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Dexter Romweber, one-half of the Carrboro rockabilly duo Flat Duo Jets, has died. He is believed to have passed from natural causes, though a medical exam is pending. He was 57.  » Read More

Last night’s Militarie Gun/Pool Kids/Spiritual Cramp/Spaced show was sick. Go see this tour if you can. I missed most of Spaced, but hopefully you checked out “Rat Race in this week’s hardcore roundup. And these Sound And Fury and Tied Down lineups?  » Read More

Young Thug is not the only one on trial in the RICO case against his organization Young Slime Life. A handful of affiliates are also facing gang-related charges. And now, so is one of their lawyers.  » Read More

Charlotte grunge-shoegaze act Scarlet House released a thread of great songs throughout 2023, including December’s cathartic “Run.” Today, he’s back with his first material of the year: a blissfully heavy track called “Far.”  » Read More

We named Cusp one of the best new bands of 2023. Today Jen Bender’s band is back with a new song that reaffirms that notion.  » Read More

There are very few bands as consistent as High On Fire, Matt Pike’s long-running fuzz-metal power trio. Whenever High On Fire put out a new record, you know exactly what you’re going to get, and you know that it’s going to stomp ass. It’s been a while since we’ve gotten one of those records.  » Read More

Brittany Howard released her new album WHAT NOW a week ago, and last night she promoted it with a vibrant performance on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show. On the show, Howard and her band did “Prove It To You,” a disco-leaning track built on soaring synths and a surging rhythm section.  » Read More

Welcome to the sixth Songs of the Week of 2024. It was a stacked week for new tracks. Vampire Weekend released two songs and they both made the list (and might’ve charted even higher if they had just put out one song and not split the vote). Even most of the honorable mentions are great this week and would’ve made the main list on other weeks.  » Read More

On Tuesday, Lizzy McAlpine announced the April 5 release of her third album, Older, by sharing its title track on streaming platforms. Last night, the singer/songwriter released a bucolic, home-movie styled lyric video for “Older” where she lightheartedly roams about trees and green fields in a white dress, plays with dogs and takes a dip in a lake.  » Read More