System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian told us last May that he was prepping a new electronic solo project. Nearly a year later, that collection is finally on its way. Titled Elasticity, the EP arrives on March 19 via Alchemy Recordings/BMG. Tankian shared a video for the title track, which you can see below. [embedded […]
The heart in a blender guys are back. As promised to us in our lengthy December interview with singer Max Collins, Eve 6 are making good on their threat and have new music. And guess what? “black nova,” the first song to emerge from grim value (previously titled black nova), is pretty good! The driving synth rocker […]
If you’ve been longing for more Vampire Weekend since 2019’s Father of the Bride, you’re in luck (kind of). The indie rockers who still don’t give a fuck about an Oxford comma commissioned two artists to create new versions of “2021” less than two full years after the song’s release. Jazz saxophonist Sam Gendel and rock […]
It was only a matter of weeks ago that FINNEAS released his holiday song, “Another Year” and a few months since he dropped the politically charged “Where the Poison Is”, but the prolific artist and producer is back with another original piece in “American Cliché.” The thoughtful track about lost love and European coffee shops […]
Influential post-punk lineup Gang of Four will put out Gang of Four: 77-81, a limited-edition box set of early work. Ahead of the release, “Damaged Goods” and a demo of the unreleased song “Elevator” have been shared. Gang of Four: 77-81 includes Entertainment! and Solid Gold (both remastered from the original analog tapes), a singles LP, and a double-LP […]
Guitar legend Peter Frampton shared a cover of Radiohead’s “Reckoner” off an all-instrumental collection of 10 covers, Frampton Forgets the Words, arriving April 23 via UMe. The cleverly titled new studio album by The Peter Frampton Band sees covers of David Bowie, George Harrison, Stevie Wonder, Lenny Kravitz and more. “This album is a collection of ten […]
Rob Zombie, the king of kitschy-cool horror rock (and film), not to mention long titles, has released his second single, “The Eternal Struggles of the Howling Man” from his upcoming seventh studio album, The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy. The album arrives on March 12 on Nuclear Blast. Zombie, who has been spending the lockdown on […]
The Killers wasted no time getting on top of New Music Friday this week, surprise releasing a new deluxe edition of Imploding The Mirage featuring a trio of new tunes (or at least new versions of tunes). The deluxe release includes the brand new original “C’est La Vie” as well as live and stripped-down performances of “Caution” […]
Beloved rock-pop stalwarts Cheap Trick have released a new single, “Light Up the Fire,” ahead of the lineup’s 20th studio album, In Another World, which arrives April 9. Produced by Julian Raymond, it’s Cheap Trick’s first new LP since 2017’s double-header of We’re All Alright! and Christmas Christmas. A limited-edition picture disc of In Another World […]
Oakland, California-based duo tUnE-yArDs have shared a new song and animated video for “hold yourself,” off their just-announced fifth studio album, sketchy. The 11-track record, which includes last year’s single “nowhere, man,” arrives March 26 on 4AD. “This song is about feeling really betrayed, by my parents’ generation, and at the same time, really seeing how […]