Tom Breihan

A few months ago, the great '90s grunge-punk band L7 announced plans for a farewell tour . Today, singer and bassist Jennifer Finch has shared the

Over the past few months there's been a struggle over control of Levon Helm Studios, the studio space and live music venue in Woodstock, New York. The late Levon Helm, legendary drummer and singer for the Band, founded the studio in the '70s, and he began holding his Midnight Ramble shows in 2004. After his 2012 death, his singer-songwriter daughter Amy Helm has been essentially running the venue and performing at the Rambles. In May, the venue's board removed Amy and installed longtime shareholder Brian Parillo, a friend of Helm, as CEO of the space.

Every once in a while, a little alarm goes off in my head, the "sounds like Turnstile" alert. A band doesn't have to sound that much like Turnstile to set that trigger off.

"Oh, I wish I had help back then/ Oh, I wish I had better friends." That is a truly heavy sentiment, expressed about as directly as it can possibly be. It's the opening line of "I Wish," the devastating new single from the Australian singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin. Get ready for this thing to fuck you up.

Rancho Cucamonga, California's Cold Gawd bring a serious sense of confidence to their heavy shoegaze, and we're about to get another dose of it. We picked Cold Gawd's 2024 full-length I'll Drown On This Earth as an Album Of The Week , and they followed it with the singles " Golden Postcard " and " Bomb Pop ." Next month, they'll drop a new EP called Glory2 on us.

Atlanta hardcore miscreants Criminal Instinct have been around for a decade and a half, but they don't release too much music, possibly because the band members are constantly getting into fights and getting thrown in jail. Actually, I don't think that's true, or at least that's not the

The Mountain Goats just sang fiction into reality. Just six days ago, John Darnielle's band released " Candlebox ," the latest single from their upcoming album . Darnielle sings that song from the perspective of a fictional band who get the life-changing opportunity to tour with early-'90s quasi-grunge hitmakers Candlebox. Now, the Mountain Goats are going on tour with early-'90s quasi-grunge hitmakers Candlebox.

What a year for Robert Pattinson! I thought he was sensational as a wormy little fuck in The Drama , and we're a few days away from seeing him as Antinous in The Odyssey . Later in the year, he'll pop up in Dune: Part Three , and he'll also play Chris Hansen, alongside a debuting Phoebe Bridgers, in Primetime . Also! He and Denzel Washington are the leads of the Fernando Meirelles bank-robbery picture Here Comes The Flood . On top of all of that, Penelope Isles have a new song about how they loved him. That's pretty good, too!

Dave Kendall, the journalist and former MTV VJ who created and hosted the iconic alternative rock video show 120 Minutes , has died. Matt Pinfield, who served as a 120 Minutes host years after Kendall, shared the news of his passing on Instagram last night. Right now, the circumstances of Kendall's passing and his are are unknown.

It has now been six years since Fiona Apple released her album . For anyone else, that would be a long time.