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Now that her tour has wrapped up, Lana Del Rey has entered into a feud with a Christian influencer.  » Read More

A brand new music festival called Sick New World launched this past spring in Las Vegas, bringing together some of the biggest names in Y2K-era nu-metal with others from the expanded alt-metal/heavy alternative world, topped off with some hip young acts from the hardcore and electronic worlds. Today the fest has announced its lineup for 2024.  » Read More

Midwestern screamo titans unite! Wisconsin upstarts Snag and Indiana veterans Coma Regalia have joined forces for a split LP called MMXXIII. It is as raw and combustible as you’d hope. The songs sprint down the borderline between exhilarating and discomfiting in a way that speaks to these bands’ dynamism and their commitment to the ugly intensity of the DIY scenes from which they arose.  » Read More

Bad Bunny had the biggest album of 2022 with Un Verano Sin Ti, and the part-time wrestler is about to swing back into the ring to challenge Morgan Wallen for the biggest of 2023. He just announced that his new album Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana is out this Friday.  » Read More

It’s the biggest news story in the world right now: Israel formally declared war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas after a series of deadly attacks over the weekend that killed hundreds of civilians. One of those attacks was at the Tribe Of Nova electronic music festival Saturday near the Israel-Gaza border,  » Read More

Medicine Singers have released a new single today in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. The group comprises the Eastern Medicine Singers, who sing and drum in the Native American pow wow style, plus guitarist and former Monotonix leader Yonatan Gat. Today’s single “Honor Song” is their first release since last year’s self-titled debut,  » Read More

Did you know there’s a charitable paper trailer behind every Lana Del Rey tour city? So says LDR, who closed out her 2023 tour Thursday in Charleston, West Virginia. Just before ending the set with “Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd,” Del Rey addressed the crowd at Charleston Civic Center.  » Read More

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music.  » Read More

For my money, Toronto’s Mil-Spec have been one of the best hardcore bands on the map for years now. After a bunch of promising early records, the band released their full-length debut World House during the dark COVID days of 2020. The album was this huge, visceral, searching,  » Read More