It doesn’t matter if nobody actually wants AI music; the major labels are still going to push it on us. Reuters reports that Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group, the three currently extant major-label umbrella groups, have all negotiated a licensing deal with an AI music streaming startup called Klay. That means […]
Dirt Buyer Announces New Album Dirt Buyer III: Hear “Get To Choose”
Last month, Dirt Buyer returned with “Betchu Won’t,” an acoustic daydream. Now Joe Sutkowski is announcing Dirt Buyer III, the followup to 2023’s Album Of The Week honoree Dirt Buyer II. Now the New York musician is sharing the ridiculously catchy banger “Get To Choose.” “This song is about feeling very alone in a situation […]
Lifeguard Share “Ultra Violence” From New 11-Track, 13-Minute Maxi-Single
This Friday, Sharp Pins share Balloon Balloon Balloon, which we named our Album Of The Week. Now, Kai Slater’s other band Lifeguard are back to announce an 11-track, 13-minute maxi-single called “Ultra Violence” / “Appetite,” which arrives next year. The first track “Ultra Violence” is out now. The release follows June’s Ripped And Torn LP, […]
Watch Blood Orange Cover Coldplay’s “Don’t Panic” In The BBC Live Lounge
You ever think about how we live in a beautiful world yes we do yes we do? Bones sinkin’ like stones, all that we fought for? Homes, places we’ve grown, all of us are done for? No? You don’t? Well, I know I’m not alone. Coldplay thought about that stuff, too. It’s what they sang […]
Converge Announce New Album Love Is Not Enough: Hear The Title Track
Converge never miss. The metalcore heroes’ last two albums — 2017’s The Dusk In Us and 2021’s Chelsea Wolfe collab Bloodmoon: I — both earned Album Of The Week honors. Now they’re announcing their new LP Love Is Not Enough. The title track is out today, and vocalist Jacob Bannon says it “explores what it […]
Geese Play Covers-Only Set With Songs By The Stooges, Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd, & More
Geese’s new album Getting Killed is undoubtedly awesome, but in this economy, you don’t become the buzziest band in Brooklyn just by putting out an awesome album. Amid the Getting Killed hype, Cameron Winter and company have also earned a reputation for their covers over the past few months, whether they’re doing a Springsteen hit […]
Welcome To Rockville Unveils 2026 Lineup With My Chemical Romance, Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters, More
We’re getting a lot of 2026 festival lineups today. Daytona Beach’s Welcome To Rockville fest isn’t the best of them, but it’s almost certainly the biggest. Welcome To Rockville might be the king of what’s known in certain circles as the racetrack festivals — the ones with lineups built on metal and on the kind […]
Andrew Aged Shares New EP Crown Made With Mk.gee, Zack Sekoff, & Nightfeelings
The jazz-trained LA musician Andrew Aged is half of the duo inc. no world with his brother Daniel. He has toured with artists like Raphael Saadiq and FKA twigs, and he has done session work on records from people like Lorde and Blood Orange. Right now, Aged plays guitar in his friend Mk.gee’s live band. […]
David Byrne – “T Shirt”
If you get a chance to see David Byrne, you should really take it. The art-music legend and former Talking Head released his album Who Is The Sky? a few months ago, and he’s lately been out on the road, playing a fascinating and innovative live show that elaborates on his American Utopia Broadway show […]
Steph Curry Ties Michael Jordan Record By Playing Like Hayley Williams
During last Friday night’s NBA Cup game, the Golden State Warriors beat the San Antonio Spurs 109-108, and in the process, Steph Curry also tied Michael Jordan’s record of 44 40-point games in the NBA after age 30. I promise there’s a music-related angle to this! During the post-game press conference, someone asked Curry which […]