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Dizzyride / photo by Angus Borsos

PREMIERE: Dizzyride Take You to the Hills of Armenia in “Soundtrack” Video

“To hell with passports, let’s all be free.”

December 09, 2016
PREMIERE: Aidan Knight Goes Deep in “What Light (Never Goes Dim)” Video

Dive! Dive! Dive!

December 05, 2016

photo by Nehemiah Sliwoski

PREMIERE: Myke Bogan Invites You to “Take the Night Off” at Pickathon’s Slab Sessions

Trust us, you should do what the man says.

December 02, 2016

LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 21: Joe Corre, son of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, burns a God Save The Queen T-Shirt at Buckingham Palace on November 21, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Ki Price/Getty Images)

Pissed, Destroy, Etc.: On Joe Corré’s Sex Pistols Pyre and the “Death” of Punk

The son of Malcom McLaren and Vivienne Westwood is more indebted to the forces he claims to detest than he might realize.

November 28, 2016
Reviews
A Tribe Called Quest, “We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service”

A Tribe Called Quest’s first album in eighteen years—and last album ever—is as urgent as “Atrocity Exhibition” and as easygoing as “The Low End Theory.”

November 23, 2016
PREMIERE: Lou Barlow Stares into “The Breeze” in New Video

From the good-timin’ “Apocalypse Fetish” EP.

November 22, 2016

NEW YORK, NY – February 19, 2016 – Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings perform at Madison Square Garden in an opening set for Daryl Hall and John Oates.

RIP: Sharon Jones (1956–2016)

The Queen of Funk.

November 19, 2016

Joan of Arc / photo by Shervin Lainez

PREMIERE: Joan of Arc Return with “Stranged That Egg Yolk” Video, First Q&A Since Reforming

From January’s “He’s Got the Whole This Land is Your Land in His Hands.”

November 17, 2016
PREMIERE: Horse Thief Seek “Another Youth” in New Video

The OKC thunderers will release “Trials and Truth” on January 27.

November 16, 2016
PREMIERE: Soft-rockers PREP Want to Know “Who’s Got You Singing Again” in New Video

The group’s debut EP, “Futures,” is out now via B3SCI.

November 15, 2016

photo by Johannes Haslinger

PREMIERE: Rayon (The Notwist’s Markus Acher) Goes Soft-Focus Satie in “Kona” Video

Taken from “A Beat of Silence,” which dropped last Friday.

November 14, 2016

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – SEPTEMBER 08: Leonard Cohen performs on stage at Wembley Arena on September 8, 2012 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Gus Stewart/Redferns via Getty Images)

RIP: Leonard Cohen (1934–2016)

He was our man.

November 10, 2016

Road in Iceland / photo by Justin Kaine

Art & CultureEvents
At the Edges of the Edge of the World: Is Icelandic Music Over?

We set off in search of a new Icelandic sound

November 08, 2016
PREMIERE: Thao & the Get Down Stay Down Are Ready for “Departure” in Pickathon Slab Session

Get down in Oregon, stay down in Oregon.

November 04, 2016

Mike Watt in 1995 / photo by Kevin Mazur

PREMIERE: In 1995, Mike Watt, Eddie Vedder, and Dave Grohl Advised Chicago Alt-Rockers to Take Cover “Against the ’70s”

Taken from Watt’s forthcoming live album, “‘ring spiel’ tour ’95.”

October 25, 2016

Run The Jewels / Coachella 2015 Weekend 1, Day 2 / photo by Max Sweeney

Run the Jewels Have Bad Jokes with Serious Implications in New Single “Talk to Me”

“I might ghost ride a tank, take a ride to the bank” isn’t even among the top-five-best lines in the politically driven first take from “Run the Jewels 3.”

October 24, 2016

UMO / photo by Neil Krug

PREMIERE: Unknown Mortal Orchestra Perform “Multi-Love” on “Live at 9:30”

Direct from The 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

October 24, 2016
PREMIERE: Honus Honus Wants to Introduce You to “Vampires in the Valley”

Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage with the Man Man frontman.

October 20, 2016

Girl Tears / photo by Danny Romansky

PREMIERE: Girl Tears Go on a Tear in “Panic Attack”

Got a minute?

October 18, 2016
Art & Culture
Under The Influence: Jonathan Lethem

The author of “Motherless Brooklyn” and “The Fortress of Solitude” on the inspiration behind his new novel, “A Gambler’s Anatomy.”

October 17, 2016
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