Finnish D-beat ragers Kohnti Tuhoa are among the fiercest and best punk bands in the entire world. The band cranks out frantic, serrated music, and they sing very angrily in their mother tongue. (The band name is Finnish for towards destruction. Kohti Tuhoa play fast, and they work fast, too. Last year, the band released […]
Cocteau Twins’ Elizabeth Fraser Joins Oneohtrix Point Never On New Version Of “Tales From The Trash Stratum”
Oneohtrix Point Never has announced a special expanded Blu-ray edition of his most recent album, last year’s Magic Oneohtrix Point Never, which will come out in October on the one-year anniversary of the LP’s original release. In addition to new Dolby Atmos mixes and new artwork from album cover creator Robert Beatty, the Blu-ray edition […]
Stream Advance Base’s Surprise Covers Album Wall Of Tears & Other Songs I Didn’t Write
Owen Ashworth has written a lot of devastating songs. For years, Ashworth recorded under the name Casiotone For The Painfully Alone. Ashworth retired that moniker in 2010, and he’s been going by the name Advance Base ever since. Ashworth’s deeply sad 2018 album Animal Companionship was a big favorite around here. Today, though, Ashworth has […]
MTV VMAs 2021: Foo Fighters Take Home Global Icon Award, Perform Hits Medley | SPIN
It’s been a big year for the Foo Fighters. We can go into that ad nauseam but will spare you. But at this year’s edition of the MTV Video Music Awards, Dave Grohl and company were the recipients of the Global Icon Award. According to the award’s description, it “celebrates an artist/band whose unparalleled career […]
Machine Gun Kelly Wins Best Alternative at MTV's VMAs
Machine Gun Kelly did it again. The former rapper now punk rocker won the Best Alternative Video award for the second year in a row. This year’s nominees for Best Alternative Video were Bleachers (“Stop Making This Hurt”), Glass Animals (“Heat Waves”), Imagine Dragons (“Follow You”), Machine Gun Kelly ft. Blackbear (“My Ex’s Best Friend”), […]
MTV VMAs 2021: Watch Olivia Rodrigo Perform 'good 4 u' | SPIN
Already the winner of the Push Performance, Olivia Rodrigo made her VMAs debut with a performance of “good 4 u.” She entered the stage in grand fashion, coming from the sky before launching into her pop punk-infused song. Watch her entrance below. It's @Olivia_Rodrigo's debut #VMAs performance, and boy, does she know how to make […]
MTV VMAs 2021: Here Are All the Winners | SPIN
MTV’s 2021 Video Music Awards were a welcome return. A year after the show was shot remotely at locations across New York City, this year’s VMAs were conducted in person at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center with Doja Cat hosting. See which artists who took home a trophy at this year’s VMAs, with the winners notated in […]
Video: Preme “Pause Play”
Preme lets the new music play with his latest single, “Pause Play”. Over a bouncy production, the Toronto rapper delivers a confident flow and flexes effortlessly throughout a gaudy pad full of confetti, luxury cars, a poodle, and a whole lot of women twerking and counting money.
Video: Calboy “She Knows”
Oh? If anybody knows, she definitely knows in Calboy’s video to his latest single. Directed by Ben Griffith and Calboy, the dramatic visual centers the Chicago rapper involved in a life of crime while acquainted with a female undercover agent, who stays loyal to her man in the end.
Flatbush Zombies Ft. DJ Scratch “The Unforgiven”
The Flatbush Zombies and DJ Scratch cover a Metallica classic for their new collaboration. Produced by Erick Arc Elliott and DJ Scratch, Meechy Darko, Zombie Juice, and Erick Arc Elliott add their lyricism to their modern day take of the legendary band’s 1991 hit, “The Unforgiven”.