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Abel Tesfaye has been taking his sweet time building up to Hurry Up Tomorrow, billed as his final Weeknd album and the completion of the trilogy that also includes 2020’s world-conquering After Hours and 2022’s less commercially dominant (but in fact superior) Dawn FM.  » Read More

In September, Pa Salieu was released from prison after serving 21 months and shared the song “Belly.” Last month, the British rapper joined Disclosure onstage at Manchester’s Warehouse Project to debut a collab called “King Steps,” and now it’s gotten an official release.  » Read More

I should’ve posted this track when it came out yesterday, but maybe it just took a few listens and a fun appreciation post from my homie Julianne Escobedo Shepherd over at Hearing Things to appreciate it. Or maybe the lull before a holiday weekend is jut the right time to hear a super-raunchy track with a foot-fetish streak.  » Read More

The Grateful Dead will be among the honorees at next month’s Kennedy Center Honors, but they’ll do so without bassist Phil Lesh, who died last month at age 84.  » Read More

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Manchester’s hardcore-adjacent Outbreak Fest always looks like a great time. Yesterday, the festival announced next year’s awesome lineup. The show goes down 6/14-15 at Manchester’s BEC Arena, and it’s got headliners like Alex G and newly minted TV stars Knocked Loose. Now, Outbreak has also announces plans for a one-day London festival that’s set to go down 6/13 at Victoria Park,  » Read More

Earlier this month Australian indie rockers Vacations curated and headlined their very own MATES festival at the Bellwether in LA. Intended as a showcase and a conversation between artists Vacations frontman Campbell Burns has long admired, it also featured performances from fellow Aussie artists Jaguar Jonze and WAAX, the UK’s Puma Blue,  » Read More

Louisville metallic hardcore insurgents Knocked Loose are living out a truly insane existence. Knocked Loose have been a big band in the heavy-music world since the pre-pandemic days, and they continue to get bigger even as their music gets more and more intense and abrasive. Right now, they’re first-time Grammy nominees,  » Read More

I have a memory of driving across a bridge last year, after impulsively moving to a new state, and bursting into tears when Forth Wanderers came on shuffle. I’d fallen in love with someone I just met, all of my friends were hours away, and my life was unrecognizable. I felt so many emotions that I felt nothing at all.  » Read More