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Ascendant Hardcore Bands Collateral & Burning Lord Release Furious New Split

The hardcore split 7″ is back, baby! Right now, Collateral and Burning Lord are two of the most energetic, commanding newish bands on the hardcore circuit. Collateral come from Florida and play fast, frantic old-school attack music; their EP We Still Know came out in 2024. Burning Lord come from Boston and make stompy, chanty…

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The Leaving – “Pray”

Last fall, CHVRCHES members Martin Doherty and longtime unofficial drummer Jonny Scott announced their futuristic project called the Leaving with the single “Saved.” Today they’ve released another song, a shimmering, club-ready synthpop number called “Pray.” “‘Pray’ is rooted in a conversation about what is left when someone is gone” Doherty shared about the song. “To…

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J. Cole Releases Sprawling, Stressed-Out New Double Album The Fall-Off

For literally eight years, J. Cole has been teasing an album called The Fall-Off. Over that time, he’s implied that the album will be his last. Cole has seemingly willed the album toward mythical status, and now he’s finally released it. Cole finally announced The Fall-Off a few weeks ago, and he rapped about his…

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Morrissey Removes “Terrorism” Lyric From New Song “Notre-dame”

At this late date, it feels extremely strange to cover the rollout for a new Morrissey album as if that was a regular thing, but newsworthy stuff just keeps happening with that rollout. Last month, Morrissey announced that he’s found a label, Sire/Warner, willing to release Make-Up Is A Lie, an album that he recorded…

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Bill Orcutt Announces New Album Music In Continuous Motion: Hear Two Tracks

Four years ago, guitar visionary and former Harry Pussy member Bill Orcutt released Music For Four Guitars, an album on which he played all four of the instruments in question, layering them into swarms of piercing melody. He has since assembled the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, a group of seasoned players (Wendy Eisenberg, Ava Mendoza,…

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Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers) & AURORA Announce Debut Album As TOMORA Come Closer: Hear The Title Track

Tom Rowlands is one half of legendary block-rockers the Chemical Brothers. AURORA is a UK vocalist who’s worked with the Chems a few times. Together, Rowlands and AURORA are now making music under the name TOMORA. See, his name is Tom, and her name is AURORA. If you mash together, you get a word that…

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Kathryn Mohr Announces New Album Carve: Hear “Property”

Just a couple of weeks ago Kathryn Mohr released her dark, brooding debut album Waiting Room, and she already has another one coming soon. Today she’s announced her sophomore LP Carve, which she’s teasing with the lead single “Property.” Mohr spent five years writing Carve, which she recorded over the course of two weeks in…

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