Giggens: Hey, hey, Anthony! Hey, Anthony! Where— Anthony! Hey, hey, hey, it's okay, it's okay. Hey, hey, you want to play this or that? Come on, buddy, let's play this or that. Come on, come on, let's go play this or that. It's okay, let's go play this or that.

Fantano: Okay!

Giggens: Hey, okay, Off the Wall or Exile on Main Street by the Stones?

Fantano: Off the Wall.

Giggens: Off the Wall or Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette?

Fantano: Off the Wall.

Giggens: Off the Wall or the Marshall Mathers LP?

Fantano: Uh, um, Off the Wall.

Giggens: Off the Wall or What's Going On?

Fantano: What's... What's Going On.

Giggens: What's Going On or Frank Ocean, Blonde?

Fantano: Uh, um, What's Going On.

Giggens: What's Going On or slayr?

Fantano: Uh, the, the, the, the Deluxe. The Deluxe?

Giggens: Yeah, buddy, Deluxe.

Fantano: Wow. Uh, um, Uh, What's Going On.

Giggens: What's Going On or Wet Leg, Moisturizer?

Fantano: Oh, uh, uh, what, uh, What's Going On.

Giggens: What's Going On or OK Computer?

Fantano: What's Going On

Giggens: What's Going On or Geese, Getting Killed?

Fantano: [begins to panic] Aah! Aah! Aah!

Okay, hey everyone, Anthony Fantano here, internet's busiest music nerd. I hope you are doing well, and it's time for a Great Albums segment going over a bunch of records that I've enjoyed over the past month or so. And for this video, there's a lot. It's actually a very packed Great Album segment with some EPs, some shorter releases on the back end. So stick around because in my opinion, everything here is worth your time. Maybe there's a few you don't know. Let's see.

Jill Scott - To Whom This May Concern

And of course begin with the new Jill Scott album, To Whom This May Concern. Jill Scott, being one of the most forward-thinking singers and soul artists of her generation and beyond, has come back with her first album in quite a long time. And of course, per usual, this new collection of songs on this beefy record, because she seems to have been sitting on a bunch of this material for a while, brings together elements of hip-hop and soul and R&B as well as funk music and jazz. Highly enjoyable record with lots of focused songwriting, sensual grooves, amazing chemistry between her and her band; of course, stellar vocals too.

And frankly, for Jill Scott being as influential and as classic and as significant as an artist as she is, I am shocked to see the very low level of discourse around this album and just how good and consistent it is, especially with how much talk we've been seeing and argumentation we've been seeing around like soul music right now and neo-soul music vis-à-vis Jack Harlow's new record. Like, there should be two times as much conversation about how good this album is, and yet we're here. But anyways, please spend some time with this Jill Scott, and if you enjoy it, make some noise about it.

Gorillaz - The Mountain

Moving on next to, of course, you know it, you love it, I know I do, the new Gorillaz album, The Mountain. Definitely one of the band's most conceptual, narrative, personal, and emotional projects to date. Very much appreciate what Damon was able to pull off with, uh, the incredible list of collaborators that he had on this record in terms of the production, in terms of the lush and beautiful orchestrations, in terms of the tasteful ways in which he incorporated different elements of Hindustani music. Love what he was able to accomplish in terms of this record's reflections on spirituality, religion, existentialism, social commentary too. It is very much an experience type record, a dense and significant record from Gorillaz that I am getting a lot out of, especially on the best tracks.

GENA - The Pleasure is Yours

Let's of course also give a big shout out to the new GENA album, The Pleasure is Yours, another record that I feel like I haven't seen nearly as much conversation around as I should, because this new duo consisting of singer, producer, songwriter Liv.e and producer, drummer Karriem Riggins, really goes off. A chaotic, fun, entertaining mixtape-type flow across a series of tracks that embrace different elements of soul music and jazz and R&B, but in a very kind of futuristic, forward-thinking, psychedelic sense. Loads of charisma. Apparently also all original instrumentation too. If you like artists like J Dilla, if you like artists like Erykah Badu, you're gonna get a lot out of this album. It's all over the place. It's varied as hell. It is highly replayable. GENA, The Pleasure is Yours.

Bill Callahan - My Days of 58

Also been getting a lot out of this new Bill Callahan album, My Days of 58. Bill has obviously been at this songwriting thing on the indie circuit for decades and decades and decades now. And this record where he's reflecting on his process, his life, is one of his most profound and also funniest projects yet, with lots of winding linear jammy instrumentals that have kind of a psychedelic undertone to them that I didn't quite expect, at least expect to be as good as they are with Bill going in this direction. It really is like the best album he's put out in about a decade, if not one of his best records ever. But what can you say? Bill just has a lot to reflect on with this LP, and it's just a significant album.

