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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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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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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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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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 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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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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You guys like Iron? How about Wine? Yeah, me too. Well, good news. In a few weeks, indie-folk OG Sam Beam, better known to the world at large as Iron & Wine, will release his new album Hen’s Teeth. We’ve already posted the I’m With Her collab “Robin’s Egg” and the official lead single “In…

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I’m With Her are awfully busy right now. Last year, the folk trio released their sophomore album Wild And Clear And Blue and appeared on Iron & Wine’s single “Robin’s Egg.” They’ve got another collab on the upcoming Iron & Wine album Hen’s Teeth. On Sunday night, I’m With Her won two Grammy Awards, for Best Folk Album and Best American Roots Performance. Here, look!

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Last month, famous rock climber Alex Honnold scaled the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan without any ropes or equipment. It was the highest free solo climb of an urban structure in history (1,667 ft) and it was livestreamed on Netflix. It was noted that he was listening to a lot of Tool during the ascent, and now he’s shared the playlist he was streaming.

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