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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Flight b741 review – a cheerfully rocking album about global collapse

The rollicking feel of Flight b741 masks some of the band’s most plainly dark lyrics to date, exploring dissociation, suicidal ideation and global collapse in a casual, conversational style – it’s one of the most cheerful doomer records in recent memory. The title of eight-minute closer Daily Blues is a pun, referring to its frenzied blues workout […]

Going Their Own Way — Two more acts who have followed unconventional paths to building loyal fandoms.

A catalog that refuses to be pinned down to any single genre. One album may give off Tame Impala aesthetics (the Moog-heavy “The Silver Cord” from last year), while its predecessor, “PetroDragonic Apocalypse,” is a thrash-heavy metal record akin to early Mastodon. The group has made pastoral folk pop (“Paper Mâché Dream Balloon” from 2015), and fuzzier, psychedelic garage and […]

a/s/l: Jess Cornelius

This Week: Off the back of releasing her new album ‘CARE​/​TAKING’ (out NOW via Tender Loving Empire Records), New Zealand-raised, Los Angeles-based artist Jess Cornelius answers a series of inane questions!

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard share documentary about upcoming album & new single “Hog Calling Contest”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared a second song from their soon-to-be-released 26th album Flight b741. “Hog Calling Contest” definitely has a honky tonk twang to it, in the band’s own inimitable way. “While recording Flight b741, we occasionally had these ultra inspired tune-up/warm-up jams,” say the band. “Of course, we were never actually recording during […]

Jess Cornelius — CARE/TAKING

“It’s always a treat to check in on Jess Cornelius’ and her sonic evolution every few years. And despite her recent rollercoaster ride, it’s encouraging to hear her artistry continue to grow as she faces her ongoing journey with resilience and sincerity”

The 42 Best Albums of 2024 So Far

“Three Bells, is one of [Ty’s] most ambitious to date, a progressive psychedelic opus that’s at times playful and freewheeling, but invariably returns to moments of more intricate sprawl Three Bells finds [Ty] properly flexing his most creative muscles, following flights of fancy into weird and exciting places”

New Music Discoveries May 10th

We fell in love with Jess Cornelius in her former band, Teeth & Tongue, and she is on the cusp of releasing her second solo album,  CARE/TAKING out June 14th. “Laps In The Drugstore”, is the latest single from Jess, and features her beautiful melodies, a cativating guitar line, stabbing piano keys and has a cracking video as well.

Ty Segall, Among Others

Were Ty Segall to start his entire career over again, he might not do it under the name Ty Segall. It’s a bit late for that now, well over a decade since he emerged as the princeling of San Francisco’s garage rock revival. Back then, he was a college student in a city vibrating with […]

Bikini Kill Announce 2024 North American Tour Dates

Bikini Kill have expanded their 2024 tour dates with a newly-announced run of shows in North America. The riot grrrl legends will kick off their 2024 tour dates in Mexico City on March 3rd, making stops across South America and Europe before returning to the United States with a show in Los Angeles on August […]

Bikini Kill announce summer North American tour

Bikini Kill have announced a new round of North American tour dates for 2024. The outing follows their March shows in Mexico and South America and a tour of Europe and the UK in June, beginning in Los Angeles on August 15 and running through September 11 in Baltimore. See all dates below.

500 Best Songs of All Time

Bikini Kill, ‘Rebel Girl’ “When she talks, I hear the revolution/In her hips, there’s revolution,” Kathleen Hanna announced on “Rebel Girl,” the Nineties riot-grrrl battle cry that has come to be revered as perhaps the greatest feminist punk anthem of all time. The song is so potent the band recorded and released it three different times, […]

Jess Cornelius Announces New Album, Out 6/14 Via Tender Loving Empire Records, & North American Tour

Today, New Zealand-raised, Los Angeles-based artist Jess Cornelius announces her sophomore album CARE/TAKING, out June 14th via her new label Tender Loving Empire Records, and a North American tour. In conjunction, she presents the album’s lead single/video, “People Move On.” Cornelius writes arresting songs that capture the disorientation and endless possibilities of being in flux. On CARE/TAKING, she sings of personal upheaval with striking lucidity and emotional […]

Jess Cornelius – CARE/TAKING

Today, New Zealand-raised, Los Angeles-based artist Jess Cornelius announces her sophomore album CARE/TAKING, out June 14th via her new label Tender Loving Empire Records, and a North American tour.

ALBUM OF THE WEEK Ty Segall – Three Bells

A new album from Ty Segall during any 12-month period once seemed like a certainty. The psych/garage singer/songwriter has probably forgotten about more songs he’s written than most of us could ever hope to commit to tape, and with a standard of quality that’s hovered reliably between kickass and raucously fun. He released 10 of […]

Ty Segall on Reaching Epic New Heights with Three Bells

The 15th solo album from the prolific songwriter is epic, indeed. Its sprawling 15-track mosaic includes plenty of recognizable chunks from Segall’s usual musical touchstones (guitar psychedelia, garage rock, early-’70s glam and prog) which he keeps finding arresting new ways to mix, match, and juxtapose. With the exception of the heavy-riffing “Move,” which was recorded […]

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