This week the War On Drugs rang in the holiday season with their Drugcember To Remember residency at Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia, PA. They’ve had surprises all week, including special guests and ...

What the saxophone riff was to 2014, the heavy panting sample is to 2025: a little microtrend meant to imply, well, sex on ...

Once again, here are my personal picks for the year’s best in abattoir jazz, diaristic field recordings, audio Rothkos, ambient epics, electroacoustic cinema, marathon improv, and backroom electronica ...

Ever since the early Beatles days, Paul McCartney’s signature instrument has been the Höfner 500/1 violin bass guitar. In ...

Since 2013, Billboard has been using YouTube streams as one of the factors that help decide the magazine’s charts. In ...

It’s that time of year when bands clear out their archives, dispensing demos and covers galore while the music industry waits ...

John Keek is an LA-based producer and multi-instrumentalist who’s got a lot of credits on other people’s records, especially those from Dijon, Mk.gee, and that whole crew. Dijon and Mk.gee justifiably ...

Hanukkah began Sunday night, therefore so did one of the world’s greatest holiday traditions, Yo La Tengo’s annual ...

One band absolutely dominated the hardcore conversation this year, and they did it by working way, way harder than anyone ...

The Glasgow post-punk band Life Without Buildings released exactly one album, the 2001 underground classic Any Other City, ...

In 2015, Tobias Jesso Jr. released his debut album Goon with a great deal of critical and promotional clamor. He then quickly ...

The Walkmen’s Peter Matthew Bauer helped to launch the new supergroup Hyloxolos this year, but he’s also been unveiling new ...