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Uniform & The Body, “Mental Wounds Not Healing”

A collaboration that is a chilling assessment of our national disharmony.

June 12, 2018
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gobbinjr, “ocala wick”

Behind moments of timidity lurks a menacing DGAF attitude.

June 07, 2018

Portrait of Chris Shaw of Ex-Cult, backstage at Pickathon festival on 5th August, 2017. Photo ©Anthony Pidgeon

PREMIERE: Ex-Cult Tear Through “Stick the Knife In” for Pickathon’s Slab Sessions

The Memphis punks crank out a quick and dirty rendition of their In The Red debut single.

June 01, 2018
Reviews
Wand, “Perfume” EP

“Perfume” bolsters the staying power of Wand as a rare contemporary rock band unwilling to forfeit their persona to suit the present.

May 31, 2018
PREMIERE: The Love Language Return to the Ether with “Castle in the Sky”

Stuart McLamb’s raucous lo-fi experiment makes up for lost time with two minutes of heavy, blissed-out pop in anticipation of the forthcoming “Baby Grand,” out August 3 via Merge.

May 22, 2018
PREMIERE: Peach Kelli Pop Conjure Dark Powers in “Black Magic” Video

The LA-via-Ottawa garage rock four-piece get spooky in the latest Gentle Leader preview.

May 17, 2018
PREMIERE: Sam Evian Celebrates Self-Acceptance in “You, Forever” Video

The title track from Evian’s forthcoming LP is brought to life with the help of a punk rock sibling and a bright New York afternoon.

May 16, 2018
Film + TV
Stop Steering and Start Driving: Ten Years Later, “Speed Racer” Is Still the Best Movie About Agency in the Era of Late Capitalism

On its tenth birthday, let’s look past its genre and appreciate the unrivaled visual flair, debilitatingly honest coming-of-age narrative, and anti-corporate rage of “Speed Racer,” a kids movie.

May 08, 2018
PREMIERE: Bee Bee Sea Assume the Throne in “This Dog is the King of the Losers” Video

Rural Italy’s impish garage rock trio opt for misfit royalty over biscuits and loyalty in their cosmic new video.

April 20, 2018
Can You Dance to Young Fathers?

Young Fathers’ newest addition to their stellar catalog is no exception—but there’s still one key question that needs to be addressed.

April 04, 2018
Rich Brian Offers a Glimpse at What a YouTube-Reared Generation of Rappers Looks Like

As the era of conscious backpack rap fades, Brian Immanuel’s debut “Amen” hints at a new wave of overly-self-conscious, Internet-savvy fanny pack rap.

March 22, 2018
Blatant Animal Collective Ripoff: On the Disappointingly Impermanent Influence of “Merriweather Post Pavilion”’s Washer Pop

Commemorating Animal Collective’s earnest stab at moving popular rock music forward and the nine bands that should be dictating the sounds of 2018.

March 12, 2018
Art & CultureFilm + TVStaff Picks
Things Called “Arm and Hammer,” Ranked

Counting off five Hammers that are just so hyped.

February 20, 2018
PREMIERE: Dante Elephante Leave Their Wireless Devices at Home on “Call Me (on the phone)”

Ruben Zarate’s surf pop project teases their yet-unannounced sophomore album with a new R&B-leaning single.

February 08, 2018
PREMIERE: Priests Bring Their Spooky Energy to Pickathon’s Slab Sessions with “Leila 20”

DC punk’s holiest emissaries belt out the cut from last year’s “Nothing Feels Natural.”

February 02, 2018
Reviews
Ty Segall, “Freedom’s Goblin”

Just when you thought you could pigeonhole Ty Segall into just one entire decade of music.

January 26, 2018
More Than Joke, Purpose: Did Das Racist Accidentally Fix Underground Hip-Hop?

Somewhere between Cage’s LaBeouf-directed “I Never Knew You” video and Brockhampton’s formation on a Kanye forum, something shifted. That something was almost definitely “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.”

January 10, 2018
PREMIERE: Kal Marks Thaws Out on “Today I Walked…”

The sludgy Boston three-piece offers up another preview of their forthcoming “Universal Care.”

January 08, 2018
PREMIERE: Ty Segall Melts Faces with “Warm Hands” for Pickathon’s Slab Sessions

With the backing of his Freedom Band, the insatiable riffer introduces his caustic anthem to the bright Oregon sun.

December 01, 2017
Reviews
OCS, “Memory of a Cut Off Head”

With a return to the OCS ethos, “Memory of a Cut Off Head” is a full house notably lacking a garage.

November 27, 2017
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