Before she joined the cast of SNL, Sarah Sherman was best known for her body horror-inspired stand-up comedy. In that regard, she has a lot of creative overlap with Gwar, the thrash metal outfit whose live shows are rife with fake blood and hilariously exaggerated gore. Gwar often incorporate effigies of public figures in their…
Anjimile has shared a new song. “Auld Lang Syne II,” produced by Brad Cook, marks the North Carolina folk singer-songwriter’s first new music since 2023’s The King. Check it out below. “‘Auld Lang Syne II’ was originally intended as something of a wedding present for my best friend, who got married a few years back,”…
Last fall, Donald Glover was supposed to go on a big tour for Bando Stone & The New World, which he’d been saying would be his final album under his Childish Gambino moniker. After suddenly postponing a bunch of those shows, however, Glover canceled the rest of the tour, citing an unspecified health crisis that…
Peaer, the New York slowcore trio started by bandleader Peter Katz in 2014, have announced their first new album in nearly seven years. Doppelgänger is out January 16 via Danger Collective. Their fourth LP is led by the single “Button.” Give that new song a listen below. Katz wrote “Button” after beginning a full-time office…
Bob Dylan and Van Morrison go way back. The two legendary contemporaries have covered one another tons of times over the years. They’ve performed together on multiple occasions — including, as Rolling Stone points out, a 1988 co-headlining tour. They were both in The Last Waltz. Dylan has played his own versions of Van Morrison’s…
David Byrne has shared a new song that serves as a reunion with Brian Eno. Listen to “T Shirt,” co-written by the pair, below, via Matador. It comes with a visualizer featuring a sequence of varyingly heartwarming slogan T-shirts whose messages range from “Make America Gay Again” to “I’m with stupid” and “With a body like…
Esther Rose released her album Want back in May, and as is often the case, there were songs left over. Two of them see release today, and they have fabulous backstories. First up, a slow-burn folk-rock tune called “That’s My DJ,” about which Rose writes: When I moved to Santa Fe, I had a bit…
Boston metalcore icons Converge have announced their first non-collaborative album in nearly nine years. Love Is Not Enough arrives February 13 via Deathwish Inc. and Epitaph Records. Leading the LP is the title track, which reckons with how to remain empathetic and compassionate in the modern world. Watch its music video below. Love Is Not…
Geese have been celebrating their critically acclaimed new album Getting Killed with a tour while collecting cosigns from greats like Patti Smith and Nick Cave. Last night the rising rockers broke out “Killing My Borrowed Time” from their 2023 4D Country EP. The tour concluded with two sold-out hometown shows at the Brooklyn Paramount, though…
This year’s Camp Flog Gnaw was originally planned for last weekend at LA’s Dodger Stadium, but extreme weather in the forecast prompted Tyler, The Creator to push the festival back a week. Unfortunately, this resulted in some artists like Clairo dropping from the event, but Kali Uchis, Blood Orange, Geese, Fakemink were all added. The…
