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Legendary Guitarist Duane Eddy Dead At 86

Duane Eddy, the beloved and influential musical pioneer whose twangy playing helped establish the primacy of the electric guitar in rock ‘n’ roll, has died. The New York Times reports that Eddy died from cancer Tuesday at in Franklin, Tenn. He had turned 86 just days before his

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Kneecap – “Love Making”

Kneecap have been building up the hype for their debut album, Fine Art , which arrives in June. The Northern Irish rap trio has shared the Grian Chatten collaboration “ Better Way To Live ” and brought it to Ireland’s Late Late Show . They also released the title track , and

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Gracie Abrams – “Risk”

Gracie Abrams’ associations are well-established at this point: daughter of J.J. Abrams, client of Aaron Dessner, key inspiration for Olivia Rodrigo, opening act for Taylor Swift. But did you know your favorite pop star’s favorite nepo baby can act ? Abrams recently announced

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City Of Caterpillar – “In The Tall Grass”

In their first incarnation, the Richmond post-hardcore explorers City Of Caterpillar were only around for a few years, from 2000 to 2003, and they only released one album. Still, City Of Caterpillar, along with fellow Virginia bands like Pageninetynine and Majority Rule, helped

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Amy Allen – “girl with a problem”

Amy Allen is a pop songwriter with an impressive amount of hits to her name, including credits on Halsey’s chart-topper “Without Me” and Harry Styles’ #6-peaking “Adore You.” (She’s also a songwriter on Sabrina Carpenter’s currently meme’d single “ Espresso .”) On her own,

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Into The Pitch With Jessica Pratt

I’ve long thought that Jessica Pratt’s music is the closest we’ll get to hearing what sound was like when we were inside our mothers’ stomachs. Cooing, bubbling, gleaming: Hers is the music of the intrauterine. Pratt plays as though she’s house-training sound itself, singing

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Font – “Hey Kekulé”

The Austin band Font have been together for a couple years now, and they have two songs to their name so far, “ Sentence I ” and “ It .” In a few weeks, they’re headed out on a West Coast tour supporting Yard Act, and today they’re announcing their debut album Strange Burden ,

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Danny Paul Grody Duo – “Last Light”

Last summer, former Tarentel guitarist Danny Paul Grody released Arc Of Day , a tour de force LP that seasoned Fahey-esque instrumental folk music with notes of new age and ambient here, post-rock and slowcore there. Today he’s announced that this summer he’ll run it back with

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Isabella Lovestory – “Botoxxx”

In 2022, Isabella Lovestory unveiled her debut album Amor Hardcore . Today, the Honduran pop and reggaeton singer is sharing the new song “Botoxxx,” and teasing a new LP coming this fall.

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Angélica Garcia – “Gemini”

If you went to Stereogum’s Austin shows during SXSW, then you might’ve seen Angélica Garcia, the experimental pop artist from Los Angeles. Next month, Garcia will release Gemelo , the first album where she mostly sings in Spanish. Garcia recorded the LP in Virginia, with

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Lionlimb – “Underwater”

Next month, Lionlimb will release their new album Limbo . So far, we’ve heard “ Hurricane ” and “ Dream Of You ” featuring Angel Olsen, and today the project of Stewart Bronaugh is sharing “Underwater.”

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Ghost Announce Debut Feature Film Rite Here Rite Now

Ghost are heading to theaters. Today, the Swedish pop-metal act has announced their debut feature film, Rite Here Rite Now , which will arrive in cinemas on June 20 and 22. The film builds on their series of Chapters shorts, which they’ve been putting out for a few years now as

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Chris Cohen – “Damage”

Chris Cohen has announced a new album, Paint A Room , the Los Angeles musician’s follow-up to his 2019 eponymous album . Today, he’s sharing its lead single “Damage,” which features a horn arrangement from the great Jeff Parker. “Trying to make something beautiful as a way to

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Charly Bliss – “Nineteen”

Charly Bliss have announced a new album, FOREVER , their follow-up to 2019’s Young Enough , one of the best albums from that year. It does not include last year’s singles “ You Don’t Even Know Me Anymore ” or “ I Need A New Boyfriend .” FOREVER was co-produced by Hippo Campus’

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Ra Ra Riot – “The Wish” (Prod. Rostam)

Ra Ra Riot’s latest album was 2019’s Superbloom , though they shared a live LP and a 10th anniversary edition of The Orchard the following year. Other than that, the indie-pop veterans have been quiet, but they’re coming back today with “The Wish,” produced by Rostam Batmanglij.

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Charlotte Day Wilson – “My Way” & “Cyan Blue”

In just two days, the soulful Toronto singer-songwriter Charlotte Day Wilson will release her new album Cyan Blue . In the lead-up to the LP’s release, Wilson has shared a bunch of advance singles, including “ I Don’t Love You ,” “ Canopy ,” and the Snoh Aalegra collab “

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