening track, “Love Changes Everything I,” at the time, and today they’re back with “Love Changes Everything II,” which follows the first […]
Nick Zanca – “Little Professor”
Nick Zanca, the NYC-based artist who has put out music as Mister Lies and one-half of Quiet Friend over the years, has announced a new album, Hindsight, which will be out in August. It’s the second album he’s put out under his own name following 2021’s Cacerolazo, which was built around field recordings; he’s describing […]