By Storm are a group born out of tragedy. Six years ago, Jordan Groggs, a member of the experimental rap trio Injury Reserve, suddenly passed away at the age of 32. In 2023, surviving Injury Reserve members RiTchie and Parker Corey announced that they would keep making music under a new name, calling themselves By […]
Michelle Branch Covers Turnstile
Turnstile are everywhere to me. When I close my eyes, it’s them I see. Elton John loves them. Miguel loves them. And now, I guess Michelle Branch loves them, too. Today, pop veteran Branch, of “All You Wanted” and “still being married to Patrick Carney” fame, posted a tender piano cover of Turnstile’s “Never Enough,” […]
Teyana Taylor Explains Leonardo DiCaprio’s KPop Kiki-ing
“Teyana Taylor! Who’s hotter than you right now?” asked Jimmy Fallon when the multi-hyphenate star sat down on the Tonight Show couch Wednesday night. It’s a fair question. Taylor just won a Golden Globe for her performance in One Battle After Another. Escape Room, her first album in five years, is nominated for a Grammy. […]
Chewing On Gumm
Fuck it, we’re doing this again. The monthly hardcore column is back. For those who don’t know, I wrote a monthly hardcore column for about five years, and I stopped doing it last year. But I missed doing it, so now it’s back. This month’s edition is a freebie, but it’ll be members-only after this […]
A. G. Cook – “Offscreen”
Charli XCX has a new record coming out, and it’s a soundtrack album, but it’s not the soundtrack album to her movie. Instead, Charli made an LP’s worth of tracks for Emerald Fennell’s new Wuthering Heights adaptation, and both movie and soundtrack drop next month. Meanwhile, regular Charli collaborator A. G. Cook also has a […]
Gracie Abrams Making Film Acting Debut In Halina Reijn’s Please
Gracie Abrams is the daughter of Hollywood titan J.J. Abrams, so she could have gotten a movie acting role without going to the trouble of becoming a huge pop star first. But Abrams has gone the folk-pop singer-songwriter route instead — channeling Taylor Swift and Phoebe Bridgers and recruiting the National’s Aaron Dessner to produce […]
Danny L Harle – “Raft In The Sea” (Feat. Julia Michaels)
Hyperpop trailblazer Danny L Harle is about to drop “the big one.” Last fall he announced his official debut album Cerulean, out next month, with the lead single “Crystallise My Tears” featuring Oklou and MNEK. Today he’s shared another preview “Raft In The Sea,” featuring heavy-hitter pop songwriter and artist Julia Michaels. “Raft In The […]
TURNSPIT – “Have A Heart”
TURNSPIT are an emerging Leeds-based duo. Aside from their names Jess Clark and George Barwick and a note in the press release about being self-produced, not much is documented about them. What is clear is their growing prolificacy. Tomorrow marks the two-year anniversary since the mysterious act (not to be confused with pop-punk group Turnspit) […]
evilgiane Releases New Instrumental Album Giane 2
Brooklyn producer evilgiane is the head of the omnivorous Surf Gang collective, and he’s done forward-thinking work with people like Kendrick Lamar and Earl Sweatshirt. Just last month, Surf Gang and London rapper Jawnino released the extremely cool collaborative project amnesia. Today, evilgiane surprise-releases his own instrumental album Giane 2. Giane 2 is a sort […]
Young Meepa MXTPE #2: Misanthropy and the Sound of Endurance
Young Meepa released MXTPE #2: misanthropy on December 4, 2025. The 13-track, 32-minute mixtape captures rage, reflection, and survival. The title misanthropy reflects a history of repeated harm, where distrust forms naturally. The anger throughout the project isn’t theatrical. It’s built slowly, track by track. The songs feel shaped by displacement, addiction, and resistance, recorded […]