Glen Hansard, the Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter and actor who rose to fame fronting the Frames and starring in The Commitments , then gained greater notoriety through the movie Once and the related musical project the Swell Season, has died. Hansard died in a
Irish singer-songwriter dies after motorcycle crash in Dublin
"The strength of rural America has never come from big industrial footprints," the musician wrote. "It comes from generations of people, open spaces, local businesses, and a connection to the land"
The singer cut her Denver show after just three songs
Bassist Jeff Ament's Since Forever captures the iconic band in rare moments throughout the decades
The administration used Kahan's "American Cars" to soundtrack photos of the president visiting General Motors’ flagship test site
The livestream will only end when they finish recording their latest collab
The Australian maximalist Ninajirachi one of the most exciting new electronic pop artists going. Her album I Love My Computer cracked our list of last year's best , and we named her one of 2025's best new artists too. So it was a bummer when she soundtracked an ad for Meta's AI
The 16-track project, her first solo album in six years, arrives in August
My Morning Jacket frontman shares new single and will celebrate the solo album’s release by hitting the road
Boy George recently revealed he's using AI to re-record his old hits . He's also using it to create new songs in support of genocidal regimes. The post Boy George Says He Used AI To Create His New Pro-Israel Reggae Song appeared first on Stereogum .
On “Pearl Handled Pistol,” Faith, Laci Kaye Booth, and Baby Nova follow the Chicks’ lead with a little light revenge (and a man in the trunk)
Fire Talk's Angel Tapes imprint is a reliable source of promising acts, like Shower Curtain and Sleeper's Bell. Bloomington's Just Penelope are the newest signees, and their explosive, catchy brand of shoegaze is instantly enticing, or at least it is on today's single "After"
My Morning Jacket's Jim James will soon be gracing us with his first solo album in eight years. The good Mr. Olliges announced Wowed Out in June and shared its pounding, soulful, psychedelic hymn " Come Again ." Today he's back with the title track, which keeps the shimmering
Judy is the duo of Diners' Blue Broderick and Agriculture's Leah Levinson. They linked up in December as a songwriting and recording exercise, cooking up two EPs in five days. The first, Songs OF Mutt And Hate , dropped in April. The second, Death Of A Ladies' Mutt ( you get it
The songwriter also encourages Ameicans to listen to New Orleans piano player James Booker’s “Make a Better World”
In a month from today, Natacha Simões releases her debut Maripool album Rotten Luck . The Lisbon-born, London-based singer-songwriter unveiled the compelling lead single " Crossing " last month, and now she's back with a dark, cathartic anthem called "Favourite." The post
Lost in Another World , released under his full name James Ellis Ford, was partially recorded in a London hospital while the songwriter underwent treatment for leukemia
The Sexistential collaboration follows their team-up on the “Puss Puss” remix from Larsson’s Midnight Sun: Girls Trip
We found out in March that a star-studded Shane MacGowan tribute album was on the way, with legends like Tom Waits, the Jesus And Mary Chain, Primal Scream, and more. Now, we have the full tracklist, which also reveals other contributors like U2. The post New Shane MacGowan
I always wonder about the acts who release multiple self-titled albums, the Peter Gabriels and Weezers and Rancids and American Footballs of the world. That must take a whole lot of self-confidence, right? Or maybe it's just a willingness to confuse your audience. Perhaps those
Almost immediately after Jane's Addiction's initial 1991 breakup, frontman Perry Farrell and drummer Stephen Perkins formed Porno For Pyros, a band that had what was arguably an even more chaotic run. Most of Porno For Pyros' legacy is extremely messy,. but before things
After co-producing the new Avalon Emerson & The Charm album, Nathan Jenkins announced his new Bullion album Nearly earlier this summer with the release of lead single " Francis Ford ." The second single, "Roo," is out today. Like "Francis Ford," it merges Sting-style meticulous
The pop singer and Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers began their romance about a year ago
Meet How Strange It Is, a Portland band making fuzzed-out indie rock and announcing their new album called There Is No Evil today. The lead single "Slime" is a dreamy, infectious banger in the vein of Wishy or TAGABOW. The post How Strange It Is Announce New Album There Is
With a new album, Belladonna Nocturne , out now, the legendary producer looks back at collaborations with Dylan, Peter Gabriel, and D'Angelo in our new interview
