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Ty Segall shifts into sharp metallic form on his new album, Chrome, to be released August 28. Pre-cleared for flight in full rock congress with his whole band in tow, Chrome is a death-defying dive into Ty’s surrealist worlds and dark apocalyptic passages, thumping in the monstrous vein of records like Slaughterhouse and Twins. Today, Ty releases the first single, “Black Paint,” with a new music video.

Ty opens “Black Paint” by crying out “There's no why my true love /... (read more)

Arriving right on time for its 20th anniversary (and a U.S. tour kicking off next week!), Faun Fables’ musical theater work The Transit Rider returns on August 28, 2026 in a lovely 2xLP vinyl release that dimensionally burnishes the bristling performances and elevated cabaret folk sounds of the original 2006 CD-only release. A new music video for “House Carpenter” is out today, featuring footage from the original stage show.

At once a work of theatre, allegory and autobiography, The Transit Rider is a... (read more)

Earl Hackney, the eldest of the Hackney brothers known as DEATH - has passed away.

A message from Bobby Hackney:

We ask for prayers for the entire Hackney family as our beloved brother and elder Earl quietly joined our Lord in Paradise as he was sleeping early Saturday morning. May our loss and Heaven’s gain be a blessing to our family and all who have met, seen, and have known our beloved brother Earl’s joy and laughter.

Prison’s new album, Big Rigs on the BQE, pulls up July 31, sounding miles away from last year's Downstate and 2023's Upstate. Their third big one is an improvised rock and roll tapestry rended with gas ‘n guitar pedal on down to the metal; hear a cut of of the first side, "Sunrise Highway," today with a scorching music video by Johnny Celentano and Cliff Elor.

Wheels rolling full-tilt, rhythm churning, guitars screaming and mind-bongo-ling percussion in a boiling roil,... (read more)

Our friend and collaborator Doug Shaw passedaway from a stroke at home on Tuesday morning.

Whether you knew Doug from Gang Gang Dance, White Magic, Highlife or by his “Sleepy” nom-du-profession, he was a dude of incredible energies, as capable of bubbling over effervescently as getting deep down inside. We recognized him as a deep-thinker, a real freak and a picker unto himself. When he played the guitar, one felt in the presence of the absolute latest in the name of the real folk... (read more)

How soon is yesterday? That was the day when the city of Nevada City, California officially decreed: May 27, 2026 - Joanna Newsom Day! Please raise one with us for today, The Day After Joanna Newsom Day, as we take a long winter's nap til the 1yr anniversary next Spring. Wherever you are in our timeline, salut! Start gathering sustainably-sourced peacock feathers now for next year's parade float...!

How do you tour America for the first time in approximately forever, aka almost 15 years? If you're the Dirty Three, you bring EVERYTHING. Not simply the music and the merch for their 2024 release Love Changes Everything. You bring it all - and leave it all on the stage every night. Anyone who saw their show on the tour - all three hours of it - knows of what we speak. But if you don't, dig this 33 minute Love Changes Everything performance... (read more)

White Fence is back in front of the house making good neighbors of us all with their clean lines of power pop illuminating thoughts/feelings/SONGS. Orange you glad you can reel 'em in the ears? Open ‘em up White and buy an ‘O’ for Orange: Tim Presley's new album is out now! Check out a new visualizer for "I Came Close, Orange For Luck" below.

Los Angeles musician Aaron MF Olson is a man of many bands and hats: recording as L.A. Takedown, composing for film and television (most recently, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Matt Hewitt’s indie horror film, Hoagie), and now... as a true "sung" songsman! Songs Album II, out via Country Thyme Records on June 26, cruises through sunny pop sounds of yesteryear with modern-day wit woven throughout. Hear his new single "Who Do You Think You Are I Am?" today, out... (read more)

The two-headed, four-handed groove that is BCMC is back! The keyboard and guitar duo of Cooper Crain and Bill MacKay are dishing out their new album Stash on June 26; the second single, "Tête-à-Tête," is out today with a visualizer.

Organ breaks in purple shades tear the prog/gospel/psych/funk roof off "Tête-à-Tête" — and that's the mere prelude to the main event! The keys fly in fresh marine layers; the guitars evoke ancient, classical themes. Two tracks of Bill's string leads call and respond to... (read more)