Spoon were not supposed to play in Austin this past Saturday. The bill for the 25th anniversary “Electric Lounge Reunion” at 310 Austin City Limits promised a short acoustic set by Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and original guitarist Greg Wilson, aka “Wendel Stivers.” They would reach back through the decades to play songs from the […]
Tupac Shakur Estate Threatens Drake With Legal Action Over AI Diss Track
After responding to Kendrick Lamar and his other foes with “Push Ups,” Drake unleashed a second diss track at K.dot over the weekend. This one, known as the “Taylor Made Freestyle,” features AI vocals from the late Tupac Shakur (a Kendrick hero who appears in sampled form in the interview at the end of To […]
Woodsist Festival Announces 2024 Lineup Feat. Yo La Tengo, Real Estate, Jessica Pratt, & More
Jeremy Earl, leader of the psychedelic indie-folk band Woods, has been running his Woodsist label for a long time. Every year, he brings a bunch of likeminded bands together for the Woodsist Festival, a bucolic affair that always looks extremely pleasant. This year, the Woodsist Fest will return to New York’s Hudson Valley, and the […]
Haircut 100 Announce First US Shows In Over 40 Years
British new wave greats Haircut 100 got together in 1980, cranked out a bunch of classic power pop jams that did well on the UK charts, and then broke up in 1984. Frontman Nick Heyward went solo and made a bunch of records. Haircut 100 have gotten back together a couple of times since their […]
Talking Heads Tribute Album Tracklist Revealed For Today’s 40th Anniversary Of Stop Making Sense
In January, A24 Music announced a Talking Heads tribute album entitled Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute To Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense. Today, they’re sharing the project’s release date — May 17 — as well as the full tracklist. Plus, Girl In Red’s cover of “Girlfriend Is Better” is out now. “Talking Heads is an […]
NYC Indie Rock Trio Love Child Announce First Show In 30 Years
New York rockers Love Child didn’t last for long. The band got together in 1987, released a couple of albums, and were done by 1994. During their tenure, Love Child combined shambling, starry-eyed lo-fi indie-pop with noisy, expressionist no wave, a combination that would prove influential. It wasn’t enough to keep their records from going […]
The Dead Tongues – “Body Of Light” & “I’m A Cloud Now”
The Dead Tongues, the longstanding indie-folk project of North Carolina’s Ryan Gustafson, have an ambitious new release on the way. Two companion albums, Body Of Light and I Am A Cloud, are coming this summer — the former in June, the latter in August, when both will be combined as a 2xLP physical release. Across […]
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department Broke Several Streaming Records And Is Already The #1 Album Of The Year
At this point, it’s difficult to talk about Taylor Swift without coming off like a business reporter who’s breathlessly extolling some company’s perpetually skyrocketing stock price. Swift’s commercial success is so far beyond anything that her peers have managed that it doesn’t feel fair to compare anyone else to her. Case in point: Swift’s new […]
Previous Industries – “Pliers”
Earlier this year, the great underground rap veteran and all-around gadfly Open Mike Eagle announced that he’d formed a new group called Previous Industries with his old friends and collaborators Still Rift and Video Dave. The three rappers, all Chicagoans who now live in Los Angeles, are old friends, and they’ve been working together for […]
Album Of The Week: Microwave Let’s Start Degeneracy
Dumpster-diving by a Dunkin’ Donuts. Spraying insecticide in closets to get rid of roaches. Walking seven miles with friends after getting too high to drive, only to realize you forgot your wallet. Pissing off of a porch. Going 65 in a 25. Trading a hat for a pack of Newports. Wedging a hanger into a […]