Fat White Family, an English rock band that’s been around since 2011, are bitter. Over the years they’ve ignited beef with Mac DeMarco and IDLES, and now they’re doing the same with the rising New York outfit Geese. On Instagram, Fat White Family screenshotted a Spotify playlist centered on South London’s windmill scene, and wrote, […]
Lola Young Shares First Message Since Career Hiatus
After her hit “Messy” catapulted Lola Young into stardom, the 24-year-old singer had a hard year. She canceled performances due to mental health concerns, vomited onstage at Coachella, collapsed during her All Things Go festival set, and then announced a hiatus at the end of September. Now, she’s back with her first message since then. On […]
Bernice – “Poisson Noël”
Bernice have been laying low. The Toronto pop experimentalists have been doing shows, and in October they did a special, Monsters, Inc.-themed release. Now they’re back with another holiday gift: A song called “Poisson Noël.” On Instagram, the band wrote, “emerging from newborn life to share our winter song of 2025: poisson noël, recorded at […]
Conviction Overturned In Killing Of Jam Master Jay
Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay (real name Jason Mizell) was shot and killed in 2002, and arrests weren’t made until 2020. Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr. were suspected of murdering the hip-hop pioneer, and in 2024 they were found guilty. Now, Karl Jordan Jr.’s conviction has been nixed after the judge ruled that there was […]
Timothée Chalamet Raps With EsDeeKid, Hips Gwyneth Paltrow To Weyes Blood
Last week, Timothée Chalamet recently refused to say whether he’s the secret identity of masked UK rapper EsDeeKid. When questioned directly in three separate UK radio interviews, Chalamet merely repeated, “All will be revealed in due time.” All has now been revealed. Contrary to unserious internet rumor, Chalamet and EsDeeKid are not the same person. […]
John Keek Shares New Single “somuchlove” With Mk.gee & Andrew Aged
John Keek is an LA-based producer and multi-instrumentalist who’s got a lot of credits on other people’s records, especially those from Dijon, Mk.gee, and that whole crew. Dijon and Mk.gee justifiably get a lot of press, and it’s cool to hear them working on much smaller, quieter releases from their regular collaborators. Last month, for […]
Nyxy Nyx – “dreaming in Raincoats 2” (Feat. Midwife’s Madeline Johnston)
Nyxy Nyx, the prolific Philadelphia slowcore crew with the annoying-to-type name, have been cranking out lo-fi DIY releases for many years, but their recent Cult Classics Vol. 1 was their first-ever studio release. It’s one of Stereogum’s top shoegaze albums of the year. Just last week, Nyxy Nyx followed that LP with a new self-titled […]
A$AP Rocky Unveils Don’t Be Dumb Release Date, Tim Burton Cover Art
For a very, very long time, A$AP Rocky has been promising a new album called Don’t Be Dumb. His last LP was the divisive Testing, which came out way back in May 2018. After years of teasing, Don’t Be Dumb was originally slated for an August 2024 release date, which was pushed back after the […]
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Release The Death Of Bunny Munro Soundtrack
In 2009, Nick Cave published The Death Of Bunny Munro, a darkly comic novel about a sex-addicted salesman. I read it for work, and I hated it. When The Death Of Bunny Munro first came out, Cave and his frequent collaborator Warren Ellis scored the audiobook. Now, The Death Of Bunny Munro has been adapted […]
Pinkshift – “Snow”
The emotive Baltimore punks Pinkshift released their album Earthkeeper earlier this year, and the followed it by releasing the single “Authority Problem” and a live cover of Slipknot’s “Eyeless.” Now, we’re getting one last Pinkshift track before the year is out. It’s a pretty, shimmery, largely acoustic song called “Snow.” I don’t know whether it […]