James Blake - Trying Times

Following this, also been getting a lot out of the new James Blake album, Trying Times. James continues to prove he is one of the best producers out there, one of the best vocalists out there on the futuristic soul/art pop front. In a series of songs that are some of the most sing-songy and, I'll say, traditionally structured in terms of songwriting since his Friends That Break Your Heart record— like, this is obviously not as much an ambient or an immersive electronic experience in the way that Playing Robots Into Heaven was. This album is not only leaning heavily into ballads, but a lot of these songs center around the idea of maintaining love and human connection and just humanity in the midst of a very dark time in history and society. I've said this in my review, I will say it here, James essentially very thoughtfully and tastefully speaking to the times in the way that a lot of great artists do. This album is truly heaven-sent.

slayr - Half Blood (BloodLuxe)

Been enjoying the new deluxe edition of the slayr mixtape, Half Blood the (Blood Luxe) project. Slayr is an artist who is quickly proving himself to be one of the most creative, versatile, and interesting out there coming out of the underground scene at the moment. Not only do I feel like a lot of tracks on this record are pretty much exactly what rage music should be in terms of their energy, their hype, their catchiness, their explosivity, but slayr also incorporates a lot of melodic vocal elements and anthemic chord progressions into these tracks too that are not only pulling from a lot of emo trap from like 10 years ago, but pop punk and alternative rock music too. It's a very short, punchy, catchy, to-the-point record with some great energy. Everyone making fun of this kid for being himself is a complete loser. It's just encouraging to see someone breathing some life into this scene, frankly.

underscores - U

Of course, I also want to give a shout out to the new underscores album, U, which is handily one of the best pop records you could put your ears on this year. Not only does this record feel like a continuation of everything that made hyperpop so fun five years ago, but without being too on the nose about it. But it's also a very thoughtful record about a relationship that didn't quite get to full status, and the yearning and the angst of never quite getting to that point where that love was fulfilled. Just the obsession, the pining is unignorable on pretty much every track of this LP. Not to mention that underscores, like, really did make an effective transition here from like more of a rock and underground pop punky sound on the last record to something that is like really just going into full danceable clubby banger mode. So really enjoying this one.

Neurosis - An Undying Love for a Burning World

And finally, want to give a shout out to this big, massive beast of a record from Neurosis, An Undying Love for a Burning World. These atmospheric sludge metal titans and post-metal titans are back with their first album in 10 years after hitting a really dark rough patch with one of their members being formally dismissed, the band has returned, not just with a great record, but with Aaron Turner of Isis and Sumac fame. Yes, they've teamed up with another one of the best artists in the genres to make one of the most incredible records in this lane we have heard in years.

A record that not only reminds us of many of the sounds and elements that have always made Neurosis so good, but there are a lot of very linear, loud, noisy, experimental rock vibes on this record too, à la Swans. Which is most definitely an influence that both Neurosis and Turner share. And these ideas culminate into some really incredible lengthy songs on the back end of the record that are just mind-blowing and just really great immersive listens overall. So yeah, one of the best metal and loud rock releases you are going to hear this year for sure.

Now, this has been a big Great Albums video, so let me get into some EPs real quick for you.

Blood Command - Wet Death

One, the new Blood Command EP. This is one of the most fun metal EPs I think you could listen to this year. These guys are doing some crazy stuff. In terms of, you know, fusing some clean vocals and pop elements into their sound on a handful of tracks that are still very riffy, still very righteous, still very exciting and heavy like a good metal track should be.

Dylan Brady- Needle Guy

Also been enjoying this new Dylan Brady, Needle Guy EP. Seems like Dylan is on a little bit of a solo jaunt here. Don't know how long it's gonna last, but these slightly dubstep-influenced bops that he has here, especially with that title track, are very fun to listen to.

Cowboy Hunters - EPeepee

Also want to shout out Cowboy Hunters, one of my new favorite projects that I've caught in the UK as of late, bringing together elements of punk and noise rock and I would say rap music too, to a degree. These guys are bursting with eccentricity and creativity. It's some really fun stuff.

Model/Actriz - Swan Songs

And then finally, Model/Actriz, who we have sung the praises of for numerous times on this channel, have suddenly dropped an EP this week out of the blue with a few newly released tracks on it. And I think they're, they're quite good. Could be maybe just like some runoff from the Pirouette-era what have you, even if it is, the tracks are still quite good and I'm still glad they saw the light of day. If you're unfamiliar with Model/Actriz, if you're looking for some really dark, groovy, post-punky, gothy tunes that will get your hips moving while bringing a very kind of like unnerving, noisy, prickly, no-wave kind of energy, definitely give this EP and anything else they have done a listen.

And that is going to be it for this Great Albums video. Thank you guys very much for watching.

Anthony Fantano, Great Albums forever.

Radiohead are cracking open the KID A MNESIA universe again, as something you can physically step inside.

It starts in the desert. On April 10, at Coachella, the band will unveil a new installation buried inside a purpose-built bunker. After its festival debut, the project drifts outward to a short run of cities, Brooklyn, Chicago, Mexico City, San Francisco.

