After guesting on the 2018 self-titled debut by San Diego punk-meets–hip-hop duo Planet B, Kool Keith continues the collaboration on an upcoming EP under his own name. The release features two new tracks from the notoriously outlandish MC, “Blast” and “Uncrushable,” along with an alternate version of each. The extras …

Perhaps the best, and certainly the most weirdly-grooving of the four tracks Vampire Weekend have trickled out in advance of their forthcoming Father Of The Bride LP, “Sunflower” opens up with a swirl of tag-teaming guitar and bass runs, which are soon mirrored by wordless vocals. Internet guitarist-vocalist Steve Lacy …

In 1987, Stephen Malkmus had a bad MDMA trip. This was one reason, according to the press release for his new album, that he gave “a wide berth” to rave culture in the following decade; he was also busy making several classic indie-rock albums with Pavement at the time. But …

A small-imprint–published slab of pulp fiction that became a huge literary sensation, Victor Headley’s 1992 novel Yardie drops readers into a London filled with ex-pat Jamaican kingpins, gang wars, alleyway assassinations and an antihero — “D.,” short for Dennis — who works his way up the underworld ladder. The writing …

Fred Armisen is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and shows like Documentary Now!, Portlandia and Forever, but music is his first love. He’s been drumming since his teenage years and even though he’s usually balancing three or four comedy projects at once, he always makes time …

When the video for Toro y Moi‘s ’50-50’ opens, singer-songwriter Chaz Bear is looking dazed, bleeding from one nostril as he stands on a white-sand dune in the desert. He’s wearing the clothes of a streetwear astronaut, and holding a large balloon-y parachute. Did he just land here? Where’d he …

Five years after “Take Me to Church” and his self-titled debut album, Hozier returned with his second LP Wasteland, Baby!, which became the Irish singer’s first Number One on the latest Billboard 200. Since its release in September 2013, Hozier has sold about 2.6 million total copies, Billboard reports, but …

In a joint operation with the New York Police Department, the New York State Police, and several other agencies, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency seized nearly 3,200 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $77 million at the Port of Newark/New York late last month. The bust is reportedly …

I t was five hours before showtime and Lil Peep was in the back of his tour bus, getting high with two young fans. They were smoking dabs, high-potency doses of concentrated weed that are vaporized, then inhaled. This was Tucson, Arizona, in November 2017, and the afternoon heat hovered …

It’s been five years since the Black Keys have released any music together, but with their new song “Lo/Hi,” the duo seem to have picked up right where they left off. Dan Auerbach‘s signature bluesy, fuzzy guitar and Patrick Carney‘s thumping garage rock drum beat are alive and well. And …