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There’s no question that shoegaze is currently going through a revival. Even before kids on TikTok discovered it, the genre was resurgent thanks to a wave of exciting young bands and reunions by some of its pioneering legends. Luckily for shoegaze fans both new and old, some of the women from the original ’90s era are either still in active bands or making music on their own.  » Read More

For decades, the eclectic California ska-punk band Fishbone has operated as a model of sustainability. Musicians have come and gone from Fishbone’s lineup, but the band’s creative core — singer Angelo Moore and bassist Norwood Fisher — has remained consistent since the band started in 1979. Now, that creative core has broken down.  » Read More

This Friday, Kamasi Washington is releasing a new album called Fearless Movement, the first full-length of his own since 2018’s Heaven And Earth. We’ve heard the album’s closing track “Prologue” and the André 3000 collaboration “Dream State”  » Read More

You might have thought we left crypto in 2023 but Eminem has just been announced at the new spokesman for Crypto.com, even after a bunch of celebrities were charged with boosting crypto assets without disclosing payment. Eminem is taking over the gig from Matt Damon, who appeared in a Crypto.com ad in 2022 with the slogan “Fortune Favors The Brave”;  » Read More

We’re not exactly suffering from a drought of new shoegaze records; the genre is arguably bigger now than it’s ever been. But even amidst the current glut, I’d advise you to spend a little time with the new record from Bliss Fields, the Toronto band that was formerly known as Iris. Bliss Fields released their full-length debut Slowly,  » Read More

Next week, Amy O is releasing a new album, Mirror, Reflect, the Bloomington, IN-based musician’s follow-up to 2019’s Shell. We’ve heard “Dribble Dribble” and “Early Days” from it already, and today she’s sharing one last one, “Superbloom.” Amy O had this to say about the track:  » Read More

Last year, Pardoner unveiled their latest album, Peace Loving People. Today, the San Francisco indie-rock crew is announcing their new EP, Paranoid In Hell, and sharing the lead single “Future Of Music.”  » Read More

In 1979, two little kids in Los Angeles started a punk band. When Redd Kross started, Jeff McDonald was 15, and his brother Steven was 11. Their first gig was opening for Black Flag, and they’ve remained a band ever since. (Originally, they were the Tourists, then Red Cross, and finally Red Kross.) In the past 45 years,  » Read More

Are you familiar with the internet phenomenon known as lostwave? Someone will upload a song, or a clip of a song, that cannot be identified. Usually, it’s a murky and mysterious piece of music that sounds vaguely familiar — something that tickles people’s memories and seems like it could’ve been a radio nugget from a bygone era.  » Read More