News Jam Master Jay's Family and Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels Share Statements on Arrests Yesterday, two men were indicted in the 2002 murder of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay, a case that had remained unsolved for nearly two decades. N...
News Phoenix Tease Their Return with New Comeback Single French indie heroes Phoenix are finally returning to our lives. While there is no album announcement so far, the band have confirmed the new...
News Supercrush Announce 'SODO Pop' LP, Share "On the Telephone" Video The fantastic West Coast power-pop band Supercrush have already released more perfect singles than most bands, but now they'll translate tha...
News Barack Obama Is an Andy Shauf Fan Barack Obama is known for sharing his surprisingly cool playlists, which span genres and include plenty of contemporary artists. He just sha...
News Mark Kozelek Denies Sexual Misconduct Claims Mark Kozelek has addressed the recent sexual misconduct claims lodged against him in a recent Pitchfork feature, calling them "false allegat...
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News Devin Townsend Readies 'Order of Magnitude' Live Album For an album as ambitious as Devin Townsend's Empath, it makes sense that an equally ambitious stage show was put together to match, and the...
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News Two Men Indicted in the Murder of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay The 2002 murder of Jam Master Jay — known best as the DJ for influential hip-hop trio Run-DMC — has remained unsolved for nearly two decades...
News 2 Chainz Sets Release Date for New Album 'So Help Me God' After a bunch of teasing, 2 Chainz has finally set the official release date for his new album So Help Me God. Taking to his socials, the...
News Deftones Tease New Album Release Last month, we learned that Deftones were eyeing a September release date for their ninth studio album, and as that month draws nearer, the...
News Doja Cat Responds to Nas and Hit-Boy Diss Track "Ultra Black" Now that she's had the weekend to stew on in, controversial music figure Doja Cat has clapped back at Nas for his diss in "Ultra Black," the...
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News The Dirty Nil Announce New Album 'Fuck Art' Hamilton rockers the Dirty Nil have announced plans for a new album called Fuck Art. Before its release later this year on Dine Alone Record...
News Watch Cardi B Interview Joe Biden About Police Brutality, COVID-19 and American Healthcare Fresh off of "WAP," rapper and aspiring political journalist Cardi B is back to promote another WAP — a white, aging presidential candidate...
News R.I.P. UFO Co-Founder Pete Way Pete Way — the celebrated bassist and co-founder of British rock legends UFO — has died. His passing was confirmed today on the musician's o...
News Phoebe Bridgers Challenges All Dads to Death Duel over Eric Clapton Controversy Now that all the out-of-touch internet dads have had their fun trying to debate the relevance of fake nudist/indie musician, Phoebe Bridgers...
News Jeen Gets Ian Blurton and Brendan Canning for New Album Canadian alt-pop songwriter Jeen is gearing up for a new album. Simply called Jeen, the record arrives on October 9, and the artist born Jee...
News Neil Peart Memorial Celebration Rescheduled for 2021 Earlier this year, an official memorial celebration to honour late Rush icon Neil Peart was cancelled as COVID-19 put a stop to large events...
News Partner Announce New Album 'Never Give Up' After blasting off in their "Hello and Welcome" video, Partner have come back to earth with news of a new album. The duo will release sophom...
News Elvis Costello Reveals 'Hey Clockface' Album, Shares "We Are All Cowards Now" Elvis Costello has recently dropped new tunes like "Hetty O'Hara Confidential" and "No Flag," and now we know why — he's been working on a n...
News Nas Announces 'King's Disease' LP, Shares Hit-Boy Collaboration "Ultra Black" Nas and Hit-Boy recently teased that some new music was on the way, and now they've dropped a full-on single together ahead of a new album c...
Streams Carly Rae Jepsen Returns with "Me and the Boys in the Band" Here to spread some good vibes is Carly Rae Jepsen, who has unrolled her new single "Me and the Boys in the Band." Better yet, it's come com...
Streams Angel Olsen Is "Waving, Smiling" on New Song After sharing the title track from her forthcoming Whole New Mess last month, Angel Olsen has returned with another new single from the effo...
Streams Check Out Some Horsies in Young Guv's New Video for "Cold in the Summer" Early in pandemic days, Young Guv's Ben Cook found himself stranded in New Mexico, far away from his New York home and unable to return for...
Streams METZ Unleash a Haunted Aquatic Video for New Single "Hail Taxi" With their new album Atlas Vending on the way later this year, Toronto heroes METZ have returned with their second single from the effort, "...
