Over the past decade, underground club circuits around East and Southeast Asia have grown from a collection of fragmented markets to an integrated community that’s dedicated to supporting local talents. Projects such as bilateral DJ exchanges and regionally-focused record labels… Read More
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. In… Read More
It's a pretty huge week for hip hop, with new albums by new Griselda signing Armani Caesar, fellow Buffalo up and comers 14 trapdoors, and West Coast legend MC Eiht, not to mention funk legend Steve Arrington, whose classic music… Read More
One of the very big releases in heavy music today is the new Napalm Death album, which I reviewed in Notable Releases, and also the towering, noisy new Sumac album is out today. We also got new singles from Chrome… Read More
Former Kvelertak vocalist Erlend Hjelvik recently signed to Nuclear Blast to release his debut solo album, Welcome to Hel, as Hjelvik, his new solo project. He's now released his first single as Hjelvik, "North Tsar," and it's a ripper. You… Read More
Slay at Home, the virtual metal festival that happened back in May, is returning as a monthly livestream series. “I’m happy to announce after the overwhelming success of ‘Slay at Home’ I’m bringing it back monthly in smaller doses, as a… Read More
Thurston Moore releases his new solo album, By the Fire, next week, and to celebrate he'll play a full-band livestream show from London's Rough Trade East on September 24. at 8 PM BST (3 PM Eastern). For it, he'll be… Read More
Lady Gaga – our Stefani – has a vision. Many, in fact. While the Chromatica era hasn’t been quite as fully fleshed out as she, or her manager Bobby Campbell, had originally envisioned due to world events, the artist formerly… Read More
We all need things to look forward to right now and this definitely brightened our day: Slowdive are currently in the studio working on their fifth album! No details yet, but Rachel Goswell has posted a couple of pictures to… Read More
Last night marked the opening of the 58Th New York Film Festival. A very different festival than any other year, as with all film festivals this year, as a result of the pandemic. Other than a handful of screenings, which… Read More