On Tuesday (Oct. 8), a reissue of Daniel Johnston’s 1991 album Artistic Vice was announced. On Wednesday night (Oct. 9), CMAT stopped by BBC Radio 2 and played the late indie icon’s 1980 song “Joy Without Pleasure” on Jo Whiley Sofa Sessions. Last year, the Irish pop singer unveiled her sophomore album CrazyMad, For Me, […]
Halsey Shares “I Never Loved You,” Impersonates Kate Bush, PJ Harvey, & Other Iconic Artists
Last month, Halsey officially announced her new album The Great Impersonator after releasing the singles “The End,” “Lucky,” and “Lonely Is The Muse.” Afterward, she released “Ego,” and now she’s back with “I Never Loved You.” The Great Impersonator is thematically tied to artists who’ve influenced Halsey. “Lucky” showed love for Britney Spears (which caused […]
Bruiser Wolf & Zack Fox – “Mountain Lion”
Bruiser Wolf kicked off the year with the album My Story Got Stories. The Detroit rapper linked up with F1THY for “Rope Chain” over the summer, and now he’s joining forces with Zack Fox for “Mountain Lion.” “Mountain Lion” is produced by Connie and comes with an entertaining visualizer of footage of mountain lions paired […]
Stereogum Presents Shower Curtain’s Album Release Show At TV Eye Next Month
Earlier this month, Stereogum presented fantasy of a broken heart’s album release show for Feats Of Engineering at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right, and it was a great time. Now, we’re doing the same for Shower Curtain, who are celebrating their fantastic debut full-length words from a wishing well in Ridgewood, Queens at TV Eye on […]
METZ Announce Indefinite Hiatus
METZ are calling it quits. The Toronto noise-rockers extraordinaire have announced an indefinite hiatus beginning as soon as they wrap up their upcoming EU and UK dates. “We’ve collectively decided to close this chapter of METZ,” the band shares in a lengthy statement surveying their career. “The band will be on ‘indefinite hiatus’ while we […]
Elias Rønnenfelt – “Soldier Song”
Later this month, Elias Rønnenfelt of Iceage will share his debut solo album Heavy Glory. So far the Danish artist has unveiled “Like Lovers Do,” “No One Else,” and “Worm Grew A Spine,” and now he’s back with the sprawling “Soldier Song.” “Soldier Song” is a haunting ballad with evocative violins and vocals from Joanne […]
90 Day Men Announce First Shows In 18 Years
90 Day Men, the St. Louis-founded, Chicago-rooted post-hardcore experimentalists, became the latest underground treasures to be commemorated by archival/reissue label Numero Group this year with the January box set We Blame Chicago. Now, like many of their fellow Numero affiliates, they’re returning to the stage as well. The band has announced a pair of hometown […]
Jodeci Member Added As Co-Defendant In Diddy Sexual Assault Lawsuit
In November, Sean “Diddy” Combs was sued for allegedly raping Liza Gardner with singer-songwriter Aaron Hall when she was 16 in 1990. The lawsuit has now added Jodeci member DeVanté Swing as a co-defendant. An amended complaint filed by Gardner and obtained by Rolling Stone alleges Swing, born Donald DeGrate, was present during the assault. […]
The Cure – “A Fragile Thing”
We are so, so close to the release of Songs Of A Lost World, the first new album from the Cure since 2008. The legendary band already shared the LP’s genuinely stunning opening track “Alone,” and they’ve teased the new tracks “Endsong” and “A Fragile Thing,” but those teasers were frustratingly short. Today, we get […]
Green Day Reissuing Dookie On Toothbrush, Floppy Disk, Teddy Ruxpin, And Other Inconvenient Formats
Some say Dookie is among the best albums in pop-punk history, but after 30 years, I sure wish I could spice things up a bit. I want to hear the anthemic vocal harmonies of “Welcome To Paradise” compressed into a tinny 8-bit jingle. I want to dust off my old precarious phonograph just to hear […]