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Six women are accusing former KROQ DJ and LA club owner Rodney Bingenheimer of molesting them when they were underage. As Rolling Stone reports, those accusers include Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s.  » Read More

Young Thug (real name Jeffery Williams) and members of his rap crew YSL are on trial in Georgia as Fulton County prosecutors try to prove that the group is actually a criminal gang with ties to the bloods. The RICO case has generated lots of headlines so far, such as when the judge controversially ruled rap lyrics can be submitted as evidence against the defendants or when Thug’s lawyer tried […]

Every year, New Jersey indie greats Yo La Tengo play a run of eight shows on every night of Hanukkah. For those gigs, they bring in special guests and play unexpected covers, and it looks like it’s always a great time. The shows used to happen at the Hoboken venue Maxwell’s, and when that place shut down,  » Read More

Earlier this year, Best Coast announced an indefinite hiatus, and frontwoman Bethany Cosentino released Natural Disaster, her first solo album. It didn’t go the way that she wanted. Last night, Cosentino posted a TikTok video where she talks about the album’s rollout and says that she’s “so disappointed”  » Read More

It’s time once again for our saddest year-end list, presented in the style of a televised awards show tribute. Whether they were around for 50 years or five years, all of this year’s In Memoriam acts made an impact, then decided 2023 was the time to close up shop and perhaps even be replaced by digital avatars.  » Read More

From a certain perspective, the hardcore band of 2023 was one that hasn’t released any music since 2017. Baltimore bruiser brigade Trapped Under Ice have long loomed enormous over the underground landscape. Turnstile, now the most popular hardcore band that has ever existed, essentially started off as a TUI side project. TUI’s blend of elements —  » Read More

Caroline Polachek is still out on tour in support of Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, which landed on our Best Albums Of 2023 list. She’s been in Australia this past week, and tonight she had a show in Melbourne at the Forum Theater.  » Read More

Cayle Sain, a musician who’s played in hardcore bands like Twitching Tongues and Downpresser, has died. Twitching Tongues broke the news of Sain’s passing on Twitter yesterday, and many of his bandmates and peers have shared tributes. No cause of death has been reported. According to Metalsucks,  » Read More

J. Robbins has been a vital force in American underground rock for a long time. Robbins has served as the leader of post-hardcore bands Jawbox and Burning Airlines, among others. More recently, he’s produced a whole lot of great records. And in 2019, Robbins released Un-Becoming,  » Read More