Cobalt

Cobalt kicked things off with "Hunt The Buffalo," the opening track on Slow Forever, and made it pretty clear right away that this live lineup means business. Fell is solely on vocal duties and Wunder of course is behind the (very massive) kit, and they're joined by a guitarist and a bassist...

Basilica Hudson’s weekend of music + art includes performances by Angel Olsen, Wolves in the Throne Room, Deradoorian, Bell Witch and more.

The song list has veteran rock musicians like David Bowie and Paul Simon; pop megastars Beyonce and Rihanna; pop newcomers Fifth Harmony; rising indie rockers Pinegrove, Big Thief, Lucy Dacus and Mitski; country from Maren Morris and Robert Ellis; boundary-pushing metal duo Cobalt; Israeli trio A-Wa; jazz musician Esperanza Spalding; and more...

They join previously-announced names Angel Olsen, Explosions in the Sky, Cobalt, Wolves in the Throne Room, and Youth Code.

The annual Basilica Soundscape festival returns to Basilica Hudson in Hudson, NY (about 2 hours from NYC by train) from September 16-18...

Two-man black metal outfit Cobalt, whose lineup is now multi-instrumentalist Erik Wunder and vocalist Charlie Fell (ex-Lord Mantis), have announced a tour in support of their excellent new album Slow Forever. They don't tour a lot, so this is pretty exciting...

The Hopscotch Music Festival returns in 2016 to various Raleigh, NC venues from September 8-10. The lineup is impressive as always, with Television, Wolf Parade, Converge, Baroness, Yob, Tribulation, Erykah Badu, Young Thug, Sylvan Esso, Vince Staples, Anderson Paak, Beach House, Beach Slang, Andrew Bird, Cobalt, Downtown Boys, Julien Baker, Quilt, Lambchop, Lavender Country, Big Freedia, Wiki, Ke

On the fifth episode of our Spotify show, we talk SXSW, LCD Soundsytem, Thursday, our redesign, pay tribute to Phife Dawg, and lots more.

This week's picks include the masterful debut album from Margo Price, a rager from the new Cobalt lineup, indie legend Bob Mould, and more. What was your favorite release of the week?

"Cold Breaker" is the most angry and energetic song on the album. It plays Fell's fight with substance abuse somewhere between a sexual power fantasy and hallucination of street crime. When the song reaches its fever pitch, Fell screams, "shuddering on the surface reminds me of you / and how we'll burn / on that thin borderline we will burn baby burn." It's a...