Erol Alkan

Brick and mortar record stores were already running on slim margins before the COVID-19 pandemic caused many to shut their doors till this passes, but a new campaign, #LoveRecordStores, has been launched to foster support for independent record stores in this time of crisis and to encourage mus…

Plus: more tributes to Gill from Blur's Graham Coxon, Greg Dulli, The Futureheads, REM's MIke Mills, Colin Meloy, Noveller's Sarah Lipstate, Geoff Rickly and more.

Ride re back with their second album since reforming -- it's titled ’This is Not a Safe Place’ and will be out August 16 via Wichita.

Pete Shelley, co-founder and lead singer of groundbreaking UK punk band Buzzcocks, sadly passed away at the age of 63, and the music world (and beyond) have taken to social media to pay tribute.

Plus: Marissa Nadler (with The Decemberists), Phoebe Bridgers (with Conor Oberst), The Honorary Title/John Nolan, Kurt Vile, STRFKR, Erol Alkan, The Voidz, and more tour announcements.

"The album is very escapist in one sense even though I don’t want to escape from Factory Floor but what I do on my own has to be separate and it has to explore new avenues," says Gabe of his solo debut.

This will be Ride's first album since 1996's half-hearted 'Tarantula.'

You may remember Australian singer-songwriter Martin Craft from his mid-'00s albums, like 2006's Silver & Fire, which mixed gorgeous, Nick Drake-style baroque melodies, danceable rock, and jangly pop. M. Craft (his nom de plume) is back with Blood Moon, his first album in seven years, …

It's the dreamy new single from the psych/dance duo's forthcoming album.

Total Control, Crazy Spirit, Nandas @ Palisades
Total Control's Mikey Young is touring-adverse (he is a very busy mastering engineer among other things) so this short tour they're on is pretty rare...