The installation in question is Motion Picture House: KID A MNESIA, a film-installation hybrid built from the bones of Kid A and Amnesiac. The visuals come straight from the uneasy minds of Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood, the same artwork that once defined that era’s warped aesthetic, now blown up, reframed, and given room to breathe (or suffocate, depending on how you take it). The audio leans on the original multitracks, pulled apart and reassembled into something more atmospheric.

If you remember the 2021 digital experiment – part game, part fever dream – this is the next evolution. That earlier iteration let you wander through distorted hallways and impossible rooms, stitched together from album stems and spectral imagery. It felt unfinished in a deliberate way, like a sketch of a nightmare. Turns out, it kind of was. The plan had always been to build it in the real world; timing just got in the way.

Now, they’ve gone all in.

Yorke describes the internal logic of the piece as “a monster trapped in a derelict museum of the lost and forgotten,” which sounds about right if you’ve spent any time with these records. The installation itself is massive, 17,000 square feet of subterranean space with towering ceilings, fitted with a custom six-point surround system that promises to swallow you whole rather than politely entertain.

Access is open to festival-goers at Coachella, but beyond that, it becomes more complicated: a ticketed, time-limited experience. Two-hour slots, most of it devoted to the main installation and film, with just enough time left over to drift through galleries of Yorke and Donwood’s original works.

Fans can pre‑register at kida-mnesia.com through April 12th at 11:59 p.m. PT for an opportunity at pre-sale tickets.

There’s movement on the Radiohead horizon beyond this, too. Ed O'Brien has hinted that the band are quietly mapping out a return to the stage, a long-view plan that would see them touring different continents year by year starting in 2027.

O’Brien has a new solo record incoming, and Yorke, predictably, is already working on something else, something new, reportedly coming out "later in the year."

For a band that’s spent decades dissolving the boundary between sound, image, and environment, Motion Picture House: KID A MNESIA feels like the physical manifestation of a world that was never meant to stay digital in the first place.

Motion Picture House Presents Kid A Mnesia:

05/06-31 – Brooklyn, NY @ Agger Fish Building
07/30-08/23 – Chicago, IL @ Cinespace Studio
10/27-11/15 – Mexico City @ La Maravilla Studios
01/14-02/7 – San Francisco, CA @ Palace of Fine Arts

This year's Coachella will see Nine Inch Noize take the stage, and now there's some big news to accompany the hybrid of Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize: an album from the collaborators will arrive April 17th, as confirmed by a billboard near Coachella's grounds and, now, by NIN themselves.

An Instagram post, which you can view below, has announced Halo 38, which is available to pre-save now. No further information has been revealed as of this writing.

Boys Noize has been opening act for the Nails during the latter's recent Peel It Back tour, and the acts have worked together on the 2025 score for Tron: Ares.

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They're back! The Japanese punk-rock outfit Otoboke Beaver have released their first song in four years, "I Don’t Need To Be In Your Strike Zone." This is their first release since their 2022 album, Super Champon.

The song precedes two upcoming complementary singles – "Hey, Where's the Thank You?" and "Is The New album Out Yet?" – each set to release April 10 and April 15 respectively.

Listen to the new one below:

The band is planning a physical release of the singles on 4” record available on June 10th. These singles are also the last recordings featuring longtime drummer Kahokiss, who went on maternity leave late last year and subsequently announced her retirement from the group in early 2026. The group has welcomed Emi "Leo" Morimoto, former drummer of the band Shonen Knife and a longtime friend, to fill the role as their new drummer.

Otoboke Beaver will be opening for the Foo Fighters in June for their European tour, followed by a single show in Oakland, CA.

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Michael – the film about Michael Jackson – went through a major rewrite in 2025 after a key part of the story had to be removed.

According to Puck, the original version of the movie ended with the 1993 allegations against Jackson, when a family accused him of sexually abusing their 13-year-old son. But that ending was ultimately scrapped. Lawyers for the Michael Jackson Estate found a clause in a past settlement that prevents the accuser from being portrayed in a dramatized film. Once that came to light, the filmmakers had no choice but to rethink the entire third act.

That led to a significant round of reshoots. Variety reported that in June 2025, the cast spent 22 days filming new material, adding somewhere between $10 and $15 million to the budget. The estate covered those costs, since the issue came from their side. The release date was also pushed back, moving from April 2025 to April 2026.

The film’s ending now focuses on a different moment in Jackson’s life and his rise. Specifically, it will center on the Bad World Tour, his first solo tour and one of the biggest tours of its time. Instead of the allegations, the main source of tension shifts to his relationship with his father, Joe Jackson, who is played by Colman Domingo.

Jackson himself will be played by his nephew, Jaafar Jackson. With these changes, the film now leans more toward showing Jackson at the peak of his career, rather than ending on one of the most controversial chapters of his life.

