Claire Cronin is the author of the 2020 book Blue Light Of The Screen, about her obsession with horror movies and supernatural imagery, and she’s also a singer-songwriter who makes uneasy folk music that’s inspired by doom metal and drone. It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Cronin, but she’s about to return with her new LP The Bruise, …

Bibio’s Stephen Wilkinson and Dorian Concept’s Oliver Johnson have known each other for over 15 years, but the instinct to start creatively collaborating didn’t happen until a few years ago when Wilkinson saw Johnson’s video for 2022’s “Let It All Go.” Since then, they’ve been working on an audio-visual project, aptly titled Bibio & Dorian Concept. Yesterday, they announced their debut album …

The Boston art-punk band Mission Of Burma got started in 1979. With their live shows and their early records, the 1981 EP Signals, Calls And Marches and the 1982 album Vs., they left an indelible stamp on indie rock history. Mission Of Burma first broke up in 1983 because of frontman Roger Miller’s tinnitus. They got back together in the …

Hey, remember when the two main members of Operation Ivy started a new band together? What’s going on with that? Berkeley ska-punk heroes Operation Ivy famously started in ’87 and ended in ’89, and their raw, scrappy, hectic sound inspired countless imitators. People have been wanting an Operation Ivy reunion for many years, and we got something a bit like …

It was all so slippery. The way it went down; the way it sounded, too. Just when you thought you had a grip on Frank Ocean, he slid through your fingers and vanished, leaving behind nothing but a cloud of smoke and streaks of light. Elusiveness is his nature, his essence, and yet so is profound emotional resonance. It’s what …

The pop/R&B group Color Me Badd formed in Oklahoma City in 1985. In the early ’90s, the group scored a few major hits, including “I Wanna Sex You Up,” “I Adore Mi Amor,” and “All 4 Love.” Since their success faded, Color Me Badd have had a tumultuous history, with original members coming and going as they play the nostalgia …

Retired Los Angeles police detective Daryn Dupree testified Wednesday, August 19, about statements Duane “Keefe D” Davis allegedly made to investigators in 2008 regarding the shooting of Tupac Shakur. Dupree,… The post Retired Detective Testifies Diddy Offered Money in Murder of Tupac appeared first on .

25 years after the September 11 terrorist attacks brought the country and professional sports to a standstill, MLB Network will revisit the role baseball played in helping America begin the… The post SOURCE SPORTS: MLB Network Feature Film ‘When America Took The Field’ Set To Debut On The Eve of 9/11 appeared first on .

As Duane “Keefe D” Davis prepares to stand trial for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, testimony from a retired law enforcement official has brought one of the case’s most… The post Retired Detective Says Keefe D Claimed Diddy Paid For Tupac’s Murder appeared first on .

Before Pusha T and Malice became universally recognized as two of Hip Hop’s sharpest lyricists, the Thornton brothers put Virginia Beach on their backs with a debut album that changed… The post Today in Hip-Hop History: The Clipse Released Their Debut LP ‘Lord Willin’ 24 Years Ago appeared first on .