Are we on the brink of a Jewel renaissance? Last month, Olivia Rodrigo welcomed the ’90s folk-pop star to the stage at Madison Square Garden, and the two of them sang “You Were Meant For Me” together. On Saturday night, Jewel also presented MUNA with an award at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s annual Center […]
Hear Hana Stretton’s Transcendent Soon, Reissued Today By Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum
Sometime after the British-Australian singer-songwriter Hana Stretton released her album Soon last year, she was booked to open for Mount Eerie in Melbourne. When Phil Elverum saw who was playing the show, he decided to check out Stretton’s album and was gobsmacked by what he heard. The result: Elverum’s record label P.W. Elverum & Sun […]
Laughing – “Will She Ever Be A Friend Of Mine”
Last month the Montréal power-pop band Laughing shared “Bruised,” an early single from their new album Because It’s True. They’ve got another teaser track out today. “Will She Ever Be A Friend Of Mine” is three minutes of pure Byrds-y bliss by way of Big Star, Teenage Fanclub, and the Lemonheads. Let the jangly riffs […]
LA Laura Paris Levels Up With The Fierce Electro Anthem “Game Over”
LA Laura Paris releases a new single, “Game Over.” The electro-pop anthem weaves together pounding French-inspired beats and hot, neon aesthetics while delivering not a bleak presentation but a vibrant one when it comes to matters of self-worth and empowerment. In “Game Over,” LA Laura Paris reconsiders toxic relations and outdated games, symbolized by a […]
The The Announce First New Album In Nearly 25 Years
The The, Matt Johnson’s longstanding post-punk and new wave band, has not released a new studio album since 2000’s NakedSelf, opting instead to compose a new movie score every few years. But the band — which has rotated through many members over the year, including Johnny Marr and Gail Ann Dorsey — is back in […]
Chicago Punk Band Sludgeworth Release First New Music In Over 30 Years
When the Chicago punk band Sludgeworth started in 1989, they were a Screeching Weasel side project. At the time, Sludgeworth singer Dan Schafer played bass and guitar in Screeching Weasel, and drummer Brian McQuaid was also in both bands. (Back then, Dan Schafer was known as Dan Vapid, and Brian McQuaid was Brian Vermin.) Pretty […]
Watch Post Malone Debut New Country Song “Never Love You Again” At The ACM Awards
Along with Noah Kahan and a surprise Dua Lipa, Post Malone made his debut at the ACMs tonight. The rapper performed a whole set of country covers at Stagecoach a few weeks ago, and this evening he debuted a new country song called “Never Love You Again.” He also played a solo version of “I […]
Watch Dua Lipa & Chris Stapleton Debut Surprise Duet At ACM Awards
Dua Lipa just released her new album Radical Optimism, but the pop star isn’t done. She made a surprise appearance at the Academy of Country Music Awards tonight, joining Chris Stapleton for a performance of his 2023 song “Think I’m In Love With You.” At the Ford Center in Frisco, Texas, Lipa made her debut […]
Chief Keef, Still Almighty
Chief Keef has always marched to the beat of his own 808s. Since exploding into fame as a teenager in the early 2010s, he’s eschewed obvious paths to mainstream success in favor of solitary creation, immersing himself in all his creative yearnings as he’s unloaded multiple careers’ worth of material and cultivated status as a […]
LA Hardcore Band Vamachara Are Breaking Up
The Los Angeles hardcore band Vamachara have announced that they are breaking up. “After ten years, we have decided to bring Vamachara to an end,” they wrote in a statement posted on their social media accounts. “The band sincerely thanks everyone for their support throughout the years. We will do our very best to return […]