Following their debut combined set at Coachella last weekend billed as Nine Inch Noize, Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize have detailed their collaborative album Nine Inch Nails â Nine Inch Noize, which is out Friday (April 17). The project was teased last week on Coachella promotional billboards erected along Californiaâs I-10 highway. The artists […]
Brian Dunne was my favorite “new to me” artist of 2025. His album Clams Casino mixed bitterly clever yet never cynical lyrics with the kind of Billy Joel-meets-Bruce Springsteen pop rock that ruled 1980s radio. It gave me something I didn’t know I was missing. Ever since, I’ve been craving more. The more is here, […]
It felt like WU LYF had crawled out of the swamp when their debut record Go Tell Fire to the Mountain appeared in 2011. Awarded the Best New Music distinction by Pitchfork, the Mancunian collective’s deliberately mysterious approach to PR threatened to overshadow its music. The quartet refused to give interviews and press releases were […]
Oakland hip-hop originator Too Short had already dropped 15 albums by the time Blow the Whistle rolled around in 2006. It was a strange period for the rapper, who was nearing the end of his contract with Jive Records after 12 projects with the imprint. Short was already leery of what the label would do […]
Iâve been following Amanda on instagram for a while now, and was excited to hear she was making music. In these times, we all need music that can take us out of reality for a bit. On April 10, former actress Amanda Bynes released a dance track called âGirlfriendâ with Zabba and Fenix Flexin. When […]
It’s positively uncanny how the deeper we get into this third decade of the 21st century, the more demand there is for physical media. Maybe it’s because people are finally beginning to wake up from the spoon-fed methods of streaming services â both audibly and visually â that owning your own is starting to sound […]
Few bands carry a legacy quite like American Football – one that hinges as much on absence as output. The Champaign-Urbana, Ill.,-reared band’s self-titled 1999 debut became a touchstone of emo-leaning American indie rock through a slow, almost accidental canonization, greatly enhanced by the fact that American Football broke up shortly after its release (the […]
The Tribeca Festival is going big for its 25th anniversary, with opening night programming centered around Roots drummer Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's new documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire.