Since 2022, Bridgeport, Connecticut has hosted the relatively rootsy music festival known as Sound On Sound. This year, the fest is changing its name. It’s now the Soundside Music Festival — see because it’s on the Long Island Sound — but it’ll return to Bridgeport’s Seaside Park 9/28-29. Today, they’ve announced this year’s relatively compact […]
The Dismemberment Plan Announce More Reunion Shows
When the second wave emo-focused Las Vegas music festival Best Friends Forever announced its inaugural lineup in February, basically everyone in the world (or, more realistically, a small cross section of the population with big hearts, sharp minds, and impeccable taste) was delighted to learn that the Dismemberment Plan were reuniting for their first performance […]
New Video: Gunna – ‘whatsapp (wassam)’
Gunna is on top of the world right now, looking at a top ten debut for his new album One Of Wun which you can stream here and check out the full list of production credits for here. Tonight, Gunna puts out the video for ‘whatsapp (wassam)’ which dropped a week before the LP dropped […]
If These Rock And Roll Legends Were Alive Today, They Might Look Like This
It isn’t random that many musicians have died young in past decades, hence the term “party like a rockstar.” While many groundbreaking artists have surpassed the test of time both in their music and longevity, we’ll never know how life today would be different if lost musicians had survived all this time. Would Cobain have […]
Kendrick Lamar’s Drake Diss “Not Like Us” Debuts At #1
The great Drake/Kendrick Lamar war of 2024 appears to be over, or at least on pause, for now. Today, we get to see the latest way that feud has impacted the charts, and the findings reflect the excitement that surrounded that lightning-fast back-and-forth. As widely predicted, Kendrick Lamar’s utterly withering victory lap “Not Like Us” […]
Shackleton & Six Organs Of Admittance – “Stages Of Capitulation”
It’s a big year for Ben Chasny. Not only did the NorCal experimentalist just release Time Is Glass, his first Six Organs Of Admittance album since 2021, he’s now begun rolling out a second new Six Organs LP. Jinxed By Being is a collaborative effort with Shackleton out of Berlin, who bills himself as “the […]
Watch Jennifer Lawrence Honor Orville Peck At The GLAAD Media Awards
Jennifer Lawrence honored Orville Peck at the GLAAD Media Awards on Saturday night. The queer country artist was there to receive the Vito Russo Award, made “to recognize out LGBT media professionals who have made a significant difference promoting equality.” As Billboard reports, Lawrence called Peck “my favorite musician and good friend.” “I love seeing […]
Watch Vampire Weekend Return To SNL With “Gen-X Cops” & “Capricorn”
Vampire Weekend were the musical guests on Saturday Night Live this weekend. They did two tracks off their new album Only God Was Above Us, “Gen-X Cops” and “Capricorn.” It was the band’s fourth appearance on the show, though their first in nearly a decade — they were previously on it in 2008, 2010, and […]
Oso Oso – “all of my love”
In 2022, Oso Oso released Sore Thumb, the album that bandleader Jade Lilitri recorded with his late cousin and bandmate Tavish Maloney just before Maloney’s passing. The record served as Lilitri’s tribute to Maloney, and it was one of our favorites of the year. Oso Oso followed that album with the stray single “De Facto” […]
Hear Three Previously Unreleased Menomena Songs From Friend And Foe (Expanded Edition)
Last month, long-dormant Portland art-rockers Menomena surprised the world with the release of an EP called The Insulation. It kicked off a lot of reunion speculation before fans pointed out that at least two of the three tracks from the EP were old B-sides. But then it turned out that Menomena actually are back together, […]