In April, Justin Vernon released SABLE, fABLE, his fifth studio album with his band Bon Iver. Now the indie mainstay is saying he’d be “very surprised” if there were another Bon Iver record. In an interview with The Times, Vernon was asked why he thinks superstars like Taylor Swift and Charli XCX wanted to work […]
Todd Snider Dead At 59
Todd Snider has died. News arrived yesterday that the Americana singer-songwriter was diagnosed with walking pneumonia, and this morning the musician’s official accounts posted that he has “departed this world.” He was 59. Earlier this month, Snider canceled his tour in support of his latest album High And Lonesome And Then Some, citing that he […]
FKA twigs Releases New Album EUSEXUA Afterglow & EUSEXUA Deluxe Edition On The Same Day
Back in January, FKA twigs finally released her long-promised, very good album EUSEXUA. Unless we’re counting CAPRISONGS, which is officially designated as a mixtape, EUSEXUA was the first new twigs album in six years. So it was a little confusing when twigs announced something called EUSEXUA Afterglow in August. Despite the title, EUSEXUA Afterglow is […]
Latin Grammys: Bad Bunny Wins His First Album Of The Year, Kacey Musgraves Duets With Carin Léon
Before Thursday night, Bad Bunny had never won a Latin Grammy in any of that show’s big general-interest categories. In the Album Of The Year category, he’d been nominated four times, and he’d lost all of them. Last night, however, the 2025 Latin Grammys went down in Las Vegas, and Bad Bunny finally took home […]
2hollis – “DOGS”
Last month, I saw 2hollis at New York’s Terminal 5 and it was one of the best, sweatiest shows I’d ever been to thanks to the nonstop energy. It turns out the hyperpop rapper is only upping the ante; he’s back today with a seismic rage-rap anthem called “DOGS,” which is co-produced with F1lthy. “DOGS” […]
Ariana Grande Accosted By Influencer At Wicked: For Good Singapore Premiere
The Wicked: For Good press cycle has not been kind to Ariana Grande. The star was unable to make the movie premiere in São Paulo last week due to flight issues, and subsequently faced a wave of death threats from fans. Yesterday, she was walking the red carpet at the film’s Singapore premiere when she […]
Twin Peaks Add 10th Anniversary Shows
Last week we noted that Twin Peaks, the defunct Chicago rock band that has nothing to do with the David Lynch TV show, were teasing a reunion. They did indeed announce a pair of hometown shows Monday commemorating the 10th anniversary of their album Down In Heaven, but we were so busy relaunching our website […]
LDB Fest 2026 Has Terror, Saves The Day, On Broken Wings, Tons Of Hardcore
Louisville, Kentucky’s LDB Fest is one of the biggest annual events on the hardcore landscape, and it has recently put a bit more emphasis on non-hardcore bands with hardcore backgrounds. This year, for instance, Basement and Superheaven shared headlining duties with Cold World. And at next year’s LDB, HC faith-keepers Terror will share that headlining […]
Opal Mag – “Wasting”
With singles like this year’s “Kitchen Song” and “I Don’t Like You, But I Love You,” Brighton-based musician Opal Mag has posited herself as a promising new voice of the ’90s indie rock revival. Right now, there are tons of artists making the type of noisy, hooky guitar music Opal Mag does, but not all […]
Charli XCX Announces Wuthering Heights Soundtrack Album: Hear “Chains Of Love”
In the midst of all of her other recent cinematic endeavors, Charli XCX contributed a bunch of songs to the soundtrack of writer/director Emerald Fennell’s new Wuthering Heights adaptation. The movie has Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as its stars, and Charli’s music has been pretty central to its marketing. Earlier this week, Charli gave […]