Once a year, the Nelsonville Music Festival brings a thoughtfully curated collection of artists to Nelsonville, Ohio. Our own Chris DeVille was there last year, and he proclaimed that the festival “rules.” Allow him to elaborate: “The way forward, as has been obvious for a while now, is smaller, more carefully curated fests — sustainable […]
Willie Nelson Shares New Lawnmower Man Collab
The headline at the top of this blog post probably isn’t fair. Willie Nelson did not actually record a duet with Jobe Smith, a gardener with intellectual disabilities who gets plugged into a virtual reality supercomputer and becomes a godlike digital super-being. But when you have the opportunity to make a graphic that puts a […]
Jessica Lea Mayfield & Dolour Cover Weezer’s Pinkerton As A Jazzy Piano Album: Hear “Why Bother?”
Weezer’s 1996 sophomore album Pinkerton is a fucked-up, horny, self-doubting scrawl of a record that famously almost ended the band. Pinkerton was a commercial and mostly critical failure when it came out, but it quickly found a huge cult audience and informed tons of emo and indie rock bands that followed. Weezer never made another […]
Grammys Announce Performers For Ozzy And D’Angelo Tributes
The Grammys are coming up. This Sunday, the awards show will take place at LA’s Crypto.com Arena and we recently found out that all of the Best New Artist nominees will be performing. Now, the Recording Academy has announced the performers for the In Memoriam section. Lauryn Hill will pay tribute to D’Angelo and Roberta […]
Nicki Minaj Joins Donald Trump Onstage, Says She’s “The President’s #1 Fan”
Last year, Nicki Minaj’s public spiral culminated in her unexpected appearance at Turning Points USA’s AmericaFest in Arizona alongside Erika Kirk, the widow of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. The rapper’s descent into MAGA continued today as she spoke at a Treasury Department event in Washington DC, declaring herself “the president’s #1 fan.” The summit is […]
Neil Young Seeks To Boycott All Trump-Supporting Companies, Calls Out Apple And Verizon
Neil Young is serious about boycotts. Last year he stopped using Facebook and Instagram due to Meta’s “use of chatbots with children,” and later removed his catalog from Amazon Music due to Jeff Bezos’ support of Donald Trump’s administration. Now, he’s announcing a boycott of all Trump-supporting companies, including Apple and Verizon. In a new […]
Fakemink – “fml .”
At least most of the time, it probably feels pretty good to be fakemink right now. Over the past year or so, the young UK rapper’s dizzying, delightfully lo-fi tracks have lifted him out of the underground, to the point where he’s hanging out with his rage forebears like Playboi Carti, playing Camp Flog Gnaw, […]
Dehd’s Jason Balla Announces Debut Solo Album As Accessory: Hear “Calcium”
Along with being a member of the great Chicago indie rockers Dehd, Jason Balla has had a solo project for a few years now called Accessory, through which he’s shared one-off singles like “Wherever You Are Tonight” and last year’s “Chain Link.” Today, at last, Balla has announced the debut Accessory LP: Dust is out […]
Kneecap Announce New Album FENIAN: Hear “Liars Tale”
Since Kneecap’s 2024 debut album Fine Art, the Northern Irish rap trio has been through a lot. They’ve been one of the most outspoken voices advocating for Palestine amidst Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and bringing that to the stage during their Coachella performance led to what they called a “coordinated smear campaign” that included parting […]
MILLY Are Breaking Up
MILLY are breaking up. The grungy, dreamy LA rockers announced their imminent departure today with a note on Instagram, explaining that “our time has come to lay this band to rest.” But they’re “going out with a bang” thanks to three California shows with Kan Kan in San Francisco, San Diego, and South Pasadena. Here’s […]