Chris Martin is perhaps best known for the unpleasant surprise he sprung upon a couple who were illicitly attending a Coldplay concert together, but he loves gracing lovebirds with more welcome surprises. Back in 2022, Martin performed an engaged couple’s wedding dance song, 2014’s “A Sky Full Of Stars,” upon encountering them at a pub […]
Young Thug Proposes To Mariah The Scientist Onstage In Atlanta
Young Thug and Mariah The Scientist are engaged. The Atlanta rapper proposed to the R&B singer onstage at State Farm Arena Tuesday night during his Hometown Hero benefit concert, and as video of the big moment reveals, she said yes. The proposal comes after Thug (born Jeffery Williams) issued multiple public apologies in September for […]
The 10 Best Country Albums Of 2025
This year’s best country albums list is once again presented in partnership with Don’t Rock The Inbox, the amazing country music newsletter run by Stereogum contributors Marissa R. Moss and Natalie Weiner. Check it out and consider buying a subscription. 2025 — a year where once again, country music, its aesthetic and its politics remained far too relevant. But year after […]
Oscars 2026: Best Song Shortlist Includes Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave, & HUNTR/X
The Oscar nominations don’t come out until Jan. 22, but the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has revealed the shortlists for a few of its nominations, including Best Original Song and Best Original Score. So we don’t know who will be nominated yet, but at least we know who could be nominated, and […]
Another Used Rock Refrigerator Hits The Los Angeles Black Market
Earlier this month, someone tried to sell a refrigerator that had supposedly been abandoned outside Ariel Pink’s home in Sun Valley, CA. That auction ended with zero bids. Nobody wanted Ariel Pink’s fridge! Apparently, Pink should’ve been born into a different generation of problematic rock frontmen. The same fate did not befall Glenn Danzig’s fridge. […]
Lineup For Billy Joel Tribute At Carnegie Hall Announced
For years now, the New York promoter Michael Dorf has been putting together all-star benefit Music Of concerts at Carnegie Hall. Earlier this year, for instance, Patti Smith performed at her own tribute show alongside Bruce Springsteen, Michael Stipe, and Karen O, among many others. In March, a very different New York icon will get […]
more eaze Announces New Album sentence structure in the country: hear “bad friend”
The Texan-born multi-instrumentalist mari rubio, who records as more eaze, had an awfully busy year in 2025. She teamed up with Lynn Avery to form the duo Pink Must, and they released their self-titled debut. She and claire rousay released the collaborative EP no floor and collaborated with Grumpy. She remixed Friendship. It looks like […]
Monster Rally Announces First Non-Instrumental Album Feat. Jordana, TV Girl, Toledo, Mei Semones, & More
For the past decade and a half, the producer Ted Feighan (formerly of LA, now based in Cleveland) has been releasing instrumental records under the name Monster Rally; we premiered his single “Sunflower” way back in 2014. Today, Feighan announces plans to follow his 2022 album Botanica Dream with a new one called Echoes Of […]
Monster Rally Announces First Non-Instrumental Album Feat. Jordana, TV Girl, Toledo, Mei Semones, & More
For the past decade and a half, the producer Ted Feighan (formerly of LA, now based in Cleveland) has been releasing instrumental records under the name Monster Rally; we premiered his single “Sunflower” way back in 2014. Today, Feighan announces plans to follow his 2022 album Botanica Dream with a new one called Echoes Of […]
Album Of The Week: Theo Bleak Bargaining
Full Gloom 2025 As Theo Bleak, Glasgow-based musician Katie Lynch makes delicately woven folk songs and plush bedroom pop, fashioned with shivering vocals. She released her debut EP Fragments in 2022, quickly followed by a run of EPs — For Seasons, Illiad, Pain — and demo collection Heaven.Wav. Most recently, she released Bad Luck Is Two […]