Back in 2017, before Pedro the Lion reunited, David Bazan released the debut album by his new band Lo Tom, which also features former Pedro the Lion member TW Walsh and Starflyer 59 members Jason Martin and Trey Many (the… Read More
DC band Edsel, who released records on Dischord, DeSoto, Jade Tree, Grass and others, broke up in 1997 though they've played a few one-off reunion shows in the years since. Frontman Sohrab Habibion went on to be in Obits and… Read More
Today came the very sad news that Unwound bassist Vern Rumsey passed away, and tributes from fellow musicians and other members of the music industry have been pouring in. Conan Neutron, who was Vern's bandmate in his current band Household… 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
We're more than halfway through 2020 and this year is moving at a strange pace, but sometimes you need to take a minute, look back on the good parts of the year, and/or lose yourself in some great music. If… Read More
Pyramid is certainly a fitting title for the new Jaga Jazzist album. It’s beautifully structured and obviously crafted with meticulous care. The long-awaited follow-up to 2015’s Starfire sees the eight-piece band continuing to play with long-form song structure (four tracks… Read More
The 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath's iconic sophomore album, Paranoid, is coming up in September, and the band is celebrating with the release of a vinyl box set. Paranoid: Super Deluxe Edition features a wide variety of material spread across… Read More
Detail, aka Noel Fisher, the Detroit rapper and producer known for his work on Beyonce's "Drunk in Love" (ft. Jay-Z) and "7/11," Lil Wayne's "How to Love," Wiz Khalifa's "We Dem Boyz," Future and Rihanna's "Selfish," and more, has been… Read More
JOBS thrive on tension. Their music is suffused with jitters and anxiety. Monotone-sung mantras, shards of twitchy effects, electric guitar bursts, atonal squalls: it’s not unusual to hear all of this within the first minute or two of any given… Read More
An expanded edition of Tom Petty's great 1994 album Wildflowers is on the way, and while we still haven't gotten all the details on that, here's a previously unreleased song from the sessions. “I don’t remember hearing this,” Heartbreakers keys player Benmont Tench told David Fricke on… Read More