The identity of Sadie Sink’s character in the new Spider-Man movie is top secret, but Lacy may not have known that
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A couple years ago, Fury's Madison Woodward formed a new band called Purest Form and they unleashed their nasty self-titled debut EP . Now, as they're getting ready to play some shows and festivals later this year, the group is announcing a new EP called Resistance and their
"Zara woke up big sweden." That was what someone with the Twitter handle @BOTTLEBLONDEZ posted last November, back when Robyn first teased her single " Dopamine ." That phrase has been in my head ever since. If it means nothing to you, the idea is that the sudden viral success
Event will take place in Fargo, North Dakota on Thursday and be available to stream at a later date
Ah, the four words that we all long to hear: Tom Morello solo album. The former Rage Against The Machine axe-wrecker remains the one Rage ex-member who's always busy and visible. Earlier this year, he organized an all-star Minneapolis benefit and joined the E Street Band for
WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA , Slayyyter's awesomely fried level-up LP, is Stereogum's favorite album of 2026 thus far , and it has brought Slayyyter an unprecedented level of hype. Slayyyter's just started off an extremely sold-out headlining tour, and she's also got some big
From Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen to Pink and Ed Sheeran, the band greeted a steady stream of well-wishers during their Madison Square Garden residency
The LP, out in September, features appearances from Serj Tankian, Kneecap, and Beartooth
Peter Gill is the guitarist in Friendship, but his own songs are quite a bit peppier than Dan Wriggins' material. Gill leads 2nd Grade, a band that has spent this decade cranking out consistently delightful power-pop albums. The last two, 2022's Easy Listening and 2024's
Look, I'm about to give you some further information, but it's really not that important. Your main takeaway here is that Judiciary are back and that their new song is called motherfucking "Wall Of Skulls." This is obviously great news. If you aren't already banging your head
Linnea Siggelkow, the Artist To Watch alum known as Ellis, released her album No Place That Feels Like two years ago, and last year she dropped the one-off single " Little Kid ." But she's been arguably even busier with her gig as a touring guitarist for Ethel Cain, whose
When Winter's not busy being our VJ and interviewing Billy Corgan for us , she's making beautiful shoegaze music. Her latest album was last year's Adult Romantix , and earlier this month she unveiled a " mixtape version " of the closing track "hollow." Now, the NYC artist is
Were you aware that Bernie Taupin has released multiple solo albums? Well, he has. Taupin is famous for being Elton John's prime songwriting partner over the decades. They've got a fascinating dynamic where Taupin writes the lyrics and John writes the music, and their
WARNING: The following post may contain spoilers about Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Do not read it if you wish to remain unspoiled. The post Steve Lacy Seemingly Spoils Spider-Man: Brand New Day On Red Carpet Livestream appeared first on Stereogum .
From hip-hop to folk to punk, from personal statements to sweeping anthems — here are our favorite songs about the worst president ever
Gracie Abrams, for most of her career, has lived inside labels. The LA-based singer-songwriter is a former Taylor Swift superfan and current Taylor Swift protegee. To her fans, she's a generational exemplar of "sad girl" pop; if you Google that, you'll find an impressively long
Ariana Grande is currently on her Eternal Sunshine Tour and building up to the release of her new album petal , and she's also suing an unknown group of hackers who, she claims, stole and leaked her unreleased music, photos, and videos. As Billboard reports , Grande's lawyers
In 2024, Richard Thompson returned with his 19th studio album Ship To Shore . Today, the British folk-rock pioneer is back to announce its followup, Hippies, Thugs And Heroes , arriving this fall. The post Richard Thompson Announces New Album Hippies, Thugs And
Right now, the ultra-prolific Australian psych-rock crew King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are on their old-school techno shit. After playing a series of "rave" shows last year, the band fell in love with the modular Eurorack synth assemblage that they nicknamed Nathan. Using
Linda Perhacs, the 82-year-old psychedelic folk artist, has been reported missing. Yesterday, Perhacs' former manager Laurel Stearns posted on Perhacs' Instagram page, asking fans for help in finding the musician. Stearns writes that Perhacs "was discharged from a residential
The lyricist also reveals that Gary Oldman is making a documentary about his life, and says he and Elton have no plans to sell their publishing