So many moments on this album made me go “WOO!” We first encountered the Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain screamo/post-hardcore band Vibora when they teamed up with Madrid-based Crossed on a stupendous 2022 split. They’ve now returned with a breathtaking sophomore full-length that hits like truckloads of dynamite strategically carving a masterpiece into a mountainside. Egin Ez… The post Stream Vibora’s New …

070 Shake fans are suspecting a new album soon. One key clue is that, from 2016’s The 070 Project: Chapter 1 to 2024’s Petrichor, the New Jersey artist has released a project every even-numbered year. Another key clue is that over the weekend, Shake released “If You’re Free,” a very pretty, stripped-down acoustic song that… The post 070 Shake – …

The jangly, effervescent Montreal power-pop band Prism Shores announced their new album Softest Attack last month with the release of lead single “Kid Gloves.” It was great, and the single single is better. “I Didn’t Mean To Change My Mind” triangulates the midpoint between Pavement and Teenage Fanclub as if blurring together the memories of… The post Prism Shores – …

Heather The Jerk is Heather Sawyer, a Madison-based garage rocker and member of bands like the Hussy and Proud Parents. MRR described her late 2024 cassette Not Very Motorcycle as bedroom pop-punk, which at least gets you in the ballpark for new tape Scroll If You Love Devil. The tracklist compiles 10 short, sweet, scrappy… The post Heather The Jerk’s …

Midway through my video chat with Cootie Catcher, guitarist/vocalist/beatmaker Nolan Jakupovski suddenly wields a prop: “This, I think, is what we want to sound like.” He’s holding a copy of the Pastels’ 1998 remix album Illuminati, on which the Glasgow indie greats have their songs reworked by the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, and Jim O’Rourke. “A lot of …

On this date in the infamous year of 1988, the late, great “Human Orchestra” Biz Markie released his debut full-length album Goin’ Off on Cold Chillin’/Warner Brothers Records. Produced exclusively… The post Today in Hip-Hop History: Biz Markie Dropped His Debut Album ‘Goin’ Off’ 38 Years Ago appeared first on .

On this day in Hip Hop history, The Roots released their fourth studio album, Things Fall Apart. Widely regarded as the group’s breakthrough project, the album elevated them to mainstream… The post Today in Hip Hop History: The Roots Released Their Fourth LP ‘Things Fall Apart’ 27 Years Ago appeared first on .

King Tuff’s return is imminent. The psychedelic garage rocker Kyle Thomas made his new back-to-basics album MOO shortly after leaving Los Angeles and returning to Vermont, the place where he’s from. He recorded it on the same Tascam 388 that he used to make his 2013 debut King Tuff Was Dead. On the LP’s first… The post King Tuff – …

Back in 1999, Faith No More/Mr. Bungle frontman Mike Patton started the noise-rock supergroup Tomahawk with the Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Denison, Melvins/Cows bassist Kevin Rutmanis, and John Stanier, the absolute beast of a drummer who’d already been in Helmet and who would later join Battles. Tomahawk have been intermittently active since then, though Rutmanis was eventually replaced by longtime …

Miles Davis was born in Alton, Illinois on May 26, 1926, and the Miles Davis estate and Sony Music — and probably to a lesser degree Warner Bros., which owns his last few releases — are celebrating the legendary trumpeter’s centennial this year. I fully expect to see a ton of reissues, and possibly some new vault material, all year …