When I saw Show Me The Body headline a great touring bill in Richmond last year, they covered motherfucking “Sabotage.” I was unprepared for this, and it fucking ruled. Turns out that Show Me The Body have been covering the Beastie Boys’ 1994 anthem since 2023, when they debuted their version at a surprise Tompkins Square Park show. The original …

Ellis Dickson, the drummer from proggy weirdos Fat Dog, has his own solo project called ELLiS·D. Today, he’s released a new single “I Want To Be Everything You Desire.” It’s the first single that he’s released since dropping his EP Spill this past April.

The band is called Guitar. That’s what Saia Kuli decided to name his Portland indie rock project. It’s just fucking crazy. We probably make too much of that decision when we write about Guitar on this website, but we’re not the ones who decided to name the band Guitar. Truth in advertising, though — there is a whole lot of …

We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.

The ridiculously fun Portland pop-punk trio Suzie True will release their new album How I Learned To Love What’s Gone in a few weeks, and you should be fired up about that. Suzie True recorded the LP with producer Chris Farren, while Eve 6’s Jon Siebels recorded and mixed it. We’ve posted the early tracks “LEECHES (PLAY DEAD!)” and “Get …

Atlanta’s Upchuck will share their new Ty Segall-produced album I’m Nice Now this Friday, and judging by the singles we’ve heard so far, it’s shaping up to be a good one. They’ve shared one final advance track today called “New Case.”

In a couple of weeks, Helen Ballentine’s hazy-reverie project Skullcrusher will follow 2022’s Quiet The Room with the new album And Your Song Is Like A Circle. We’ve already posted her songs “Exhale,” “March,” and “Dragon.” Now, just before the LP drops, she’s dropped another sad-lullaby bomb on us. This one is called “Living.” L-I-V-I-N, man.

Austin-based independent label Western Vinyl has announced a new charity compilation called Passages: Artists In Solidarity With Immigrants Refugees, And Asylum Seekers. Alan Sparkhawk’s contribution “No More Darkness” is out today, along with Benjamin Booker’s “A Place For Us.”

When the video opens with portentous narration about the last day of high school, you know you’re in for a good time. HighSchool, the duo of ridiculously handsome Australians Rory Trobbiani and Luke Scott, will release their self-titled full-length debut on Halloween. We’ve posted their single “Dipped,” and now they’ve jumped headlong into teenage melodrama on their new single “Sony …

In a couple of months, Carlyn Bezic, the Toronto musician who records as Jane Inc., will release A Rupture A Canyon A Birth, a new album partly inspired by the moment that a semi truck plowed into Belzic’s broken-down tour van. Nobody in the Jane Inc. touring party was hurt in that accident, and they even played their scheduled show …