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Kevin Shields Reunites With Primal Scream In Ireland

Over the weekend, Primal Scream headlined Ireland's Beyond The Pale festival. For their 12 song set, the band reunited with former member Kevin Shields, who played the first My Bloody Valentine show in seven years last November. The post Kevin Shields Reunites With Primal

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Sweeping Promises – “Cocoon”

There's a surfeit of post-punk bands these days; it can be hard to stand out. That's not a problem for Sweeping Promises, though. The first You Say I Romanticize single " Shooting Shadows " was a memorable banger, and its followup "Cocoon" is even better. The post Sweeping

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Shannon Lay – “Horizons”

Last month, Shannon Lay announced her new album Past The Veil and shared the title track . Now, the LA singer-songwriter is releasing a lush, placid new single called "Horizons." The post Shannon Lay – “Horizons” appeared first on Stereogum .

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Ebbb – “Side On”

Harmonies, baby! The playful, adventurous London trio Ebbb truly go wild with the harmonies on their new song "Side On." The track combines dazed, beatific Beach Boys-style choral oooh s with headlong jungle breakbeats, a cool juxtaposition that I don't think I've heard before.

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Dawn Richard & Durand Bernarr – “baby, can we?”

In recent years, the art-soul explorer Dawn Richard has been venturing further and further into abstract directions, as on Quiet In A World Full Of Noise , her 2024 collaboration with Spencer Zahn. Now, she seems to be switching it up once again. Recently, Richard returned to

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Clutter Announce Debut Album Sugar Rush: Hear “Grease Baby”

This year the fun, high-energy Stockholm rock band Clutter have doled out the singles " C.L.U.T.T.E.R. " and " GirlVsHeart ." Those will both appear on Sugar Rush , Clutter's debut album. The band announced their LP today and shared a video for "Grease Baby," its third single.

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Faith No More Tease 2027 Reunion

It has been more than a decade since the last time Mike Patton performed with his old band Faith No More. The wild, adventurous alt-metal legends broke up in 1998 and then got back together in 2009, playing huge shows and releasing the well-received 2015 reunion album Sol

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Pulp Announce Live Album And Film

Pulp really pulled it off. Last year, the reunited Britpop legends released More , their first album in a quarter-century, and it absolutely ruled, fully earning its spot within the band's discography. It's not better than Different Class or anything, but it can hang with We

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Grammys Widen Best New Artist Eligibility

The 2027 Grammys are still a long ways off, but as always, the Recording Academy is using the offseason to tinker with their signature event. Today they've announced five new categories, bringing the total to 100, as well as rule changes involving voting procedures, Best New

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The Best Songs of 2026 So Far

Charli xcx’s sardonic song of the early summer, Springsteen’s anti-ICE anthem, Ella Langley’s tear-jerking country smash, rap bangers, indie gems, and more

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Piu – “Home”

Piu is Vancouver Island-based Priyanka Chakrabarti, whose music presents a thoughtful blend of synths, beats, and field recordings inspired by Indian raga and folk music. She's been promoting her forthcoming album Milao with advance singles including the serenely droning title

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Eels Announce New Album Cookie Happened: Hear “Cap In Hand”

Earlier this year, our column The Alternative Number ones covered the great 1996 Eels song " Novocaine For The Soul ." At least in the US, that was the only big hit that Eels ever made. But band mastermind Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, has kept the project going ever since then,

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