Ready Player One

Steven Spielberg’s latest would make for a great drinking game. Whenever you spot a pop culture reference, you have to do a shot. None of you will get to see the end of the movie, but lots of fun will be had. That’s because Ready Player One is based on Ernest Cline’s 2011 sci-fi novel and is pretty much non-stop 1980s pop culture references.

 

Tomb Raider

When this reboot of Tomb Raider kicks off, Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is working as a badass bike messenger in London. But when she finds a clue about her presumed dead father’s (Dominic West) whereabouts, she sets out on her first adventure and becomes… well, the Lara Croft we all know since she first popped up in the 1996 PlayStation game.

Unsane

We talked to bassist Dave Curran from influential noisemongers Unsane about 'Sterilize', their latest album which is out now via Southern Lord.

 

Art Thieves - Russian Rats

Art Thieves have announced that their Russian Rats LP will come out on 9/14/2018 via State Line Records.  The Quincy MA punk band, which features members of Dirty Water, have given everyone a taste of the new LP with a new track called "Proxies".

Gouge Away - Burnt Sugar

Ft. Lauderdale’s Gouge Away will release their Deathwish debut, Burnt Sugar, on September 28th.  The album, which was mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Oathbreaker) and produced by Jeremy Bolm (Touche Amore), dives into personal and political subject matter without getting the bends on its way back to the surface.
 

Night Birds - Roll Credits

Being barricaded in their homes, Night Birds had nothing better to do than write some new music! Check out “My Dad Is the BTK,” the first taste of their ripping new eight-song mini-album, Roll Credits, out Sept 21.

Additionally, the 12-inch and limited edition 7” box set are available for pre-order today! The box set includes “cover art” for each song on the album, each drawn by a different artist. Featuring art from Chris Shary, Nathan Gattis, Perry Shall, Marissa Paternoster, Michael Saunders, Paul D’Elia, Alex Hagen, and Keith Marlowe.