Last week, Cate Le Bon and St. Vincent released “Always The Same,” a collaboration made during the sessions of the Welsh singer’s latest album Michelangelo Dying. Last night Le Bon performed at New York’s Irving Plaza and brought out Annie Clark to sing the duet. Le Bon originally said about the track: “Always The Same” […]
Lexa Gates Launches Second Album With Second “Crazy Stunt”
Lexa Gates is a 24-year-old rapper/singer/producer from Queens, NY. Today she’s released her sophomore album I Am, the follow-up to 2024’s Elite Vessel. The album’s title is a play on her birth name/initials Ivanna Alexandra Martinez. “I am everything they said I couldn’t be. I am all of those things. I am what I am,” […]
Chvrches – “Addicted To Love” (Robert Palmer Cover)
Synth-pop trio Chvrches covered Robert Palmer’s lustful classic “Addicted To Love” for the Hulu drama Tell Me Lies. Chvrches’ rendition, out today, is less jazz-rock and more melodramatic ballad pop. A serious piano greets us along with Lauren Mayberry’s concerned vocals. In fact, it sounds like she’s narrating a horror scene when she sings, “You […]
Charli XCX – “Wall Of Sound”
The album Charli XCX made for the forthcoming Emerald Fennell-directed Wuthering Heights film adaptation is sounding pretty great so far. We’ve already heard the John Cale collab “House” and “Chains Of Love,” which we named as one of that week’s best tracks. Today she’s released another single “Wall Of Sound.” It’s a brooding ballad that […]
Mitski Announces New Album Nothing’s About To Happen To Me: Hear “Where’s My Phone?”
It’s hard to believe that Mitski’s last album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We came out in 2023. She’s kept impressively busy, first putting on an incredible pop-turned-performance art tour then turning that tour into a live album and a film. (She’s also been writing the music and lyrics for a stage musical […]
Rocketship Announce A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness 30th Anniversary Tour & Reissue
As far as I’m concerned, A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness is essential ’90s indie pop listening. The debut album from the Pacific Northwest band Rocketship has steadily earned a cult following since its release via the seminal label Slumberland in 1996, although it’s been out of print for years. This year, Rocketship are celebrating […]
GWAR Cover “Pink Pony Club”
A.V. Undercover, the A.V. Club’s series in which bands were invited to be filmed performing a cover chosen from an ever-dwindling list of pre-selected songs, is one of the great blog-era video franchises. It went away in the 2010s, but new ownership brought it back with a vengeance in 2024, starting with GWAR covering “I’m […]
Harry Styles Announces New Album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally
Big-deal pop stars love announcing their returns and unveiling their new albums at the beginning of the year, and now we’ve got another one. Vaguely feline clothes-horse heartthrob Harry Styles is coming back on March 6 with a new LP called Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally, a frankly very irritating title. (That’s six words, […]
Djo Gets Big Stranger Things Streaming Bump, Denies There’s A Secret Ninth Episode Because Finale Was So Bad
Hunky actor Joe Keery was a member of the band Post Animal when he was cast as Steve Harrington on Stranger Things in 2016. Since 2019, Keery has been making music under the name Djo. He released his song “End Of Beginning” in 2022, and it became a viral hit and reached the Hot 100 […]
Mosswood Meltdown Announces 2026 Lineup With Iggy Pop, Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney & Fred Armisen’s Ramones Tribute, & More
Earlier this month, Oakland’s Mosswood Meltdown teased their 2026 iteration by announcing that Pavement, Wednesday, and Vivian Girls would be playing the pre-party, which is an incredibly stacked lineup for a pre-party. Today the John Waters-hosted festival has revealed its full lineup for this July, which includes Iggy Pop, Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney (with Fred Armisen, […]