A couple of months ago, Glixen shared the entrancing track “foreversoon .” The Phoenix band played Nothing’s Slide Away Fest , which officially solidified their spot in the blooming shoegaz...
Couch Prints have impressed me with singles like “True Religion ” and “Hours ,” and new song “Colorado” is my favorite so far. It’s sort of a jumble of several hyper-online minimal ...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260072/couch-prints-colorado/music/
Last year, Mike Watt — of Minutemen fame, though he’s also a part of the reunited lineup of Porno For Pyros amongst other bands — has a “one-for-one” series, where he and a friend cover...
In February, King Of Leon announced their new album Can We Please Have Fun and released the lead single “Mustang ,” which they performed on Fallon shortly after. The Nashville rock veterans ...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260100/kings-of-leon-nothing-to-do/music/
In February, Taylor Swift announced her eleventh LP The Tortured Poets Department while accepting her 13th Grammy. A few days after the announcement, the tracklist leaked and the pop star shared...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260103/taylor-swifts-tortured-poets-department/music/
On Tuesday, rapper NBA YoungBoy was arrested after allegedly running a prescription drug ring that fraudulently obtained narcotics from pharmacies in 11 different cities throughout Utah. Federal ...
A plot development on the wildly popular reality show Vanderpump Rules apparently hinged on “Grown Ocean,” the iconic closing track from Fleet Foxes’ 2011 sophomore album Helplessness Blues...
Boston alt-rock veterans Buffalo Tom (who were part of quite the retrospective a few years back) are still going strong. New album Jump Rope, announced way back in January, is due for release at...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260066/buffalo-tom-autumn-letter/music/
In Trap, the new movie from Hollywood’s chief twistmaster M. Night Shyamalan, Josh Hartnett and Ariel Donoghue play a father and daughter who go to a show by pop star Lady Raven, played by Shya...
The French blackgaze deities Alcest have a new album called Les Chants De L’Aurore on the way. They announced it back in February with the release of “L’Envol ,” and today we get to hear ...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260055/alcest-flamme-jumell/music/
In early 2023, veteran New York rock ‘n’ rollers the Men released an album titled New York City . This Saturday, they’re putting out an alternate version of the LP as a vinyl-only Record St...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260051/the-men-i-see-the-light/music/
Ever since Nick Thorburn brought back Islands circa COVID, the band has been mighty prolific. They’ve thus far released two albums this decade, 2021’s Islomania and 2023’s And That’s Why...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260046/islands-drown-a-fish/news/
Martha Skye Murphy has some excellent collaborations under her belt, including work with Nick Cave and Squid . The latest pairs her with the great post-rock composer Roy Montgomery. “Need,” ...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260025/martha-skye-murphy-need-feat-roy-montgomery/music/
Back in 2022, the Lemonheads played some shows opening for the reunited Jawbreaker but eventually were removed from the tour. In response, head Lemonhead Evan Dando lashed out at Jawbreaker on T...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260034/evan-dando-apologizes-to-jawbreaker/news/
Forrest Richard “Dickey” Betts — guitarist, singer-songwriter, and founding member of the Allman Brothers Band — has died. His Instagram account shared the following message:
https://www.stereogum.com/2260028/dickey-betts-dead-at-80/news/
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Pearl Jam’s third album, Vitalogy — aka the most significant release in the grunge survivors’ long discography. And that’s not just because it rema...
For a band whose name I can’t spell or pronounce, JJUUJJUU are doing big things. Thus far this year, the LA-based experimental psychedelic rock collective, led by Desert Daze festival co-founde...
In January, LA’s Samira Winter — who goes by her last name — shared “the lonely girl .” Today, the dreamy artist has announced a new EP entitled …and she’s still listening. The unse...
The Indo-Canadian Punjabi rapper AP Dhillon caused a stir back home in India by smashing an ESP LTD Kirk Hammett V guitar at the end of his set at Coachella last weekend. In contrast to the Weste...
In 2008, long before Kevin Morby was a beloved singer-songwriter and one half of an indie folk-rock power couple, he was a member of Woods, the excellent, long-running New York psych-folk band. A...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259993/the-babies-announce-ny-la-reunion-shows/news/
Joe Goddard has released a plethora of music on his own and in his band Hot Chip. However, the British musician only has two solo albums: 2009’s Harvest Festival and 2017’s Electric Lines. To...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259949/joe-goddard-moments-die-feat-barrie/music/
Next week, Richmond underground metal warriors Inter Arma will release New Heaven, their first proper album in five years. The record is shaping up to be a motherfucker. We’ve posted two grand-...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260013/inter-arma-desolations-harp/music/
In 2021, Arooj Aftab’s released her third studio album, Vulture Prince , whose track “Mohabbat” won a Grammy for the Best Global Music Performance. Last year, the Pakistani artist teamed up...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259959/arooj-aftab-raat-ki-rani/music/
If I told you that “Drown” is the best song that the Smashing Pumpkins ever released, would that be a hot take? Or is it conventional wisdom? I don’t really know how most people think about...
https://www.stereogum.com/2260005/alice-glass-drown-the-smashing-pumpkins-cover/music/
It’s November 2003, and Jay-Z is retiring. That’s the idea, anyway. He’s making a whole spectacle out of it. At Madison Square Garden, Jay is playing an all-star farewell show, opening thin...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259703/ghostface-the-pretty-toney-album-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/
Almost a year ago, talk show host and comedian Conan O’Brien began teasing his travel series Conan O’Brien Must Go. In a trailer , O’Brien traveled to Bergen, Norway and recorded and perfor...
Debby Friday made a tremendous splash with last year’s brashly confident art-damaged dance-pop debut GOOD LUCK , which won the Polaris Prize as Canada’s best album of the year. (She also kil...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259987/debby-friday-to-the-dancefloor/music/
Two of our finest straight-up rock ‘n’ roll bands have joined forces. Louisville garage shredders White Reaper have been in the game for over a decade, and they’ve got four albums to their ...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259985/spritual-cramp-whatever-you-say-man-feat-white-reaper/music/
In their first incarnation, Drop Nineteens did not last long. The Boston shoegaze band started in 1990, released a couple of albums and a handful of extra tracks, and played their final show in B...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259980/watch-drop-nineteens-reunite-for-first-show-in-30-years/news/
Are you in the market for a little old place where we can get together? Well, you’re in luck because Kate Pierson of the B-52s and her wife Monica Coleman are selling their funky airstream comp...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259921/b52s-kate-pierson-airstream/news/
Next week, Mister Goblin will release his new album Frog Poems. So far the indie rock project of Sam Goblin (of Two Inch Astronaut fame) has shared “Goodnight Sun ” and “The Notary ,” and...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259937/mister-goblin-run-hide-fight/music/
Though Martin Scorsese shared his latest film Killers Of The Flower Moon just last year, the legendary director is already discussing plans for future projects. Today, in an interview with Variet...
Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Festival will return to New York this June 5-16, and once again there are quite a few music-related films in the mix:
I don’t know about you, but Hana Vu’s got a new song called “22,” and everything will be all right if you keep it next to yoouuu. Look. What do you want from me? There’s a new Taylor Sw...
Joe Agius, the Australian musician who records under the name Rinse, happens to be married to Harriette Pilbeam, the indie-pop star known as Hatchie. Rinse and Hatchie have worked together a bunc...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259905/rinse-kiss-me-kill-me-feat-hatchie/music/
Annie Clark is course-correcting. She’s not pulling the classic rockstar move of readily disowning that last record people didn’t like so much and promising the new one is way better. Neverth...
The adventurous UK producer and former PC Music ringleader A. G. Cook is getting ready to release Britpop, a new three-part album with some serious lore behind it. Thus far, Cook has shared “Si...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259895/a-g-cook-soulbreaker/music/
Last month we learned that Ryan Kattner, aka Honus Honus, would be releasing a new Man Man album called Carrot On Strings this summer via Sub Pop. Today he’s followed up the rather Spoon-y lead...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259897/man-man-tastes-like-metal/music/
Yesterday I mentioned dragging my suitcase to see Perennial at SXSW because I couldn’t check into my Airbnb yet. The next thing I did that fateful afternoon was to pull my bag across the stree...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259871/good-looks-self-destructor/music/
Modern Color come from Redondo Beach, California, and they’ve mastered the kind of woozy, romantic combination of shoegaze and post-hardcore that’s been all the rage in the last few years. Th...
https://www.stereogum.com/2259881/modern-color-star-9200/music/