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Six Organs of Admittancehas been touring under the Drag City banner since 2005, yet we can count on one hand the amount of times he’s gone out in support of another artist on tour. It’s not really a thing he usually does. But when Steve Von Till, of the venerable Neurosis, asked Ben if he’d like to hit the road for a handful of dates with Steve, Ben said yes without hesitation. Steve and Ben have been in contact since Steve originally... (read more)

An adaptive sense of 'post-punk' may be the most 'way' to file Chicago's Axis: Sova, the trio of Brett Sova, Jeremy Freeze, and Josh Johannpeter, who've been expanding listener's lids, and their own, for over a decade. The broad definitions of rock and its branches are rich krovvy that froths in Axis: Sova's veins, and they enjoy progressive tactics when spilling it. Today, they announce their sharpest-sounding recording to date, Flowerage, with the aptly titled lead single, "Blow Up", accompanied by... (read more)

Bright Madness is the third album from the pinch-me-is-this-real improvising trio of Wendy Eisenberg, David Grubbs, and Bonner Kramer. Fresh off their 2025 Big Ears appearance, SQUANDERERS slid on over to Kramer’s adopted hometown of Asheville, North Carolina and laid down the glorious afternoon’s worth of instant compositions that stands before you. It’s the sound of Eisenberg, Grubbs, and Kramer doing their damned est to dazzle one another, from shell-game sleights of hand to the effortless beauty of “Theme for the Casino at... (read more)

In the wake of 2025's acclaimed Inland See, Bitchin Bajas ascend to higher ground with the Isle Peaks EP! Isle Peaks was initially released as a 2-song Qobuz exclusive, but Bitchin Bajas are a band of the people, for the people - and the people demanded its availability everywhere! Set for release on August 28th on vinyl, cassette, and digital, the 12" EP and cassette feature "Watch Your Step", an exclusive track not included on the Qobuz version or any digital platform. Listen to... (read more)

Keen listeners who have dug below the surface of Oren Ambarchi’s triple-digit discography know that alongside hypnotic minimalism, veins of irreverent and joyously wayward exploration run deep. Cooked, out September 25, might just be the wildest ride he's taken us on yet. Listen to an excerpt of the first side, "Hidden Tableau," out today.

Beginning with piano ripples from Eiko Ishibashi, after only a few seconds “Hidden Tableau” takes an unexpected turn with the entrance of a... (read more)

Burnin' rubber and breaking the sound barrier, Ty and his band are blitzing through the end times in an armored vehicle of destruction: that is, Chrome, their new album done up DIRTY & due out August 28. Today, Ty & co. unleash a new single, "Running to Nowhere," with new tour stops in Argentina, Chile, and Brazil mapped out for 2026.

Uncorking rock moods, shades and existential basement raves, "Running to Nowhere" is a combo of hammering, haunted fuzz verses with a... (read more)

Here comes Prison, barreling down the road with a massive new record hitched behind 'em! Their third big one, Big Rigs on the BQE, finds our sonic disruptors far and ahead of their past two LPs, compelled to dream LOUD this time around. Ahead of the album's July 31 release date, Prison drop today a new single edit, "Sunset Park," with a music video.

Looking out the window towards the mighty highway as they played, our Prisoners took in a heavy... (read more)

Have you truly lived if you haven't experienced Death? That is, the Detroit proto-punk band formed in 1971 by brothers David, Bobby and Dannis Hackney, yes! If you somehow haven't heard the tale of how Death came back to life, you're in luck: the Death-defining documentary, A Band Called Death, is now streaming on the Criterion Channel starting today.

Death came to us all in 2009, when the group — with only one 7" single to their name, until then... (read more)

Dare not resist being drawn into the slipstream of Bitchin Bajas as their orbit passes you this Autumn, sidewinding their lauded Inland See album through the UK, Northern Europe and Scandinavia this October and November.

The Chicagoan Trinity will achieve critical heat levels, fulminating as they achieve perihelion, curving around you as the dry ice fogs the dancefloor, so do not miss reserving your place at the show, as the only sign that they were ever there will be the morning Sun illuminating... (read more)

The Final Painting, out July 31, is a marvelous last word from the late psych-folk legend Ed Askew. In the years before his passing in 2025, the poet/painter/songwriter partnered again with Jerry David DeCicca — his producer of 2013's remarkable For the World album — to work through nearly three dozen songs together, expanding upon nine of them to form a stunning self portrait. The second single releases to the world today: "Tough Guys," a bold romantic expression about gay relationships that Askew ... (read more)