Last month, NYC’s bloodsports announced their debut album Anything Can Be A Hammer with the track “Rosary.” Today, they’ve returned with another preview of their debut with the beautifully serrated single “Calvin.”

Winnipeg indie rockers Living Hour returned last month with “Wheel,” the lead single to their October-bound album Internal Drone Infinity. We named it one of the Best Songs Of The Week, and today’s new single “Waiter” is another good one that takes a slightly alt-country, slowcore approach.

Donald Trump has had some high-profile meetings with European leaders this week, but don’t be fooled: Jack White is his administration’s current focus. After the White Stripes founder made a lengthy Instagram post yesterday slamming the “vulgar, gold leafed and gaudy” decor in the Oval Office, the White House Communications Director Steven Cheung issued a statement calling White “a washed …

Last month, hyperpop wunderkind Glaive released his first music of the year with the really good single “Asheville.” Now, he’s back with “Appalachia,” which seems to announce a new era for the North Carolina-based artist, one that celebrates his movement through the music industry and the history of his hometown.

For more than four decades, Patty A. Kotero has been widely known — performing, acting, singing, and entertaining — as Apollonia. After Denise “Vanity” Matthews’ resignation from the girl group Vanity 6, Prince cast Apollonia as his love interest in 1984’s legendary Purple Rain and installed her as the leader of the group, which was rechristened Apollonia 6. Since 1983, …

Hey look, it’s our first 2026 festival lineup! Unless I’m forgetting something! Every January, the year in hardcore unofficially begins with FYA Fest, a two-day Florida mosh marathon that attracts reckless dancers from around the world. FYA is a strictly DIY festival, and it always leads to some wild-ass footage. Last year, FYA’s bookers had to move locations a couple …

Egg punkers Snooper are releasing their new album Worldwide this fall. They already shared the lead single and title track “Worldwide,” and today, they’re back with “Guard Dog.” It’s a self-conscious ripper where Blair Tramel’s vocals swirl around stocky electric guitar and viscous drum hits.

Almost 30 years ago, a new sound began bubbling up in small venues around Chicago — jazz clubs sometimes, but punk clubs and arts centers and other less defined spaces too. Cornet player Rob Mazurek was one of a small coterie of players, some of whom were members of the dubby “post-rock” (remember when that was a thing to aspire …

Alternate headline: White vs. White. Yesterday Jack White posted a scathing review of Donald Trump’s “vulgar, gold leafed and gaudy” Oval Office decor, likening it to Ric Flair’s dressing room. This might come as a shock, but Trump’s team wasn’t very happy about it, and lashed out at the White Stripes founder in return.

Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner announced her latest solo album as Flock Of Dimes, The Life You Save, with the gorgeous acoustic pop meditation “Long After Midnight.” For our second preview, we get “Afraid,” another warm, twilit ballad that sends Wasner straight into the Dido zone. In the video, directed by Spencer Kelly, Wasner is surrounded by projections of her younger …