Later this month, the former Savages leader Jehnny Beth will release her new solo album You Heartbreaker, You. (Savages are officially on hiatus, not broken up, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for them to return anytime soon.) You Heartbreaker, You follows Beth’s solo debut To Love Is To Live, and it’s her first record since she played the court …

Rancid’s 1995 punk rock opus …And Out Come The Wolves is one of my favorite albums of all time. With that record, Rancid took all the energy surrounding the explosion of interest in their punk scene and made a ferocious, expansive epic that never lost its sense of identity. It’s not the sound of an underground band breaking through to …

Zach Bryan recently unofficially announced his new album With Heaven On Top on social media, but it doesn’t arrive until Jan. 9 next year. However, he’s been teasing a collaboration with Kings Of Leon called “Bowery,” and that’s here now.

Earlier this year, Lucy Dacus released Forever Is A Feeling, her first solo album since she broke through to true mainstream fame as a member of boygenius. Right now, Dacus is touring North America, and she’s got a lot going on. She’s officiating fans’ weddings onstage. She joined the Killers at Osheaga. She served as a surprise guest at the …

You have to live some life to write like Alexandra Levy. Some musicians come out with a new album because it’s been a few years since the last one, but the songs on when i paint my masterpiece — the multi-disciplinary artist’s new album as Ada Lea, out today — seem to have emerged out of necessity. The album strikes …

In a few weeks, Deftones, a band whose staying power is the stuff of legend, will unleash private music, their 10th studio album. It’s part of a whole wave of Deftones-related activity. Earlier this year, they toured North American arenas with the Mars Volta and Fleshwater. They’ve got more North American shows coming up, including stadium shows with System Of …

This week has been full of outdated indie discourse about whether or not Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros’ 2009 hit “Home” is the worst song of all time. A clip of the group’s Tiny Desk performance has been recirculating with many strong opinions. Now bandleader Alex Ebert has weighed in.

Cloud Time is a great album title, not least of all because it appears to be a truth-in-advertising situation. Emily A. Sprague, the synthesist and songwriter perhaps best known for leading Florist, wrote Cloud Time during “a profoundly healing and impactful journey” through Japan last fall. Opening track “Tokyo 1,” out today as the lead single, is an ambient synth …

A legend in salsa music and Latin jazz has passed away. Eddie Palmieri has died at the age of 88. According to Fania Records, he passed away last night on Aug. 6. Palmieri was a Nuyorican pianist and avant-garde musician. He’s known for songs like “Vámonos Pa’l Monte,” “Café,” “Azúcar,” and “La Malanga,” to name The post Salsa Music Pioneer …

Soulja Boy is a free man once again after prosecutors decided not to move forward with gun charges stemming from his recent arrest in Los Angeles. The “Crank That” rapper… The post Soulja Boy Released From Jail, Gun Charges Dropped appeared first on .