Here’s a weird one! Mark Lee, a former member of the successful K-pop idol groups NCT 127 and NCT Dream, recently announced that he was going solo and splitting away from SM Entertainment, the South Korean talent-agency conglomerate behind the the various NCT sub-groupings, to launch his own label Upper Room. A few weeks later, Upper Room posted photos of Lee wearing a Confederate flag shirt at an event. Since then, Upper Room has posted and then seemingly deleted an apology.
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This year, Zebrahead is celebrating its impressive 30th anniversary. Just in time for the occasion, the California punk institution is returning in November and December for a major tour through Germany. Even after three decades, the world is still listening to them just as eagerly as ever. Under the banner “DRUNK AND SH*TTY IN EVERY… Continue Reading →
There are band bios, and then there are documents that appear to have been shouted into a cracked mirror at the end of civilization. Belgian duo Bacht’n de Vulle Moane fall firmly into the latter camp. Formed in 2024 by SCM and A.A.K., the project exists somewhere between black metal violence, electronic pulse, scabbed-over despair and the kind of sarcasm that only really works when everything else has failed.
Following 2025 debut Klaagrituelen, Bacht’n de Vulle Moane return with Verdwazing Der Dwazen, a six-track second album due September 1 via Into Endless Chaos Records and De Pankraker. The labels call it “abrasive, stark and bleak motorics,” which is accurate enough, provided you understand that “motorics” here means less sleek repetition and more getting dragged behind a machine that has developed religious trauma.
Today, Decibel is premiering “Verdwazing Der Dwazen (Min Erte Bloedt),” the album’s third track and apparent midpoint rupture. It combines the feral scrape of black metal with the hypnotic churn of electronics, pushing forward with the grim certainty of something ugly discovering momentum. The band’s own summary is probably still the best thesis statement: struggle, decay, sarcasm, anger, despair and “fuckin’ sunshine.” That last part matters. Bacht’n de Vulle Moane aren’t offering escape from collapse so much as proof that making a horrible noise inside it still counts as defiance.
With their 11th studio album New Ways to Lose, American Aquarium and front man BJ Barham continue to prove why they remain one of the most vital voices in Americana and roots rock. Produced once again by Shooter Jennings and tracked live over a 10-day session in Los Angeles, the record captures the band at […]
Gordi, a 2016 Stereogum Artist To Watch, debuted new songs at shows in her native Australia this past autumn — Australian autumn, meaning March through May — and sold them as a tour-exclusive EP titled Nylon. The copies sold out entirely, and the strength of those sales on that five-week tour led the EP’s #3 debut on AIR’s 100% Independent Singles chart in late May, meaning it charted before its formal release or any online announcement.
The difficult-to-Google electronic folk band @ have not let search engine optimization stop their inexorable rise through the indie music world. In October, the duo of Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak will follow up their 2021 debut Mind Palace Music and 2024’s Are You There, God? It’s Me, @ EP with Autosmile, their first album for the storied 4AD label.
