Earlier this year, the New Jersey hardcore punk band Gel released their fun-as-fuck Violent Closure EP — seven gloriously messy and squalid songs in 10 minutes. Gel haven’t yet released an album, but they’ve just announced plans to release a new split 12″ next year. They haven’t said who else will be on the split, […]
RZA & Flatbush Zombies – “Plug Addicts”
Ever since they debuted, the disorderly Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies have shown a ton of influence from the Wu-Tang Clan, and now they’ve followed up their 2020 EP now, more than ever by teaming up with Wu-Tang head abbot RZA on a pair of new singles. The first of those singles is out today, […]
Stream Former Wrens Member Kevin Whelan’s Debut As Aeon Station, Observatory
No need to spend much time rehashing the drama at this point: If you care about the Wrens, by now you know about Kevin Whelan’s falling out with Charles Bissell and the long-awaited The Meadowlands follow-up that never saw the light of day — and how Whelan’s contributions to that album ended up on Observatory, […]
Charli XCX – “Good Ones (Perfume Genius Remix)”
Charli XCX has tapped Perfume Genius for a new remix of her recent track “Good Ones,” the lead single from her upcoming album CRASH. Mike Hadreas takes the song in a surprisingly heavy direction, slowing it way down into a doom metal dirge with an industrial rock beat. Listen to his version below.
Stream Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s Craggy, Lovely New Album Barn
Neil Young and Crazy Horse hath returned. Two years ago, Young and his longtime psych-rock backing band — lifers Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina, alongside occasional fill-in and recent-vintage full-time member Nils Lofgren — released their album Colorado. Today, they have followed that one with Barn, a new album recorded in the structure of the […]
Boris – “Last Christmas” (Wham! Cover)
Boris are releasing W, a full-length continuation of their 2020 album NO, next month. But before that happens, they’ve returned with the two-track holiday single Noël, which features a cover of Wham!’s oft-covered 1984 classic “Last Christmas” and a rework of Boris’ own New Album cut “Pardon?” by UK singer-songwriter Lauren Auder and French producer […]
Stream Fleet Foxes’ New Live Album A Very Lonely Solstice
When Fleet Foxes released their amazing 2020 album Shore, it was obvious many of its songs were going to be ridiculously strong additions to the band’s live repertoire. The circumstances of 2020 being what they were, though, Robin Pecknold wasn’t able to take those songs on the road quite yet. Instead, he promoted the album […]
Earl Sweatshirt – “Tabula Rasa” (Feat. Armand Hammer)
For the past few years, Earl Sweatshirt has rapped a lot of head-spinning verses on a lot of other rappers, but he hasn’t released a record of his own since the 2019 EP Feet Of Clay. That’s about to change. Last month, Earl released the Black Noi$e-produced solo single “2010.” Today, he’s announced that he’ll […]
Video: Desiigner “Letter To Ye”
Ye, I won’t give up. Desiigner addresses Kanye West on his new record “Letter To Ye”. On the mellow track, the Brooklyn rapper gives his thanks to his former mentor and reflects on their G.O.O.D. times together. The accompanying video catches the “Panda” hitmaker during a traffic stop and lighting up at home where he […]
Video: Common Ft. PJ “Majesty (Where We Gonna Take It)”
Black is beautiful. Common celebrates Black royalty in the latest music video off his recent album, A Beautiful Revolution Pt. 2. Directed by Emmanuel Afolabi, Common and PJ share their ode to Black women from a house in a country, while a group of Black queens joyfully dance along to the powerful duet. You are […]