Since the beginning of time, ’twas written in the stones that one day a band would come. Well that band has come and now they are here to cum again in your ear pussies. No, that band is not Tenacious D. That band is RADKEY. Radkey is a group of homeschooled brothers from St. Joseph,…
It feels like forever since we’ve been graced with anything new from Camp HAIM. The trio of sisters debuted two new cuts during least year’s festival circuit—”Give Me Just A Little of Your Love” and “Nothing’s Wrong”—as a sort of sneak peak to what was brewing in the studio, but since, they’ve been quiet. Today,…
As much as I love Black Flag, it’s safe to say that I’m totally cool with having never interviewed Henry Rollins. In this 1984 backstage clip, a young kid had the grit to tackle an interview with one of the decade’s most hardcore punks. Rollins, the Black Flag frontman, absolutely destroys the poor kid, who,…
Two songs into her set at Hamden, Connecticut’s The Outer Space, the LA-based Aussie Betty Who is choked up and crying on stage. It’s the opening night of her Party in the Valley tour, celebrating her recently released sophomore record, The Valley, and despite the irony of just having performed a new song called “You Can…
Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins and Rozonda ‘Chili’ Thomas, aka the surviving members of TLC, just dropped their first single off the group’s upcoming as-yet-untitled final album. The duo (RIP, Left Eye) used Kickstarter to generate funds and is even letting fans help decide the album’s title. A little over two years and $430,255 later, the album…
If you’re gonna name a new track “Fire,” you’ve really gotta deliver the goods. Luckily for Beth Ditto, the former Gossip singer, this one is all the fire emojis. The lead single off Ditto’s upcoming solo debut Fake Sugar, “Fire” is everything that Gossip was built upon: powerful feminist vocals and slow-building grooves that slap you across the…
Sitting at the bar in Hamden, Conn.’s The Outer Space, I overheard two guys talking about the band that was about to unleash that night. “Do you know these guys playing tonight?” Guy 1 asked? “A little bit. They’re like…Mexican punk, but sort of garage-y?” replied his friend. “Whoa, weird. Sounds cool.” It took every effort to not…
When Khalid first dropped the bouncy “Location” on SoundCloud last year, the now-19-year-old just wanted to be prom king. He got the crown, yes, but it also changed his life. The head-bobber about connecting face-to-face rather than in sub-tweets also scored him a major-label deal with RCA. Seventy-five million Spotify streams later, the Georgia-born, military-bred…
I went back and forth about whether or not I wanted to cover Dreamcar on this blog. When you love something so much (I’ve been a huge No Doubt fan for decades), it’s hard to write about it because ignoring your own bias is impossible. It’s also why I barely covered Veruca Salt’s Ghost Notes…
Watching a Mates of State set is like meeting an old friend for drinks and sharing a warm embrace after. At least that’s what it feels like for the New Haven, Conn. scene lucky enough to catch the husband-wife duo of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel often, thanks the various local art shows, radio-sponsored gigs,…