Pine Barons released a catchy indie rock 'Sputter'; RZA and Ghostface Killah are in classic Wu-Tang mood with 'Fighting for Equality'; some big careers started off with covers - new hardcore strength Gulch might be on that same path with 'Sin in my Heart'; Open Mike Eagle went groovy-jazzy in 'Bucciarati'; Thou and Emma Ruth Rundle released melodic doom goth 'Ancestral Recall'; Mina Tindle, Kate Stables, Emma Broughton, Melissa Laveaux re-sang Nina Simone's '22nd Century'; Carcass are back with a metal banger 'The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue', their first new song in 7 years.

Wu-Tang Clan frontman RZA teamed up with American ice cream company Good Humor to pen its new ice cream truck jingle. It might seem funny, but RZA has pointed out that the popular ice cream truck jingle 'Turkey in the Straw', often heard from trucks has a history rooted in racism, explaining the song was popularized via minstrel shows "and some adaptations paired it with hateful, racist lyrics". RZA hopes his new jingle will be adopted by ice cream truck drivers all over, so it's been made free to use. It will even be included as an industry-standard in ice cream truck music boxes.

RZA has released 'Guided Explorations', a five-track EP that is meant to be listened to in a “chill environment”, preferably while drinking some TAZO Tea. RZA goes deep on the scourge of distraction and poisonous thoughts, explaining how “competitive pressure can stagnate you”. As the record continues, he spools out kernels of self-help advice over ambient soundscapes and light beats.

The eccentric auteur has filmed a feature-length zombie comedy 'The Dead Don’t Die', which boasts one hell of a cast, including musicians Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, RZA and Selena Gomez, as well as actors Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloe Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, and Steve Buscemi. Brothers Coen-ish movie comes to theatres in june. Consequence of […]

"The greatest zombie cast ever disassembled" will star in Jim Jarmusch's zombie movie 'The Dead Don't Die'. So, in musicians-first order, it's: Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, RZA, Selena Gomez, Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Caleb Landry Jones, Rosie Perez, Sara Driver and Carol Kane. The plot is not […]