Less than a year on from their avant-garde dazzler Sun, NYC-based free jazz saxophonist Zoh Amba is back with a new record deal at Matador and an unexpected pivot to a guitar-based singer/songwriter style with "Another Time," the lead track from their just-announced new album Eyes Full, coming June 5.

Returning Amba to their first instrument, Eyes Full is described as a character-driven record rooted in the day-to-day lives of working-class, small-town Americans. “I hope these songs touch people’s hearts,” they say in a press release. “They’re about people who really need to be seen and heard.”

Watch the video for "Another Time" below:

Eyes Full was recorded together with electric guitarist Kevin Hyland and drummer Jim White at Drop of Sun Studios in Asheville, North Carolina, not far from where Amba grew up in eastern Tennessee.

Eyes Full is out June 5. Pre-order here. Tracklist below:

1. OCD
2. Another Time
3. Dead End Street
4. Thousand Years
5. Southern Soil
6. Eyes Full
7. Blueberry Thorn
8. Emahoy
9. Weed Eating
10. Odd Jobs
11. Child You’ll See
12. PG Tips
13. Smile With Your Eyes

Zoh Amba tour dates:

04/17 New York City, NY @ Nightclub 101
05/07 Asheville, NC @ Revival *
05/08 Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl *
05/09 Nashville, TN @ Blue Room *
05/11 Houston, TX @ White Oak *
05/12 Austin, TX @ 29th Street Ballroom *
05/13 Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Arts *
08/11 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater #
08/12 Pittsburg, PA @ Roxian Theatre #
08/14 Cincinnati, OH @ Megacorp Pavillion #
08/15 Kansas City, MO @ The Truman #
08/21 Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom #
08/22 Salt Lake City, UT @ Rockwell at the Complex #
08/24 Sacramento, CA @ Channel 24 #
08/26 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #
08/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium #

* with Folk Bitch Trio
# with Courtney Barnett

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Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter Ava Mirzadegan released her debut album Dark Dark Blue at the end of 2023, but there was another album before it that was never quite completed. Today, the Iranian-American artist has shared one of the songs from that album, along with news that the full “unfinished record” is being released digitally and on cassette tape on May 10, with all proceeds being donated to the Red Crescent.

Listen to “Pavement” below:

Writing on Instagram earlier today, Mirzadegan says she is sharing the song “as an offering to anyone who may need it,” in light of Donald Trump’s recent, comic-book-villain-but-in-real-life threats against her ancestral homeland, adding: 

“We are on the precipice of global catastrophe and I am a total wreck. I don’t know if I feel alive or dead or somewhere in between, but I do want to remind myself that I exist, that my people exist, and to hold hope for humanity somehow through it all. Keeping my palms open to receive and give care (or as my grandmother likes to remind me: “Begeer-o-bedeh” / بگیر و بده)”

"I hope you listen to this and it helps you see us as human. I hope you speak up before we’re all gone."

Read her full statement below:

For The Light is out May 10. Pre-order here. Tracklist below:

1. Pavements
2. Break
3. For the Light
4. How I Wish
5. Not There
6. Is It
7. Mommy Make Room
8. Could I have prayed harder? 

Mirzadegan plays at The Perch Music & Arts in Philadelphia this weekend, opening for Jacob Augustine.

Drain Gang member and rapper Thaiboy Digital will be embarking on his first solo world tour this year.

In the midst of his rollout for the upcoming album Paradise, out on May 8, Thaiboy Digital has shared details for the Underworld Tour. Supported by fellow Drain Gang member Whitearmor and frequent collaborator Eurohead, the rapper will be performing select dates across North America, the UK, and Europe.

Check all dates below:

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05/14 Miami, FL @ The Ground
05/15 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
05/16 Montreal, QC @ Palomosa Festival
05/28 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
05/29 Los Angeles, CA @ 1720
05/30 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
06/04 Chicago, IL @ Outset
06/05 New York, NY @ Elsewhere
06/17 Lisbon, PT @ Casa Capitão
06/18 Barcelona, ES @ Nitsa, Live From Margins
06/19 London, UK @ Earth, Live From Margins
06/20 Berlin, DE @ Dstrkt, Live From Margins
06/22 Prague, CZ @ Fuchs2
06/25 Krakow, PL @ Kamienna12
06/26 Warsaw, PL @ Niebo
06/27 Poznan, PL @ Nocny Targ Towarzyski
06/30 Amsterdam, NL @ Tolhuistuin
07/01 Paris, FR @ La Machine
07/04 Dublin, IE @ Whelans

Presale opens on April 9 at 10AM local time, while general access opens on April 10 10AM local time. Attendees can RSVP at Bank of Star Sound System or Laylo.

Last week, Thaiboy Digital dropped the music video for "Euro Dollar Yen" with swedm®. Watch it here:

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It's official: Wireless Festival has been canceled because Ye has been prevented from entering the UK to perform at that festival as its headliner. Of course, a lot of Ye fans and ticket purchasers to the festival are unhappy and ticked off, and it leads to the question of what fairness and accountability looks like in the entertainment world right now.

