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Cindy Lee Makes Live Return With New Songs

We weren’t sure if Cindy Lee would keep going. Pat Flegel’s musical project and drag persona had an off-the-grid underground smash with last year’s double album Diamond Jubilee , then abruptly cut short the tour supporting the album. When the Cindy Lee catalog went

Death Grips Recording New Album

Death Grips is online and in the studio. Today, the group’s Zach Hill and Stefan “MC Ride” Burnett shared a carousel of in-studio photos on Instagram with the caption: “The writing and recording of our next album is underway. We’re looking forward to the new Death Grips

Soft Kill Frontman Convicted Of Domestic Battery

Tobias Francis, leader of the Chicago-via-Portland post-punk band Soft Kill, has reportedly been convicted of domestic abuse. Soft Kill’s Instagram page posted Francis’ mugshot today, along with this caption: “Tobias Channing Francis was convicted this morning of domestic

Rare DM – “325”

Brooklyn-based artist Erin Hoagg makes thumping, retro-futuristic music under the name Rare DM, and she became cult-famous with her 2020 track “ send nudes .” We’ve posted her recent singles “ Skater Hits Me Harder ” and “ The Ring ,” and now she’s back with “325,” an extremely

Watch Hayley Williams Join Rico Nasty In LA

Paramore leader Hayley Williams makes her own music, and sometimes she even plays her own shows. Much more often, though, she loves jumping up onstage at other people’s shows. In the past few months, Williams has released her solo album Ego Death At The Bachelorette Party , and

Death Valley Girls – “Season Of Dreaming”

Do you ever listen to the film podcast Blank Check With Griffin And David ? You really should. It’s consistently one of the best things on the internet. One might even say that it’s consistently one of the only good things on the internet. If you are reading this website, it’s

cruush – “Rupert Giles”

Shout out Rupert Giles. That guy really did his best to look out for Buffy and her friends, and he rarely got any credit for it. Instead, he kept getting beat up by vampires and demons and whatnot, and the people he loved kept getting killed. Maybe he died in the end? I can’t

King Hannah – “This Hotel Room”

Next Month, the Liverpool Band To Watch King Hannah will release a new limited edition 7″. “This Hotel Room” b/w “Look At Miss Ohio” follows this year’s “ Leftovers ,” which itself was an outtake from last year’s Big Swimmer . The B-side is a Gillian Welch cover. Today we hear

The Alternative Number Ones: Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979”

In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones , and it’s for members only. Thank

Jordana – “Blouse”

Jordana’s new EP Jordanaland arrives this week. The LA-based artist has shared “ Still Do ” and “ Like That ,” and today we get a final preview with the glamorous, breezy earworm “Blouse,” which is not a Clairo cover.

runo plum – “Alley Cat”

In 10 days, runo plum releases her debut album patching . So far we’ve heard “ Lemon Garland, ” “ Sickness ,” “ Halfway Up The Lawn ,” and “ Pond ,” which have all operated as extremely pretty previews. Now, the singer-songwriter is offering the dreamy number “Alley Cat.”

CKY Lose Another UK Tourmate Over Frontman’s Behavior

It seems like a bad idea to tour with CKY. Last year, the band was kicked off their co-headlining tour with Alien Ant Farm after frontman Chad I Ginsburg allegedly punched AAF leader Dryden Mitchell in the face. Now, BLACKGOLD are pulling out of their tour with CKY due to