Watching a band mature into greatness in real time is always a thrill. Microcastle, which turned 10 years old over the weekend, is a snapshot of such a transformation in full swing. Wedged between Deerhunter's promise-affirming sophomore set Cryptograms and their career pinnacle Halcyon Digest, the album is the sound of Making The Leap, of&#...

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has been touring solo lately, and he's been using the opportunity to debut new songs like "Axe" and perform things like "Spectre," Radiohead's prospective theme song for the very bad 2015 James Bond film, live for the first time. Yorke's band just kicked off a North American summer tour of their…

Two men involved with the Ghost Ship warehouse are expected to take plea deals for less than 10 years in jail, as The East Bay Times reports. Derick Almena and Max Harris were each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter and will plead no contest to those charges in exchange for plea…

It's been ten years since Ben Jacobs released new Max Tundra material, with 2008's Parallax Error Beheads You, but today he's returned with two new songs, "Loom" and "Spore Café." They're included on the Incandenza EP, released on the one-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire in London. All proceeds will go to British Red…

"They painted me as a school shooter, and that's terrifying"Schmitt posted the tracks on SoundcloudA US high school student reportedly faces up to 10 years in jail, after he was accused of threatening to attack school in a rap track. In February, Michael Schmitt recorded a freestyle that sees him rap the words “u can suck my dick”, as well a...