A terrifying scene broke out in the crowd during the Australian electronic band Rüfüs Du Sol’s concert Saturday night at the Rose Bowl. In footage shared by the festival-focused Twitter account @TheFestiveOwl, a man can be seen brutally beating up a woman, identified in his post as Shelby Elston, a follower of the Festive Owl account from Phoenix. Along with …

Legss! I like these guys! A month ago the London band announced their debut album Unreal, at which point we posted the gnarled and explosive talk-sing throwdown “909.” Before that, they got on our radar with “Gloss,” a mathy post-punk track with orchestral strings from members of Jockstrap and Goat Girl. “See No Evil,” out today, is softer and prettier, …

Shudder To Think formed in 1986 on the heels of Revolution Summer, and after putting out their first few records on the legendary DC post-hardcore label Dischord, they made it big when Epic put out their arty 1994 album Pony Express Record. Shudder To Think didn’t last much longer after that, though they’ve gotten back together over the years, including …

The beloved and influential Philly shoegazers They Are Gutting A Body Of Water are ramping up to their Julia’s War x Smoking Room x ATO Records release LOTTO. They announced their signing to ATO with the release of lead single “american food,” then revealed their album plans while dropping “trainers.” Now, after a brief detour from the rollout with the …

The country-fried slowcore band Shallowater are releasing their brilliantly titled new album God’s Gonna Give You A Million Dollars in just a couple weeks. We were wildly impressed with lead single “Highway,” and the new one out today is maybe even better. Over the first few minutes, Shallowater channel their post-hardcore side while patiently conjuring a vibe. Then, almost four …

At the top of this year, FKA twigs released her much-anticipated album EUSEXUA, an excursion into horny and clubby sounds that carries serious Madonna Ray Of Light vibes. Good record! She didn’t get to tour North America behind the record because of visa issues, which is fucking bullshit. I saw her set at Primavera, and it was really something. Last …

Jim White is everywhere. It seems like every few weeks we get word of a new record involving the veteran drummer, be it supergroups like Beings and the Hard Quartet, keeping the flame with his longtime bands the Dirty Three and Xylouris White, or backing up a who’s who of indie singer-songwriters and instrumentalists.

It’s quite an accomplishment to put out an excellent debut album. Belle And Sebastian did just that nearly 30 years ago with their first LP Tigermilk, which they miraculously followed up just five months later with the equally excellent — if not better? — If You’re Feeling Sinister. Next year the Scottish indie pop legends are taking both of those …

The Indianapolis band Good Flying Birds just toured with esteemed janglers Ducks Ltd., and their new single “Fall Away” features Wishy singers Nina Pitchkites and Kevin Krauter. The music ends up sounding like a mix of those groups, a pleasing wave of noisy melody and nervy rhythms. “Fall Away” is from Talulah’s Tape a DIY release from earlier this year …

A little over a year ago, Pixies announced the departure of Paz Lenchantin, who had been their bassist for the previous decade. Before joining Pixies, however, Lenchantin was also an early member of the alt-metal band A Perfect Circle, performing with the likes of drummer Josh Freese and guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen. Now after over two decades in the biz, …