Kool Keith has shared a release date for Black Elvis 2, the follow-up to his 1999 release, Black Elvis/Lost in Space. Twenty-four years later, Kool Keith returns, sharing the minute-long intro track now, which was produced by L'Orange. Other album collaborators include Marc Live, Raaddrr Van, Dynamite, Agallah, and Ice-T. The album drops on June 16.
The first two albums from Gravy Train!!!!, Hello Doctor, and Are You Wigglin?, have been reissued by Kill Rock Stars. Both records are making their digital debut, with Hello Doctor also reissued on vinyl. Playing raunchy electropunk befitting of its mid 2000s era, the group combines elements of queercore punk, … Read more
On July 21, 2023, Propeller Sound Recordings will release an 11-song compilation from New Math, a post-punk band from Rochester, NY, active in the late 1970s with power pop hooks. Titled Die Trying & Other Hot Sounds, the compilation collects material recorded between 1979 to 1983. The single "Die Trying," … Read more
Melodic punk band Freewill is back with a new single, "The Weight" The song explores anxiety and depression, two prevalent mental health issues that face many of us. Formed back in 1987 with a love of both East and West Coast US hardcore as inspiration, the band's first show was … Read more
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Vinsta will soon release their third album, a record titled Freweitn, available this summer via Eisenwald. The latest from the progressive death metal project via Austrian musician Christian Höll explores many universal themes about nature, the universe and, naturally, our place in it. Höll handles the majority of the record … Read more
Suzi Moon and Billy Hopeless have teamed up on a new split 7" that's more of a collaboration than a split, in truth. The 7" showcases the two artists via the duet format, each taking the lead on a song while sharing vocal duties over both songs on Nothing Left … Read more
The Interrupters has released a new deluxe version of 2022's In the Wild, out now, and featuring bonus tracks, such as cover songs and acoustic renditions. The band shared a live video cover of "Sorrow," originally by Bad Religion, this week. "'Sorrow' is such a beautiful song that has always … Read more
Agriculture has announced the group's first full-length, a self-titled record out July 21 via The Flenser. The group, featuring Kern Haug, Daniel Meyer, Richard Chowenhill, and Leah Levinson, play black metal with attention to emotional extremes, but also seeking balance and nuance in-between. The group previously released an EP, The … Read more
June 30 will bring Negative Mangel Attitude, the second album from raw hardcore band Systemik Viølence. The band has a demo, multiple splits, and EP, and the Satanarkist Attack full-length to their name. The band shared a video for "Uncivil Disobedience" earlier this wekk. Negative Mangel Attitude will release on … Read more
Once known as V, and featuring current and former members of Katatonia, In Mourning, Besvärjelsen, and Afgrund, Vorder is back with their third album, False Heaven, out on May 26 on Suicide Records. Based in Sweden and playing sludgy doom metal, their latest explores the dichotomy of light and dark: … Read more
Killer Mike, half of hip-hop group Run The Jewels, has a new solo album out this summer. The artist recently shared a single from the upcoming release, "Don't Let The Devil," featuring Run The Jewels mate El-P, plus thankugoodsir. The record is titled MICHAEL, and releases on June 16. Read more
Comprised of bassist Mike Watt and singer/composer Patra Haden, Pelicanman has shared news of Planet Chernobyl, a 15-part opera that releases on June 15 via Org Music on vinyl, cd, and digitally. Poet Charles Plymell contributes words, inspired by Svetlana Alexievich’s Voices of Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear … Read more
RVG, a post-punk group form Melbourne, rooted in the heavy, less mechanic elements of the style, has shared a new single/video for "Midnight Sun," which will appear on the band's upcoming Brain Worms album, out June 2 on Fire Records. “I wrote this around the time of the Australian bushfires … Read more
Last, the latest by Loma Prieta, comes out this summer on June 30. It's their first in nearly eight years, having last released Self Portrait in 2015. The new record releases on Deathwish Inc., though they released a 7" called "Continuum b/w Fate" in the meantime. Last year the band … Read more
In a pairing of Great Lakes oi! bands, Toledo-based The Old Breed will soon release a 4-song split with Chicago-based Squared Off, available May 13. The Old Breed's side of the 10-minute EP is summed up as "some of their fastest songs to date," with Squared Off offering a balance … Read more
This Thursday, The City Lines are back with sophomore album Analog Memories, a follow-up to 2021's Waiting on a Win. The power pop band with tasteful tinges of americana has further developed their sound in the past two years, but without any wild changes of direction -- and you can … Read more
On June 30, Suzie True will release a new LP, Sentimental Scum, out via Get Better Records. It's the band's second record with the label and explores lyrical themes of sobriety, addition, mental health, queer identity, relationships, and more. The band also shares a single, "Keep in Touch," a fuzzy … Read more
On May 19, a new studio scoring of a ballet by Justick Peck, scored by Sufjan Stevens and performed by pianists Timo Andres and Conor Hanick will release on Asthmatic Kitty Records. Stevens and Beck have collaborated six times in total: Year of the Rabbit (2012), Everywhere We Go (2014), … Read more
Erica Dawn Lyle, former touring guitarist in Bikini Kill, has a new record out today. The record is called Sympoiesis and features experimental, improvisational guitar mixed with guitar effect loops. The record was inspired by the death of a protester (by police) in The Atlanta Forest, where local activists have … Read more
Based on San Diego and Temecula, CA, pop-punk band Strike Twelve shared a new song today, "Smart Phones, Stupid People," one of many new tracks on the band's newly announced new album, Last Band Standing. The record comes out on June 30 via Thousand Islands Records "I got the inspiration … Read more
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