Big Ears Festival — Knoxville’s shapeshifting, multi-dimensional, genre-defying celebration of music and arts — returns March 27-30, 2025 with another iconic gathering of many of the world’s most influential and visionary musical creators. Stereogum wants to offer you the chance to see Beth Gibbons in her first solo appearance ever in North America, be among […]
Brian John McBrearty – “Repeating”
Brian John McBrearty’s music blurs together ambient jazz and post-rock to gorgeous effect. Or at least that’s what he does on the lead single from new album Remembering Repeating. The lineup on the new LP is McBrearty on synths, bass, and vocals; Matt Douglas on sax (also, tenor, and soprano) plus clarinet and flute; and […]
David Grubbs – “The Snake On Its Tail”
Underground legend David Grubbs never stops making music — less than a month ago his new experimental supergroup, Squanderers, dropped their debut album — but the Gastr del Sol/Bastro/Squirrel Bait veteran has not released a solo album since 2017’s Creep Mission. He’ll change that in February with the new LP Whistle From Above. It’s also […]
Alan Sparhawk Reflects On 30th Anniversary Of Low’s Debut Album
In December 1994, the Duluth, Minnesota band Low released their debut LP I Could Live In Hope on Vernon Yard Recordings. In an increasingly loud and blustery rock underground, Low stood out by being quiet and minimalist, driven by the spectral harmonies of young married couple Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker. That album helped establish […]
Sam Fender – “Wild Long Lie” & “Me And The Dog”
Early next year, the big-deal British rocker Sam Fender will release his new album People Watching. Fender recorded part of the LP with the War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel, and the advance tracks definitely sound like something that a big-deal British rocker might make with the War On Drugs guy. Last month, Fender shared the […]
Advance Base – “The Tooth Fairy”
Your kid loses a tooth, and you don’t have a one-dollar bill to put under their pillow, so you leave them alone to go get change. That’s the premise of “The Tooth Fairy,” the latest song from Owen Ashworth’s Advance Base project. The song is short and simple, and Ashworth delivers it with his usual […]
Cruel World Announces UK Sister Festival Forever Now With Kraftwerk, Johnny Marr, Happy Mondays, & More
For the past three years, the Cruel World festival has been bringing the stars of ’80s goth, post-punk, and new wave to Southern California. The greater Los Angeles area has long been a stronghold for gloomy British rock, and the festival has been a hit. Next year, Cruel World is coming back, with New Order […]
AC/DC Announce First North American Tour In Nine Years
If you’ve never seen AC/DC live, you should absolutely see AC/DC live. The ancient Australian hard-rock institution is still out, even though all of its classic-era members are either dead or extremely old. Nevertheless, their live show remains an absolute blast, and you really need to be in the building at least once when the […]
700 Victims Of Catalonia’s Witch Trials Receive Posthumous Pardons In A Landmark Decision
The majority of people are aware of the witch trials held in Salem, Massachusetts during the late 17th century, but did you know the same hysteria occurred across northern Europe? Catalonia, in Spain, was one of the first on the continent to hold witch trials, and its government has recently tried to make amends for […]
Watch Katie Gavin’s Acoustic Cover Of Madonna’s “Like A Prayer”
Back in September, MUNA did a cover of Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!” while filling in for the singer at All Things Go, turning the ’80s-inspired synth tune into a laid-back acoustic cover. Katie Gavin must like doing that sort of thing. The MUNA singer is currently promoting her debut solo album, and during a […]