In the ’60s and ’70s, the Memphis-based label Stax Records thrived as a relatively raw and funky alternative to Motown. In its time, Stax put out iconic records from legends like Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, Rufus and Carla Thomas, and Booker T. & The M.G.’s, among many others. Now, HBO is devoting a new docuseries to the history...

All this year, the Belfast duo Bicep are rolling out a new project called CHROMA, a sort-of combination record label / event series that will encompass a bunch of new music. So far, they’ve shared the tracks “CHROMA 001 HELIUM” and “L.A.V.A.,” a collab with Benjamin Damage that they released under the name B.D.B. Today, they’re back with a new song...

Last year, IAN SWEET shared the great album SUCKER. Today, the indie-pop project of New York’s Jilian Medford is releasing a cover of Broken Social Scene’s 2002 classic “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl.”

In 2022, Bandmanrill’s released Club Godfather, which landed him on our list of Best Rap Albums of that year and earned him an Artist To Watch feature. Today, the Newark club rapper is back with “Antisocial.”

The return of Fuming Mouth is one of the best things to happen to the heavy music underground in recent years. That’s not just because the band kicks ass, though they do. It’s also because frontman Mark Whelan was diagnosed with leukemia two years ago. He’s been through chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, and now Fuming Mouth have resumed full-time...

We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.