In 2016, veteran extreme-music warriors got together with some friends to tour Europe. Working with Chelsea Wolfe, her collaborator Ben Chisholm, and Cave-In/Mutoid Man leader Stephen Brodsky (a longtime Converge ally and former member), Converge formed a new entity that they called Converge Bloodmoon. They doubled down on the more meditative, i...

Sam Lay, the masterful Chicago drummer known for his work with artists including Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died. Music journalist Chris Morris first reported Lay’s death on Facebook, and the Chicago Sun Times has confirmed it with Alligator Records and Lay’s band...

The Lemon Twigs, Allison Ponthier and Blu DeTiger round out the stacked list of openersThe post Bleachers announce North American tour with Wolf Alice, Beabadoobee, Charly Bliss and more appeared first on NME.

Prolific underground rap forces Your Old Droog and Tha God Fahim both make a whole lot of music individually, and they make a whole lot of music together, too. Last year, Droog and Fahim released two collaborative albums, Tha Wolf On Wall St and Tha YOD Fahim, which only came out a few weeks apart. Today, they’ve come out with another ...

The UK tour, originally set for January, was postponed last week due to a surge in COVID casesThe post Wolf Alice postpone European tour and detail rescheduled UK dates appeared first on NME.