Because while yes, it is true Ye has done a lot of work, I imagine, to stay stable over the last several months and Ye has put out at least a few apologies about the many statements and offensive music and a lot of stuff that he said over the past couple of years, he still did say and do all of that stuff, and people are still well within their right to be unhappy, especially since it hasn't even been a year out since he dropped "HH."

But really, for me at this point, it's not a matter of whether or not there should be accountability for what Ye has done and said. Absolutely there should. It's really more like when we're getting accountability and when we're not. Because honestly, it's kind of crazy that we're seeing an entire music festival just shuttered before we are seeing full investigations or a trial for any one of those named in, you know, the recent you-know-what files.

Beh beh! Hi everyone, Behthony Bethtano here, the Internet's busiest music nerd, and it's time for a review of this new Angine de Poitrine album Vol. II.

This is a brand new record from this Quebec, Canada rock duo, and there are few things that honestly I am more excited to talk about this month, mostly because the Poitrine takeover has truly begun, thanks to a recent KEXP performance and a few other live and interview clips from these guys, just going absolutely bonkers on the Internet, to the point where they are nearly inescapable.

Despite the fact that these guys are mostly an instrumental progressive and psych rock band, their appeal is proving to be much further and wider than your average artist in that field. Chalk it up to how well they play together, the music itself or, y'know, their visual gimmick. But for whatever reason, I see all the time, like, loads of normie teenagers dancing to numerous songs from these guys, certainly more than I'm seeing of them jammin' to BTS or, like, the recent Harry Styles. And I dunno, I think that's sayin' somethin'.

And as Vol. II here suggests, this is the second album from the duo following their 2024 debut, which I admittedly missed, though I think most people did. But going into this new record here, I was mostly interested in, in kind of gaging the hype and seeing how the music measured up. And I was also kind of wondering if a studio record from the duo would reveal another side of themselves, their sound, the weird little world-building exercise they seem to be engaged in, though it mostly seems to kind of exist just for them to stay anonymous.

But given that this record is seemingly independently released, and how quickly the duo dropped it following their kind of viral blowup here, it's highly likely this record here was already in the can or mostly, mostly done, and then they managed to blow up while getting out there and performing, promoting their music.

But actually sitting down and listening to the record, did it blow me away? No, not necessarily. But I do think what Poitrine does here is good enough to meet the moment and hopefully bring fans potentially into a space where they are being appreciated for their sound as much as they are their visuals and, you know, the papier-mâché costumes. In a way, what these guys are doing kind of reminds me of a lot of, like, weird and experimental rock and rock-adjacent duos and groups that sometimes were costumed or quite theatrical in their presentation that were all over the indie scene in the 2000s. Be it either a Lightning Bolt or The Locust, even Sunn O))) maybe to a degree, who just dropped an album. Oh, and I should mention Hella. Hella!

However, those acts are far, much more influenced by noise and experimental rock, straight up. Meanwhile, what Poitrine does on this project makes much more sense in a modern rock landscape that sees bands like Khruangbin essentially being kind of the, you know, modern instrumental rock rule of thumb, with of course King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard being every alt teenager's gateway into microtonal music.

So, as weird and as avant-garde as Angine de Poitrine looks on the surface, I actually think their music has a surprising amount of crossover appeal with a lot of touring, working music acts out there today. And if there is anything making them a tad bit different, it's their clear prog and math rock influences, which manifest not only in some pretty gnarly solos but also a lot of interesting grooves that are either oddly timed or segmented in some interesting and surprising ways across the lengthy and multi-phased songs on this album, which gives these tracks sense of variety but also familiarity, because it allows the duo to provide a lot of variation on a certain musical idea or lick or riff without having to compose totally different sections within each song every time.

So, you know, you kind of like bombard the listener with a series of twists on the same musical mode or melody, which is a strength and a weakness of this record, because while it does make the six jams on this record pretty hypnotic and immersive, sometimes the repetition can be a bit daunting, especially in the second half of the track "Sarniezz." Like, just because you're layering a bunch of different guitar lines on top of each other, that doesn't necessarily mean they're complementary or that they provide any interesting sort of interplay.

So yeah, sometimes the very basic overdubbed guitar layers and ultra-dry mixes on this record are not enough to keep this thing thrilling from start to finish. And in the grander scheme of things, given the way the band presents themselves and the discourse around their music, I was kinda hoping for something a little more out there. I mean, for sure, the playing is tight throughout this project, but come on. It's not like the Eastern Bloc and Turkish musical scales that are all over this album are like an altogether new thing, especially within modern underground rock music. Like, even the band Altın Gün has a new record out this year. I

n a lot of ways, while the music isn't bad, I do see Poitrine as pretty much doing a silly presentation to launder musical ideas that maybe more narrow-minded people people wouldn't necessarily be open to in other contexts. Like the song "Utzp," for example. It's basically a fucking polka that doesn't want you to think it's a polka. Think a song Gogol Bordello would drop back in the day, but with like a kind of a metal-influenced finish. Or any number of John Zorn records over the years, where he's kind of putting together elements of experimental rock, prog rock, and klezmer.

