Westside Gunn finally came up with the perfect album title. No notes. Magnificent. My only question is what took this long. If you’re an East Coast boom-bap revivalist with a pro wrestling obsession, ...

Last month, Slow Pulp earned our Album Of The Week honor with their third album Melodie. The lead single was a turbulent anthem called “Better Man,” and now the Chicago band covered Pearl Jam’s song ...

We can’t keep up. We try, but we can’t. The permanently weary Detroit underground rap fixture Boldy James makes so much music, and it’s all worth hearing, but the neverending deluge can be hard to ...

The rumors are true: Guided By Voices have announced their 45th album, Speculation And Gossip. It follows March's Crawlspace Of The Pantheon, and it arrives at the beginning of next year. The lead ...

Massive Attack's music has felt cinematic from its very beginnings, and it has appeared in god only knows how many movies and TV shows over the decades. Now, group member Robert "3D" Del Naja — who is ...

Last year, MJ Lenderman saluted a fellow indie singer-songwriter with an absolutely sick cover of This Is Lorelei’s “Dancing In The Club.” Lenderman’s version came out on a deluxe edition of This Is ...

Doechii's Swamp Sessions blitz continues. Right now, the newly minted rap star is building up the release of an as-yet-unannounced album by dropping striking self-directed videos for the ...

Last year, bloodsports unleashed their sufficiently eerie debut album Anything Can Be A Hammer, which earned them a spot on our list of the best new acts of 2025. We haven't heard from the New York ...

When the 22-year-old producer Mike Varney founded Shrapnel Records in 1980, it became the first dedicated metal label in the United States, beating Jonny Z’s Megaforce and Brian Slagel’s Metal Blade ...

A couple of months ago, the hardnosed Buffalo rap veteran released his one-off single "Summer '26," the latest in an annual series. Today, Benny's back with a new single called "Elevate." Technically, ...