Jesse Royal

This week's Notable Releases include the Emma Ruth Rundle/Thou EP, Big Thief's Buck Meek, the surprise Gatecreeper and Terminal Bliss records, and more...

The contemporary reggae movement continues to grow, and 2020 birthed some of the current scene's most cutting edge records yet. Here are 15 that we highly recommend, plus some great non-album singles...

Live albums are more important than ever in this concert-less year, and if you haven't heard it already, we'd like to turn your attention to the recent one by genre-blurring UK band The Skints...

There's been so much forward-thinking reggae this year, from Protoje, Koffee, Chronixx, Popcaan, Jah9, Dre Island, Lila Iké, Sevana, and more, and Protoje is helping to expand its global presence with his label and curated playlist...

Hangout Music Festival's 2019 lineup also includes Jimmy Eat World, The Interrupters, Superorganism, Shame, Gang of Youths, and more.

On May 30, Applehead Recordings & Production hosted Darryl Jenifer, Dr. Know and Earl Hudson of seminal punk/reggae legends Bad Brains for a performance and recording session for their ongoing series, Woodstock Sessions.

Darryl Jenifer and Dr. Know of Bad Brains are going to be in NYC this weekend for hardcore festival Black N' Blue Bowl, which they're playing with their band The Regulators which also includes John Joseph of Cr...

After weeks of will-he-or-won't-he speculation, enigmatic R&B recluse D'Angelo made good on his promise to headline the 2014 Afropunk festival in Brooklyn on Sunday night...