Don't take my aggravation and annoyance here as having anything specifically to do with the band or the music itself. It doesn't. It's just a little disheartening to find that the most truly distinct and recognizable thing about what these guys are doing is just how they're dressed.

Still, at least half of the songs on this record are very good and killer examples of these guys just jamming their nuts off. But as they push things forward, I guess my one wish for what they're doing is to find more ways to work elements of effects or color or texture into their work, as the moments on this LP where you do hear some, like, very weird and almost alien guitar tones, those are pretty entertaining. I also hope the next record could possibly sound a little bit more live. Them being a duo does allow them a lot of improvisational freedom, which I hope they kind of like take the lead with into the future. Like, they don't have to merely limit themselves to what a band of five guys sounds like, who have to sort of like play together in a sensible way in order for it to come across, I guess, legible.

Still, with all that being said, the intro track on here is great. "Utzp," that I mentioned earlier, that has the polka vibes, is definitely a highlight too. And then my third favorite being "Yor Zarad," which is maybe the most original sounding moment on the record. Not only does it feel like these guys are kind of pushing those Anatolian rock influences to a really freaky edge, but then also in the very last leg we have some very much Residents-type licks popping up with a jump-the-fuck-up metal finish. And as cool as that cross-section of sounds are, I would bet my two balls that most people finding out about this band on TikTok have not heard a Residents album all the way through.

Still, with that being said, though this is not their first album, I do think this record is a very good introduction to Angine de Poitrine, and I'm hoping now that they have gotten this huge amount of exposure with a successful album launch off the back of it, they can tour, get out there, show more people what they've got, and hopefully circle back around with a record that feels a little bit more full, less skeletal in terms of its sound, its layers, its influences. Which is why I'm feeling a light to decent 7 on this one.

Anthony Fantano, Vol II.. Forever.

Having been forced to reschedule the North American leg of her ICONOCLASTS tour earlier this year due to visa issues with her band, Swedish artist Anna von Hausswolff has announced a new string of live shows and festival dates across Europe throughout the summer and fall.

A London date has also been announced for November, marking von Hausswolff's largest ever headline show that promises to be special. Tickets go on sale at 11am Central European Time on Thursday (April 9).

As she shared in early March, the North American dates have been rescheduled for January 2027. Full list of dates below.

Anna von Hausswolff tour dates:

05/28 Lund, SE @ Mejeriet
06/06 Barcelona, ES @ Primavera
06/14 Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
06/24 Athens, GR @ Release Athens
06/28 Antwerp, BE @ Live is Live
07/03 Gdynia, PL @ Open'er Festival
08/02 Waterford, IE @ Alltogether Now Festival
08/05 Ljubljana, SL @ Kino Šiška
08/06 Brno, CZ @ Pop Messe
08/08 Genoa, IT @ Lilith Festival
08/09 Rimini, IT @ Sagra Malatestiana
08/10 L'Aquila, IT @ Paesaggi Sonori
08/13 Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West
08/15 Copenhagen, DK @ Syd For Solen
08/28 Lisbon, PT @ Meo Kalorama
09/01 Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
09/02 Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke's
09/04 Brighton, UK @ Brighton Psych Fest
09/05 Manchester, UK @ Manchester Psych Fest
09/06 Dorset, UK @ End Of The Road
11/16 London, UK @ O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
01/07 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
01/09 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
01/11 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
01/12 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
01/15 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
01/17 Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall
01/18 Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Électriques
01/21 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
01/21 Washington, DC @ Union Stage
01/22 New York, NY @ Knockdown Center

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NYC-based singer/songwriter Allegra Krieger has dropped a surprise new album under the name of gentle boxer, showing a whole new side to her artistry. Recorded over the winter just gone, my heart is a gentle boxer is described on Krieger’s Bandcamp page as “found sound in the dank haze + lace over my eyes,” and on Instagram as a “new home for instrumental + noisy experimental janky."

Krieger plays every instrument on the record, except for some synth work on “Sweetheart” by hip-hop artist canteenkilla, who also lends his vocals to the song and one other. The song “From a different place” features the voice of writer Anne Carson reading her 2016 work  “An Essay on Threat.”

Listen to my heart is a gentle boxer below:

Krieger is out on tour later this month opening for Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold's on his run of solo acoustic shows, plus a headline gig in Kingston, NY, on April 23.

