• Rippitup—Moment Trigger returns with a stack of new songs on Soundcloud.

• “You know we don’t have ratless studio kind of money”—Dave Sirus presents DIY, a new series about music, selling out, and surviving in L.A.

• “There’s no parental advisory”—GZA the Genius conspires with Neil Degrasse Tyson to make an educational rap album about space.

• Walk through hell—Furcast solicits funds to finish this promising vid.

• Bitter music—Tonight, REDCAT celebrates the microtonal and quixotic Harry Partch.

• Bang the demons out of your dome—Boise Weekly‘s Joss Gross is the best music journalist.