There’s this Oakland band called Unity, right? Not an easy name to search. When Scott assigned this post, I almost threw my laptop out the window. How am I supposed to know all this shit? I don’t. I never heard of Unity. Well, now I know about Unity, and I can tell you that they are good. I guess it …

Former boxer Prichard Colón has passed away at the age of 33, his family confirmed on Thursday, August 13th. The Puerto Rican, once a promising boxer, suffered a brain bleed following a 2015 fight against Terrel Williams. Colón went on to spend 221 days in a coma after repeated blows to the neck. After waking The post Puerto Rican Boxer …

We’ve been waiting for this one for a while. Erykah Badu, one of our greatest living artists, hasn’t released a proper album since 2010’s New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh), and she hasn’t put out a full-length since her 2015 mixtape But You Caint Use My Phone. Some time back, though, Badu revealed that she was working on …

It has been about a decade since the world heard from the mathy Oxford indie rockers TTNG. The band, formerly known as This Town Needs Guns, started in 2002, establishing a tricky but passionate sound that drew clear inspiration from Midwest bands like American Football. Original singer/guitarist Stuart Smith left the band after the release of their 2009 debut Animals, …

Over the next week, a band called FFO: Chillin will open five shows for Joyce Manor and Glitterer. FFO: Chillin hail from Concord, New Hampshire, they have a couple EPs to their name (which is great, by the way), and they play hard, melodic rock music that I guess I’d call post-hardcore? New single “All I Know” is out on …

Chicago’s sprawling Bohemian National Cemetery was first founded in 1877, and since 2013, local promoters Empty Bottle Presents have been using it as the the venue for their Beyond The Gate concert series. Over the years, acts like Grouper, Cindy Lee, Kim Gordon, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor have played at the cemetery, and more shows are planned. Those shows …

Time to get stupid excited: There’s a new Dummy album coming soon. The LA electronic rock retro-futurists have signed to Polyvinyl for the follow-up to 2024’s Album Of The Week-worthy Free Energy. Titled do you love the color of the sky?, it’s out in October, co-produced by Dummy and Joo-Joo Ashworth, and preceded by today’s lead single “Full Spectrum Dominance.” …

I laughed exactly once while watching Green Day’s new movie Nimrods, which is dubiously billed as a comedy. It quacks like a comedy, anyway. Characters make outlandish, insanely dumb decisions that result in slapstick gags. They speak in what are clearly supposed to be funny voices. Various quasi-famous comedy types make cameos that are somehow too short and too long …

The debut Starcleaner Reunion album is going to be good. The up-and-coming NYC dream-pop band has shared the stunning Umbrella singles “Weather Instrument” and “Never Odd Or Even” so far, and today they’re leaning into Cocteau Twins influence with the swooning song “Lay On Plastic Moment.” The post Starcleaner Reunion – “Lay On Plastic Moment” appeared first on Stereogum.

Way back in 1966, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore co-founded the British rock band Deep Purple. Singer Ian Gillan joined up in 1969, and the band went on a hugely influential and commercially successful run. Hits like “Smoke On The Water” and “Highway Star” helped establish the blueprint for hard rock and heavy metal. Deep Purple’s lineup was never stable, and Blackmore …