Slow Mass

”We went from rehearsing several times a week for our release shows to being scattered around the Upper Peninsula of Michigan locked down in quarantine.”

The project is described as ”a free resource that provides creatives (and fans in general) with access to digital assets to spark creativity and inspire digital collaboration, all while still practicing responsible social distancing and helping to flatten the curve.”

Opener Dominic Angelella (who used to be in mewithoutYou) also just announced a new album.

Listen to new songs by Moses Sumney, Slow Mass, Jeff Parker (Tortoise), Field Music, The Orielles, Gay Meat (Museum Mouth), Kassa Overall, Blue Hawaii, Hamerkop (ex-Bachelorette) and more...

Listen to new songs by Aldous Harding, Chance the Rapper, slowthai, Black Mountain, Kevin Abstract, Jesca Hoop, Local Natives, The Mountain Goats, Kazu (of Blonde Redhead), and more

La Dispute's anticipated fourth album (and first for Epitaph), Panorama comes out in March.

From reunited vets like American Nightmare to breakthroughs like War On Women, here are the 20 best punk, emo, hardcore, etc albums of 2018.

Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, John Lurie, Cedric Bixler Zavala (ATDI, Mars Volta), Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Ryley Walker, Blanck Mass, Sarah Lipstate (Noveller), Chris Traynor (Orange 9mm, Helmet) and more pay tribute to the late legend.

This week's Notable Releases include Arctic Monkeys' unexpectedly different return, The Sea & Cake's great-as-always LP, Slow Mass' genre-crossing debut, and more.

Chicago's Slow Mass debuted back in 2016 with the Treasure Pains EP and now they're set to release their first full-length, On Watch, on May 11 via Landland. They underwent a lineup change during the making of the album, with drummer Josh Sparks (also of Into It Over It, Damiera, etc) leav…