Allegra Krieger tour dates:

04/22 Burlington, VT @ Flynn Center for the Performing Arts *
04/23 Kingston, NY @ Tubby's
04/24 Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse *
04/25 Rockport, MA @ Shalin Liu Performance Center *
04/26 Nashua, NH @ Nashua Center for the Arts *

* with Robin Pecknold

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Only a few days remain until weekend 1 of the 2026 edition of Coachella kicks off on April 10, so they have unveiled the set times for each act.

Almost like a tradition and how they've done in past years, along with the announcement, there is a last-minute surprise addition to the lineup: Jack White will open the Mojave stage at 3pm for a 45-minute set.

Check out the set times for weekend 1 of Coachella below:

Friday

Coachella Stage
12:00 AM · Anyma
9:05 – 10:35 PM · Sabrina Carpenter
7:00 – 7:55 PM · The xx
5:30 – 6:20 PM · Teddy Swims
4:15 – 5:20 PM · Record Safari

Outdoor Theatre
10:35 – 11:50 PM · Disclosure
8:05 – 9:00 PM · Turnstile
6:40 – 7:30 PM · Dijon
5:20 – 6:10 PM · Lykke Li
4:00 – 4:50 PM · Dabeull
2:50 – 3:50 PM · Tiffany Tyson

Sonora
11:50 – 12:50 PM · Not For Radio
10:00 – 10:45 PM · Hot Mulligan
8:25 – 9:05 PM · Cachirula & Loojan
7:10 – 8:00 PM · Ninajirachi
6:00 – 6:40 PM · The Two Lips
4:50 – 5:30 PM · Fleshwater
3:40 – 4:20 PM · Wednesday
2:35 – 3:15 PM · Carolina Durante
1:40 – 2:10 PM · February
1:00 – 1:40 PM · Doom Dave

Gobi
11:05 – 11:55 PM · Creepy Nuts
9:50 – 10:35 PM · Joost
8:25 – 9:10 PM · Holly Humberstone
7:20 – 8:00 PM · fakemink
6:15 – 6:55 PM · CMAT
5:10 – 5:50 PM · Joyce Manor
4:00 – 4:40 PM · NewDad
2:55 – 3:35 PM · Bob Baker Marionettes
2:15 – 2:45 PM · Cahuilla Bird Singers and Dancers

Mojave
11:55 – 12:45 AM· Blood Orange
10:35 – 11:25 PM · Ethel Cain
8:10 – 9:00 PM · Moby
6:45 – 7:40 PM · Devo
5:30 – 6:15 PM · Central Cee
4:15 – 5:00 PM · BINI
3:00 – 3:45 PM · Slayyyter
2:00 – 2:50 PM · Novasoul

Sahara
12:05 – 12:55 AM · Sexyy Red
10:50 – 11:40 PM · Swap Lee
9:15 – 10:20 PM · Levity
8:00 – 8:45 PM · KATSEYE
6:15 – 7:15 PM · Marlon Hoffstadt
4:50 – 5:50 PM · HUGEL
3:45 – 4:35 PM · Youna
2:30 – 3:35 PM · MASSIO

Yuma
11:15 – 12:55 AM · Gordo
9:45 – 11:15 PM · Max Styler
8:30 – 9:45 PM · Max Dean x Luke Dean
7:15 – 8:30 PM · Prospa
6:00 – 7:15 PM · Kettama
4:45 – 6:00 PM · Rossi. x Chloé Caillet
3:45 – 4:45 PM · Groove Armada
2:45 – 3:45 PM · Arodes
1:45 – 2:45 PM · Jessica Brankka
1:00 – 1:45 PM · Sahar Z

Quasar
9:00 – 11:00 PM · PAWSA
7:00 – 9:00 PM · Deep Dish
5:00 – 7:00 PM · Tiga

Saturday

Coachella Stage
11:25 PM · Justin Bieber
9:00 – 10:10 PM · The Strokes
7:00 – 7:50 PM · GIVEON
5:30 – 6:20 PM · Addison Rae
4:15 – 5:20 PM · Jaqck Glam

Outdoor Theatre
10:20 – 11:20 PM · David Byrne
8:30 – 9:25 PM · Labrinth
7:05 – 7:55 PM · SOMBR
5:10 – 6:00 PM · Alex G
3:55 – 4:45 PM · Los Hermanos Flores
2:40 – 3:25 PM · Blondshell

Sonora
9:45 – 10:35 PM · Mind Enterprises
7:50 – 8:30 PM · 54 Ultra
6:40 – 7:20 PM · rusowsky
5:30 – 6:10 PM · Ceremony
4:20 – 5:00 PM · Ecca Vandal
3:10 – 3:50 PM · Freak Slug
2:00 – 2:40 PM · Die Spitz
1:00 – 2:00 PM · Triste Juventud

Gobi
10:10 – 11:00 PM · Morat
9:00 – 9:45 PM · BIA
7:50 – 8:35 PM · Davido
6:15 – 7:00 PM · Geese
5:10 – 5:50 PM · Luísa Sonza
4:05 – 4:45 PM · WHATMORE
2:05 – 2:50 PM · Noga Erez

