Golden Age Thursday: Killer Mike & Big Boi “Rap City Freestyle” 2002
As we all have heard by now, Killer Mike finally received his overdue flowers at this year’s Grammys. The legendary Atlanta emcee took home trophies in three categories including Rap Album Of The Year for his extremely vulnerable and undeniably stunning album Michael and his André 3000-assisted single “Scientists & Engineers” won for Best Rap […]
Lee Wilder Churns Out Addictive and Compelling Rock on ‘Sound Emporium’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
The musical inspiration for Lee Wilder’s brilliantly eclectic debut, Sound Emporium, makes plenty of sense once you realize his first musical touchstone was La Bamba, before digging into alt-rock’s golden age of ‘90s bands like The Pixies and The Breeders. Across 10 tracks, Wilder churns out addictive and compelling rock that suggest a college radio […]
Mount Kimbie Returns With Fourth Studio Album ‘ The Sunset Violent’ – Shares Abstract “Fishbrain” Single
British outfit Mount Kimbie has announced their fourth studio album The Sunset Violent, releasing via Warp on April 5th. To coincide with the announcement, the band also shares a brand new single “Fishbrain” with an accompanying video directed by Tegen Williams who the band worked with previously on the video for “Blue Train Lanes (ft. King Krule).” Inspired by the charcoal animations of South […]
Beth Gibbons Of Portishead Announces Debut Solo Album ‘Lives Outgrown’
Beth Gibbons with release her debut solo album Lives Outgrown on May 17, 2024. Featuring 10 beautiful new tracks recorded over 10 years, the album was produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, The Last Dinner Party) & Beth Gibbons with additional production by Lee Harris (Talk Talk). Lives Outgrown is, by some measure, Beth’s most personal work to date, […]
Iron & Wine Releasing New Album ‘Light Verse’ April 26th Via Sub Pop
On April 26th, 2024, Iron & Wine will release his seventh full-length album, Light Verse, worldwide from Sub Pop. The ten-track collection was produced by the band’s principal singer-songwriter Sam Beam and mixed and engineered by Dave Way at Waystation and Silent Zoo Studios in Los Angeles. Light Verse is the first full-length Iron & Wine release in […]
LISTEN: Les Savy Fav Arrives Back With Angtsy & Angular “Legendary Trippers”
Les Savy Fav is finally back with their first new music in 14 years in the form of an angsty and angular new single “Legendary Tippers” and comes with a meta music video. Singer Tim Harrington says about the track, “The guitars have this offhanded virtuoso thing going. Seth had stacked all of these semi-improvised scratch tracks into a demo. When I […]
Buffalo Tom Returns With New Album ‘Jump Rope’ Out May 31st
Buffalo Tom – Bill Janovitz, Chris Colbourn and Tom Maginnis – are pleased to announce their tenth album Jump Rope available May 31, 2024 via their own Scrawny Records. At the top of the year, the band released the album’s first single, “Helmet,” check it out below. As they have throughout their career, Buffalo Tom have chosen […]
45 Years Ago Today – The Clash Perform First American Show at Berkeley Community Theatre
WEIRDO WEDNESDAY: David Byrne Interviews Himself
Rumor has it that Talking Heads recently turned down upwards of $80 million to reunite and play various festivals (namely Coachella) across the country. That’s a lot of money, but if any band were ever more about their art than fame and fortune, it was probably Talking Heads, or at least David Bryne in particular […]
30 Years Later: Jawbreaker Cements Greatness With ’24 Hour Revenge Therapy’
Arguably the best album Jawbreaker ever wrote, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (released 2/7/94) is a classic in every sense of the word. Considering how things shook out with Jawbreaker after the release of their third independent LP, this album is more than a collection of finely-tuned angst set to blistering tempos. This album achieved the […]