D4L’s 2005 single “Betcha Can’t Do It Like Me” didn’t become a huge crossover hit like their other song “Laffy Taffy” did. But it’s still a prime example of the peak ringtone-rap era, and it still randomly gets stuck in my head way more often than it should. New York rapper/producer Cash Cobain made his name by building strange, horny new shapes out of ultra-familiar samples, and his new single “Betcha Can’t” gives D4L the sample-drill treatment.
Lucy Dacus is celebrating 10 years of her debut album No Burden. The singer-songwriter announced an anniversary reissue today and shared the previously unreleased fan-favorite “No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye.”
Che and Nettspend, two of the young rage stars who bailed on that Canadian rap festival, are both young as fuck. Che turned 20 last week, so they’re not both still teenagers. Still, when you add up both rappers’ ages, you get a grand total of 39. Tomorrow is my 47th birthday, which means I am the wrong person to say anything about “KickAss (Pull Up Pls),” the two-rappers’ first-ever collaboration.
Bay Area thrashers Forbidden are premiering a brand new single, “Burning The Lungs Of Earth”, as part of their forthcoming self-titled album release. The accompanying video clip was directed by Chris Kontos and edited by Mike Sloat. Read more…
Lustmord Lombardo, the pairing of two of heavy and experimental music’s most respected musicians, ambient heavyweight Lustmord and percussive force DaveLombardo, release “The Desolate Shore Part I: Submergence” from the duo’s forthcoming album, The Pulse of Atoms (Oct. 2, Ipecac Recordings).
“’The Desolate Shore’ is a meditative landscape that feels like a slow descent into the abyss,” Lombardo says of the newly released track. “There is a sense of the ground moving beneath you as shifting rhythms make it feel like nothing is ever completely still beneath the surface.”
The pair previously released “Paleomagnetic Resonance,” an eight-minute meditative composition that Consequence described as “a brooding atmospheric drone track.”
Lustmord, discussing the duo’s approach to the album, shared: “One thing about an album like this is that you can’t really point it out as being part of any specific genre or, hopefully, any specific period. Is it from last year? Is it from 10 years ago, is it from 20 years ago, is it from 5 years in the future? It’s trying to create something that has its own sound, not tapping into whatever musical language or history you’re familiar with. It goes way, way further back. This is the sound of planets dying or of stars being born. It’s about a bigger picture. It’s the sound of the birth of the universe and the death of the universe; it’s not rock and roll.”
The two musicians met backstage at a Fantômas show, introduced by mutual friend Buzz Osborne, around the time that Lustmord and Melvins released their collaborative album. Nearly two decades later, Lombardo and Lustmord convened as Lustmord Lombardo, crafting an album that is as cold and distant as it is frantic and engaging. The Pulse of Atoms showcases an unheard side of Lombardo and brings Lustmord back to his industrial roots.
Rather than composing songs in a traditional sense, Lustmord built evolving walls and vortices of sound, leaving room for Lombardo to add percussion and various synthesizer layers. Once the editing and arrangement were complete, Lustmord mixed and mastered the record, which was a balancing act between the two players’ large, loud musical presences.
Album pre-orders, including a pair of limited-edition vinyl variants (Clear and Smoke), CD, and digital pre-saves, are available now.
Lustmord is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of dark ambient and industrial music. Active since the early ‘80s, his work draws on field recordings, low-frequency drones, and cinematic sound design to create immersive, atmospheric pieces. Lustmord‘s catalog spans dozens of solo releases and collaborations, and his influence extends into film and game scoring, as well as experimental electronic production.
Dave Lombardo is a GRAMMY Award-winning drummer whose playing style helped define the sound of thrash and extreme metal. He is also one of the most versatile percussionists in heavy music, known as a founding member of Slayer, as well as for his work with Fantômas, SuicidalTendencies, Dead Cross, Mr. Bungle, the Misfits, and a wide range of collaborations. In 2023, Lombardo released his debut solo album, Rites of Percussion, which NPR praised as “a very different side of one of metal’s most punishing drummers.”
Hustle Culture: Good name for a band, especially a post-punk band. This particular post-punk band comes from Cincinnati, and their debut EP Kill A Computer came out last year. Kill A Computer: Good title! Today, Hustle Culture follow that record with a single called “New Government Pyramid Scheme,” and I’m sensing a pattern here. Hustle Culture are good at naming things. They’re also good at making bracing, urgent, cynical stompers, and “New Government Pyramid Scheme” is one of those. Listen below.
Danish psychedelic doom/stoner metal unit Sonic Moon has signed deal with Ripple Music and concurrently announced the release of their sophomore full-length. Entitled In Lack Of Clarity, it will land in stores on November 6th, 2026. Mix and mastering handled by Haldor Grunberg at Satanic Audio. To taste a first piece of the new material, check out the opening track called “Weightlessness”. Read more…