Mojave
10:15 – 11:15 PM · Interpol
8:55 – 9:45 PM · PinkPantheress
7:30 – 8:20 PM · Taemin
5:50 – 6:35 PM · Royel Otis
4:30 – 5:20 PM · Fujii Kaze
3:00 – 3:45 PM · Jack White

Sahara
11:55 – 12:55 AM · Worship
10:30 – 11:25 PM · Adriatique
9:10 – 10:05 PM · REZZ
8:00 – 8:45 PM · Nine Inch Noize
6:15 – 7:10 PM · ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U
5:00 – 5:55 PM · Hamdi
4:00 – 4:50 PM · ZULAN
2:50 – 3:50 PM · TEED
2:00 – 2:45 PM · Seek-One

Yuma
11:00 – 12:55 PM · Armin van Buuren x Adam Beyer
9:45 – 11:00 PM · Boys Noize
8:15 – 9:45 PM · Bedouin
6:45 – 8:15 PM · SOSA
5:30 – 6:45 PM · Ben Sterling
4:15 – 5:30 PM · Mahmut Orhan
3:00 – 4:15 PM · Riordan
2:00 – 3:00 PM · GENESI
1:00 – 2:00 PM · Yamagucci

Quasar
9:00 – 11:00 PM · David Guetta
7:00 – 9:00 PM · Afrojack x Shimza
5:00 – 7:00 PM · Joezi

Sunday

Coachella Stage
9:55 PM · Karol G
7:50 – 8:40 PM · Young Thug
6:10 – 7:10 PM · Major Lazer
4:45 – 5:30 PM · Wet Leg
3:40 – 4:15 PM · Tijuana Panthers
2:45 – 3:30 PM · Gabe Real

Outdoor Theatre
10:30 – 11:30 PM · BIGBANG
8:40 – 9:40 PM · Laufey
6:45 – 7:40 PM · Foster The People
5:15 – 6:10 PM · Clipse
4:00 – 4:45 PM · Gigi Perez
3:00 – 3:50 PM · Juicewon

Sonora
9:10 – 10:00 PM · French Police
8:00 – 8:40 PM · DRAIN
6:40 – 7:30 PM · RØZ
5:30 – 6:10 PM · Los Retros
4:20 – 5:00 PM · Jane Remover
3:10 – 3:50 PM · Model/Actriz
2:00 – 2:40 PM · Glitterer
1:00 – 2:00 PM · Panda & Chok

Gobi
9:05 – 9:55 PM · The Rapture
7:45 – 8:35 PM · TOMORA
6:30 – 7:05 PM · Black Flag
5:15 – 6:00 PM · Oklou
4:05 – 4:50 PM · COBRAH
3:00 – 3:40 PM · The Chats
2:05 – 2:35 PM · flowerovlove

Mojave
8:45 – 10:00 PM · FKA twigs
7:10 – 8:10 PM · Iggy Pop
5:35 – 6:25 PM · Suicidal Tendencies
4:25 – 5:10 PM · Little Simz
3:15 – 3:55 PM · Samia
2:30 – 3:10 PM · wyldeflower

Sahara
10:45 – 11:55 PM · Kaskade
9:05 – 10:05 PM · Subtronics
7:25 – 8:25 PM · Mochakk
6:10 – 7:10 PM · Duke Dumont
4:45 – 5:45 PM · BUNT.
3:35 – 4:35 PM · Girl Math (VNSSA x Nala)
2:30 – 3:30 PM · LOBOMAN

Yuma
10:00 – 11:55 PM · Green Velvet x AYYBO
8:30 – 10:00 PM · WhoMadeWho
7:00 – 8:30 PM · Röyksopp
5:30 – 7:00 PM · Carlita x Josh Baker
4:15 – 5:30 PM · MËSTIZA
3:00 – 4:15 PM · &friends
2:00 – 3:00 PM · AZZECCA
1:00 – 2:00 PM · LE YORA

Quasar
8:00 – 10:00 PM · Fatboy Slim
6:00 – 8:00 PM · JOY (Anonymous)
4:00 – 6:00 PM · Jazzy

The Strokes have unveiled all details from their upcoming seventh album, Reality Awaits, produced by Rick Rubin, which comes out on June 26 via RCA.

The band recently played the lead single "Going Shopping" live and sent it to fans via mail on limited cassette tapes, but they have now officially dropped it. Listen below:

They also put out the official cover for the album, whose art direction and design was carried by Johann Rashid, using original art by painter and photographer Richard Prince, specifically Untitled (Cowboy), from 1989.

Reality Awaits is due June 26. Pre-order here. Full tracklist:

1. Psycho Shit
2. Dine N’Dash
3. Lonely in the Future
4. Falling out of Love
5. Going to Babble On
6. Going Shopping
7. Liar’s Remorse
8. The Fruits of Conquest
9. Pros and Cons