The Florida-born, Brooklyn-based rapper Niontay has become an underground staple in recent years, and he’s working fast. Earlier this year, Niontay released his album Fada. Before 2025 is out, he’ll follow that album with Soulja Hate Repellant, a new mixtape that’ll feature collaborations with Earl Sweatshirt, Lerado Khalil, and Sunny. It’s also got a song […]
Xiu Xiu Announce Covers Album Feat. Songs By Robyn, GloRilla, Talking Heads, & More
Xiu Xiu are people of taste. This is obvious based on their decades of brilliant, provocative musical output, but also based on their selection of covers. Songs like New Order’s “Ceremony” and David Bowie and Queen’s “Under Pressure” are sprinkled throughout their catalog, and they’ve released full-length tributes to Nina Simone and the music of […]
Victoryland – “Fits”
Last month ex-Blood member Julian McCamman announced a new album My Heart Is A Room With No Cameras In It from his solo project Victoryland. He released the lead single “No Cameras,” a gloriously blistering indie rock spell that conjured the Cure’s Robert Smith and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. This week, he’s back with […]
Los Campesinos! Break Down All Their Payments From Streaming Services
The beloved Welsh indie-pop crew Los Campesinos! are a truly DIY institution. The band members serve as their own managers, publicists, and bookers. They have no record label. Last year, the band released All Hell, their first album in seven years, entirely on their own. A year and a half after its release, Los Campesinos! […]
King Hannah – “Look At Miss Ohio” (Gillian Welch Cover)
In 2003, country-folk legend Gillian Welch opened her spare, powerful album Soul Journey with “Look At Miss Ohio.” It’s a stark hymn about a girl who wants to do right but not right now, and it’s probably Welch’s best-loved song, even if you factor in what she did on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? […]
Inside the World of Makes My Blood Dance: An Exclusive Interview
Makes My Blood Dance continue to carve out their own electrifying lane in modern rock, blending high-voltage performance energy with a romantic, emotionally charged edge that fans can’t get enough of. Fresh off the buzz surrounding their latest visuals and with new shows on the horizon, the band returns for a conversation that dives deeper […]
Aerosmith Branding Unceremoniously Removed From Disney World Roller Coaster
The Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster: a pretty good ride! Located within the Hollywood Studios theme park, the coaster is one of the more exciting experiences one can have at Disney World in Orlando, shooting you off at high speed right away and sending you careening upside down. Until recently, that experience involved Aerosmith. Not anymore. […]
Ratboys – “What’s Right?”
We’ve got a lot of highly anticipated indie rock albums on the horizon for 2026, including Ratboys’ Singin’ To An Empty Chair. So far the the Chicago band has shared “Light Night Mountains All That” and “Anywhere,” and today they’re back with “What’s Right?” Vocalist Julia Steiner explains: We approached this song like an experiment […]
Blues Traveler’s John Popper Won’t Stop Harping On Alanis Morissette’s “Hand In My Pocket”
Blues Traveler frontman John Popper has a longstanding grudge against his ’90s alt-rock radio peer Alanis Morissette — specifically against her hit “Hand In My Pocket,” which recently appeared in our Alternative Number Ones column. It’s not that Popper thinks Morissette is a bad person or that he believes the song sucks or she ripped […]
Watch Drive-By Truckers & Jason Isbell Reunite To Play “Hell No, I Ain’t Happy” On Colbert
For one night, Jason Isbell was a Drive-By Trucker again. Isbell joined the band in 2001 and left to go solo in 2007, and he’s existed on a parallel path with his old band ever since then. Isbell and DBT have always had a warm relationship, and there have been a few surprise one-off reunions […]