Streams Taylor Swift Shares Lyric Video for 'folklore' Bonus Track "the lakes" Now that she's an indie rocker, Taylor Swift shares low-effort lyric videos just like the rest of them. Up next, the folklore bonus track "t...
Streams Watch Jessie Reyez Sing "O Canada" Atop the CN Tower Today, the Toronto Raptors begin their championship title defence from inside the NBA bubble in Florida, and Jessie Reyez has marked the occ...
Streams Father John Misty Drops Two New Singles "To S." and "To R." Father John Misty has returned with a pair of new singles — his first original material released in two years. Today, he has shared "To S."...
Streams The Darcys Return with New Song "Look Me in the Eyes" Ahead of releasing an album later this year, the Darcys have returned with a new single. You can hear the duo's "Look Me in the Eyes" alongs...
Streams Anderson .Paak and Rick Ross Collide on "Cut Em In" After getting Noname, J.I.D and Jay Rock together for his "Lockdown" remix earlier this month, Anderson .Paak has returned with another new...
Streams Nickelback's New Version of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" Is Way Better Than It Should Be After teasing it all week, Alberta-bred hard rockers Nickelback have delivered their long-awaited cover of the Charlie Daniels Band's countr...
Streams The Rolling Stones' "Scarlet" Gets Remixed by the War on Drugs While the Rolling Stones aren't typically the type to get the remix treatment, that hasn't stopped the War on Drugs from having a go at the...
Streams The Killers Give Us "Dying Breed" Once again, the Killers are teasing their upcoming album Imploding the Mirage with another teaser track. This one is called "Dying Breed," a...
Streams Toronto's PONY Returns with "WebMD" Toronto's PONY has returned with a new song. "WebMD" arrives alongside a video starring Sam Bielanski you can watch below. As she wrote in s...
Streams Yukon Blonde Drop Hazy Love Song "In Love Again" Vancouver indie rockers Yukon Blonde just dropped a brand new song featuring keyboardist Rebecca Gray taking lead vocals for the first time....
Streams Sam Roberts Band Share "I Like the Way You Talk About the Future" Sam Roberts Band are continuing their string of new releases with a new single titled "I Like the Way You Talk About the Future." It's th...
Streams First Aid Kit Take on Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again" First Aid Kit have added another classic cover to their extensive catalogue, delivering a new take on Willie Nelson's 1980 song, "On the Roa...
Streams Miley Cyrus Returns with "Midnight Sky" Over a year ago, Miley Cyrus released an EP called She Is Coming. The plan was to follow it up with two more EPs and an album, but the mater...
Streams Watch Orville Peck and Shania Twain Tear Up an Outdoor Stage in "Legends Never Die" Video Today marks the arrival of Show Pony, the new EP from tasselled country crooner Orville Peck. Its most anticipated track is the big Shania T...
Streams Hear Jónsi of Sigur Rós Team Up with Cocteau Twins' Elizabeth Fraser on "Cannibal" Ahead of sharing sophomore solo LP Shiver this October, Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi has rolled out another new track from the effort, this time...
Streams Listen to Thurston Moore's New Galaxie 500 Cover Decorated dream-pop outfit Galaxie 500 are currently being celebrated with "20=20-20," an ongoing series of covers from artists around the g...
Streams Partner Give Space Rock New Meaning in Their "Hello and Welcome" Video The pandemic may have put the brakes on Partner's tour plans after rolling out the single "Good Place to Hide (At the Time)" earlier this ye...
Streams Rico Nasty Gets 100 gecs for New Single "iPhone" After collaborating on 1000 gecs & The Tree of Clues for the Charli XCX-featuring "ringtone" remix, Rico Nasty and 100 gecs have teamed up f...
Reviews Arkells Highlight the Versatility of Their Songwriting with All-Acoustic 'Campfire Chords' Since the iconic release of Rally Cry in 2018, Arkells fans near and far have been yearning for another album from the talented Hamilton-bas...
Reviews Matmos Are Master Puppeteers on 'The Consuming Flame,' Their Most Ambitious and Gorgeous Album Yet The concept seems simple: ask 99 potential collaborators to contribute sounds, with any rhythmic content pinned at 99 bpm. Yet the resultant...
Reviews Claire Rousay's 'Tuufuhhoowaah / Bday Shots' Shows the Artistic Potential of a Smartphone Claire Rousay has been incorporating daily life into her music more and more with every release. The two-track Tuufuhhoowaah / Bday Shots EP...
