Jeff Rosenstock has dropped off the Booze Cruise festival, an event that is scheduled to take place in Hamburg, Germany later this spring. Rosenstock was announced as the top-billed headliner for the fest back in March. “After a lot of thought and offline conversations, we will not be playing this years Booze Cruise,” Rosenstock wrote […]
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Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant Finds Taylor Swift’s Music Lacking: “What Is [Her] ‘Billie Jean’?”
Taylor Swift released The Tortured Poets Department, a surprise double album, last week. On Monday night, Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe sat down for a conversation with The Guardian critic Alexis Petridis ahead of the release of their new album Nonetheless. Naturally, Swift came up as a topic of conversation. Early on […]
David Gilmour – “The Piper’s Call”
David Gilmour has announced Luck And Strange, his first new album since 2015’s Rattle That Lock. The Pink Floyd legend will release the LP on Sept. 6, and he’s sharing the lead single “The Piper’s Call” today. “It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant,” Gilmour said about the song […]
Stream Corridor’s Mesmerizing New Album Mimi A Day Early
Until this week, Corridor hadn’t released an album in half a decade. They’ve made good use of that time. The Montréal band have always put their own spin on post-punk, mixing a tight, jittery rhythm section with a florid and expansive melodic palette and the firepower to really and truly rock out. Those tendencies remain […]
Softcult – “One Of The Pack”
Softcult, the duo of Toronto twin siblings Mercedes and Phoenix Arn-Horn, were a Stereogum Band To Watch last year, and they’ll release their new EP Heaven next month. By the time the record comes out, we’ll probably already know all the songs, since Softcult like to drop one track at a time. We’ve already posted […]
Stand Still – “In The Dying Light Of A Setting Sun”
In June, the Long Island hardcore band Stand Still are releasing their debut album Steps Ascending. We’ve heard the title track and “Mysticism” from it already, and today they’re sharing another new single, “In The Dying Light Of A Setting Sun.” “The “setting sun” in this track is one’s lifespan running short, and the “dying […]
Lightning Bug – “Lullaby For Love”
Three years ago, New York indie rockers Lightning Bug dropped their album A Color Of The Sky on Fat Possum. Next week, they’ll follow that LP with the entirely self-released new one No Paradise. We’ve posted the early singles “December Song” and “Opus,” and now they’ve released another one. “Lullaby For Love,” Lightning Bug’s latest, […]
Behind The Scenes Of Spoon’s Telephono-Era Reunion Set In Austin
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 […]
Artists’ Hit Songs You Didn’t Know Were Covers
There are some songs that are hard to imagine anyone else singing. “Ring of Fire” is truly a song that needs Johnny Cash’s voice to pull it off. And “Respect” is now completely synonymous with Aretha Franklin. But would you believe that neither of them was the original singer or songwriter on their top hits? […]