A YouTube upload of a Poison Ruïn live set in Queens describes the band as “sound[ing] like they reside and rehearse in a dark medieval dungeon.” Not quite — the band was born in a Philadelphia warehouse basement rehearsal space — but that sound is very deliberate. Frontman Mac Kennedy, who initially conceived the band a...

"If I want something, I’ll ask for it myself"The post Patti Smith warns against “stupid” fraudster asking fans to send hair appeared first on NME.

Scams really are out-scamming themselves these days, and no one is safe. That said, apparently someone(s) has been posing as a rep for Patti Smith and asking people for bits of their hair with which to make… a wig?? It’s, as Smith put it in a video, “the stupidest thing ever.”

It’s the first solo track Clairo has released since 2021’s ‘Sling’The post Clairo releases new track ‘For Now’ to raise funds for trans support and the end of gun violence appeared first on NME.

The new single from reunited pop-punk favorites Midtown‘s covers EP We’re Too Old To Write New Songs So Here’s Some Old Songs We Didn’t Write is a remake of Pavement’s Crooked Rain classic “Cut Your Hair.” If slacker-indie legends Pavement are not the first band you expect to ...