Reviews With 'Mirrored Aztec,' Guided By Voices Continue to Make Great Albums Just for the Hell of It Spotify CEO Daniel Ek recently told artists that they "can't record music once every three to four years and think that's going to be enough...
Reviews Bully Sounds Young and Alive on 'SUGAREGG' "I wanna be in touch, feel a little less disconnected without the crutch," Bully's Alicia Bognanno shouts amidst rampant guitars on "Stuck i...
Reviews Casey MQ Celebrates and Interrogates the Glamour of '90s Boy Band Pop on 'babycasey' Casey MQ's solo debut record, babycasey, drops familiar '90s tropes like a time machine, but with a message as personal and reflective as a...
Reviews Bright Eyes' Apocalyptic Warnings Don't Have Much Bite on 'Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was' Bright Eyes' press materials describe the group as "a project whose friendship is at the core" — except that's not the relationship listener...
Reviews Kathleen Edwards Packs Her Alt-Country Songs with Emotional Power on 'Total Freedom' Kathleen Edwards's Total Freedom, which signals a return to music after a nearly six-year hiatus, is a reminder that vulnerability has alway...
Reviews BT Returns to Trance on 'The Lost Art of Longing' and Proves Why He's One of the Best Few trance artists have crossed over into mainstream professional respectability as thoroughly as BT (Brian Transeau). Movie and videogame s...
Reviews AMAARA Brings Visual Sensibilites to Her Meditative Pop on 'Heartspeak' Sometimes a musician is actually a multi-disciplinarian who creates music as just one component of their work. Sometimes music is actually m...
Reviews 8 Inch Betsy's 'The Mean Days' Is a Vital Expression of Community-Building Music, at its best, is a statement in a larger conversation. The Mean Days by 8 Inch Betsy is a particularly great example of this. The M...
Reviews No Tourists Set Themselves Apart from Other Toronto Rappers on 'Guerilla' Chiming percussion, somehow reminiscent of both island steel drums and chirping synth keys, is one of the standout elements of "Safe Bet," a...
Reviews Dog Day Tap into the Sounds of the Moment on Comeback Album 'Present' Seven years since 2013's Fade Out, Dog Day are back to release their seventh album. Present shows that creative duo Nancy Urich and Seth Smi...
Reviews Primitive Man's 'Immersion' Is the Nihilistic Sound of Civilization's Downfall Existentially speaking, music allows us to reflect and share our perceptions of reality. With the current state of the world being one of un...
Reviews With 'Show Pony,' Orville Peck Solidifies His Place as One of Country's Greats In the two short years since releasing his debut single "Big Sky," masked heartthrob Orville Peck has experienced a meteoric rise from local...
Reviews Jim O'Rourke's 'Shutting Down Here' Favours Subtle Contemplation over Big Payoffs With Shutting Down Here, singer-songwriter, composer and former Sonic Youth member Jim O'Rourke elaborates on previous electronic forays, in...
Reviews Toronto Indie Rockers BLANKS Are Set to Break Out with Debut EP 'Beyond These Walls' Beyond These Walls, the debut EP by Toronto-based power popsters BLANKS, is so great I wish it were a full-length album. Packing a new wave-...
Reviews Terminal Nation Remind Us That Humanity Is Screwed with 'Holocene Extinction' On the provocatively titled Holocene Extinction, Arkansas bruisers Terminal Nation make two things abundantly clear: they're not here to min...
Reviews Black Crown Initiate's 'Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape' Is an Extreme Metal Triumph The biggest names in metal have been pretty quiet this year, at least where new studio material is concerned. There have been albums release...
Reviews Double Grave Bid Farewell to Lost Dreams on 'Goodbye, Nowhere!' Double Grave's sound on their latest album, Goodbye, Nowhere!, could be described as avant-garde grunge or Dadaist pop — like a Kool-Aid-ins...
Reviews L'Orange and Solemn Brigham Bring Together Superb Sampling and Biting Rhymes on 'Marlowe 2' Seattle-based hip-hop producer L'Orange and North Carolina rapper Solemn Brigham have only been creating music together as Marlowe since 201...
Reviews Washed Out Is Back in His Reverb-Heavy Niche on 'Purple Noon' After branching out on 2017's beat-driven Mister Mellow, with its hip-hop influences and largely instrumental soundscapes, Washed Out has re...