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Featuring RMR, Saweetie, God Colony, Buddy, Akai Solo, Open Mike Eagle, and Tall Black Guy
Jul 29, 2020
By Dustin Krcatovich
Like most people that heard “RASCAL” when it dropped earlier this year, I wanted to know more about RMR from the jump. There’s something so perverse about flipping a Rascal Flatts love ballad and turning it into an anti-cop anthem, of making a refrain of “fuck 12” into a lighters-hoisted singalong. More
Ex Nihilo Due Out May 3 via Ernest Jenning
Apr 12, 2019
By Stephen Axeman
Indie noise rockers Versus have returned with their new single “Bow and Arrow” off of their upcoming EP Ex Nihilo and we are pleased to premiere it. The single marks Versus’ first new music in nine years. More
NYC Fans Can Prepare to Hear Them Rock Brooklyn’s Rock Shop
Jul 26, 2010
By John Everhart
Versus, in addition to some already announced tour dates with Polvo, Superchunk, and Jenny and Johnny, have announced a record release show at the new Brooklyn venue Rock Shop and are streaming the record in its entirety. We have the details. More
First Since 2001 for Seminal Indie Act
Jun 04, 2010
By John Everhart
Superchunk announce their first full-length album since 2001’s Here’s to Shutting Up along with new tour dates and a television appearance. We have the details. More
On the Ones and Threes Due August 3rd
May 18, 2010
By John Everhart
Having released a trio of great records throughout the ‘90s (The Stars Are Insane, Secret Swingers, Two Cents Plus Tax), and an excellent thought then to be swansong LP in 2000 (Hurrah), Versus spent the ‘00s largely dormant, But their new LP, On the Ones and Threes, is due to be released on Merge August 3rd. Merge have released the first MP3, “Invincible Hero,” and we have it here. More
Reviews
Aug 04, 2010
By Hays Davis
The first minute or so of “Invincible Hero,” the opening track of the first Versus album in 10 years, presses the question: Where has Versus been all this time? A decade has passed since their last album, Hurrah, and sometimes a break isn’t a bad idea, of course. More