Tom Breihan

Baltimore hardcore is in an absolutely ridiculous place right now. Obviously, Turnstile are on top of the world, but it goes way beyond that. End It have emerged as one of the best bands on the underground. Praise just came back with a great new record. Early next year, scene overlords Trapped Under Ice will return to headline their hometown’s Disturbin’  » Read More

Hamilton, Ontario’s Counterparts are one of the biggest, most cult-beloved metalcore bands on the current landscape. They’ve been around for 15 years, and they were playing the Warped Tour back when that was still a thing. Counterparts don’t really sound like an underground band; their whole sound is too big and clean and professional for that.  » Read More

Next month, the suave and elegant French gentlemen of Phoenix will release their new album Alpha Zulu, and they’ve been doing the promotional rounds in recent weeks. Last month, Phoenix got together with their special guest, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, to perform the single “Tonight”  » Read More

Loretta Lynn has died at 90. A statement from her family reads: “Our precious mom, Loretta Lynn, passed away peacefully this morning, October 4th, in her sleep at home at her beloved ranch in Hurricane Mills.”  » Read More

You weren’t ready for another surprise EP from Origami Angel, were you? On Friday, the cult-beloved emo duo came back with the surprise release re: turn, which was prettier and more acoustic-based than most of the band’s previous music. Today, they’ve followed that EP with another one called Depart —  » Read More

This past weekend, Saturday Night Live kicked off a whole new season, with Miles Teller as host and Kendrick Lamar as musical guest. Since last season, the show has lost a whole mess of prominent cast members, including Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, and Pete Davidson.  » Read More

Later this month, the handsome fuckers in the Arctic Monkeys will return with their new album The Car, and they’ve already shared the singles “There’d Better Big A Mirrorball” and “Body Paint.” Last week, the band played their first American shows in four years at LA’s Primavera Sound and Brooklyn’s Kings Theater,  » Read More

About 20 years ago, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs helped supercharge the idea that Brooklyn was the coolest place in the world, and you could argue that they’re part of the reason that, for instance, Jimmy Kimmel Live now descends on Brooklyn to tape a week of shows. So it’s only right that this week,  » Read More

Eventually, maybe, it’ll feel normal to see mercurial lo-fi guy Alex G playing his songs on late night television. Alex G is a big deal in the indie rock world, and he’s played giant festival stages with Frank Ocean, so why wouldn’t he get the same TV showcases that so many of his peers have enjoyed for so long?  » Read More