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Grave Secrets are a loud and rowdy punk and post-hardcore band from LA. “Fuck Shit Up,” from their upcoming full-length debut Till Your Lungs Fall Out, is instructive; it sounds like you think it sounds. Not every Grave Secrets song is quite so chaotic — prior singles “Mood Ring”  » Read More

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In just a few days, Lydia Loveless is releasing a new album, Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again. We’ve heard “Toothache,” “Runaway,” and “Sex And Money” from it so far, and today the Ohio rocker is sharing one last advance track,  » Read More

One of the most thrilling ways to awaken one’s inner child is revisiting the albums that made you feel seen when adolescence convinced you of your invisibility. The promise of such cathartic melodrama is why Emo Nights are ragingly successful. It’s also why yeule’s softscars feels so electrifyingly urgent.  » Read More

Great Grandpa’s Al Menne is releasing their debut solo album, Freak Accident, later this week. They’ve shared “Kill Me,” “Grandma’s Garden,” and “Beth” from it already, and today they’re back with one last advance single: Freak Accident‘s title track,  » Read More

Last month, the Boston musician Kevin Micka announced his latest album as Animal Hospital, Shelf Life, with the labyrinthine lead single “Fuselage.” Today, he’s back with “Awful Beast,” another track from it (number two of a total four), and it’s more meditative and slow-rolling than the first,  » Read More

Marilyn Manson has been spending a lot of time in court lately, and most of that has been because of the many women who have accused him of sexual assault. Earlier this year, one of those women recanted her allegations, claiming that Manson’s ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood pressured her into defaming Manson.  » Read More

Texas shoegazers Bedlocked made it into our roundup of the New Wave Of American Shoegaze last winter. Today they’ve released a tremendous new song as part of Saddle Creek’s Document singles series. “All Over Again” plods along majestically at the intersection of shoegaze and slowcore, guitars and vocals droning together against the thunderous drumbeat.  » Read More

It’s not the ’00s anymore, but rap’s fabled blog era may never truly die. Last year, the blog-rap all-star team of Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., and Smoke DZA got together with Girl Talk, the one-time mashup monster who has turned toward rap production in recent years, to release the collaborative album Full Court Press.  » Read More