Andrew Sacher

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Madrid screamo/post-hardcore band Boneflower have signed to Deathwish for the followup to their excellent 2020 album Armour. The new album Reveries comes out on July 25 (pre-order), and its lead single “Pomegranate” features guest vocals from Touché Amoré’s Jeremy Bolm, who included a track by Boneflower on his 2023 screamo comp Balladeers, Redefined. If you like Touché and other bands of their ilk, you’ll probably like this Boneflower song too.

2 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Andrew Sacher

The Donald Trump vs Bruce Springsteen saga continued when Springsteen collaborator Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine weighed in during his set at Boston Calling on Sunday (5/25). He played in front of a giant “Fuck Trump” backdrop, and The Independent reports that on stage he said, “Bruce is going after Trump because Bruce, his whole life, he’s been about truth, justice, democracy, equality. And Trump is mad at him because Bruce draws a bigger audience.

2 days ago | flipboard.com | Andrew Sacher

3 hours agoNPR and three Colorado public radio stations filed suit Tuesday morning in federal court against the Trump White House over the president's executive order that purportedly bars the use of Congressionally appropriated funds for NPR and PBS. "It is not always obvious when the government has acted …

2 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Andrew Sacher

Neil Young played a solo acoustic benefit for Ontario’s Lakefield College School on the campus grounds on May 23, and during his set he broke out “My Boy,” written in 1983 as an ode to his son Zeke, for the first time since the ‘83 Solo Trans tour. Fan-shot video has surfaced, and the song–recorded in 1983 and then released on 1985’s Old Ways–still sounds gorgeous all these years later. Watch a clip below and see the full video here.

4 days ago | brooklynvegan.com | Andrew Sacher

We’re devastated to learn that hip hop historian, filmmaker, musician, author, and more Sacha Jenkins has passed away. His wife Raquel Cepeda confirmed the sad news to The Hollywood Reporter that he died on Friday morning at his home due to complications from multiple system atrophy. He was 54. Born in Philadelphia on August 22, 1971, Jenkins went on to publish some of the earliest graffiti zines before co-founding the NYC-based hip hop magazine Ego Trip in 1994.