Crush Your Soul Release Stupidly Hard Debut Album Ice Water
Mindforce frontman Jay Petagine is one of the most dynamic forces on the hardcore underground, and he’s lent his ultra-confident Noo Yawk bellow to side projects like Pillars Of Ivory and Out For Justice. A couple of years ago,…
John Andrews & The Yawns Announce New Album Streetsweeper: Hear “Something To Be Said”
John Andrews & The Yawns — good band name. It’s accurate too, but not in a bad way. Andrews, a member of Cut Worms and Widowspeak, sounds casually drowsy on “Something To Be Said,” the opening track from his newly…
Green Day To Play Super Bowl Opening Ceremony, Presumably Pissing Off Trump Administration
We're a little less than three weeks away from the Super Bowl. We don't know which teams will play yet, but we know which entertainers will be on hand. Bad Bunny will play the Halftime Show. Charli Puth, Brandi Carlile, and Coco Jones will…
The Cork, Ireland indie rockers Cardinals are getting close to release day for their debut album Masquerade. Today they bring us some brief US tour dates and one more single to go along with “Barbed Wire,” “The Burning Of…
Snail Mail Announces New Album Ricochet: Hear “Dead End”
Snail Mail spent her summer tour debuting new songs, so we were anticipating a new album this year. That was prescient; Lindsey Jordan does indeed have a new LP on the way, her first since 2021’s Valentine. Ricochet is due in March…
Mary J. Blige Explains Why She Passed On “Umbrella”
Rihanna's Jay-Z-featuring #1 hit "Umbrella" was not originally written for Rihanna. Songwriters The-Dream and Tricky Stewart originally wrote the song with Britney Spears in mind, and when her camp passed on the song, they offered it to…
In about a month, the great American songwriter Bill Callahan will release his new album My Days Of 58. He introduced the project to us with the self-portrait “The Man I’m Supposed To Be,” then followed it by looking…