Part of the myth of the Wu-Tang Clan, especially back in the day, was that the group had this vast, mysterious extended family. The core crew was nine members, which was already a lot, but then there were literal hundreds of Wu-Tang affiliates running around out there. Some of
Oh boy, that’s a massive, eerie wall of sound. Josh Tillman returned today with new song “The Payoff,” the follow-up to January’s single “The Old Law.” It’s a lush, all-consuming psych-rock mammoth. It features a grandiosity and grittiness that reminds me of The White Album,
We've Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. The post We’ve Got A File On You: Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew
Rapper's lawyer claims authorities don't have sufficient evidence for charges and intends to fight them
This Boards Of Canada rollout is getting real. Last month, the Scottish electronic duo mailed a mysterious VHS tape to fans, shared an excerpt of new music, and finally, officially announced Inferno, their first new album since Tomorrow’s Harvest in 2013. Today we get a proper
The Motown legend can’t forget the Crescent City on Searching , which features jazz and soul songs she recorded with Delfeayo Marsalis in New Orleans
Durand Bernarr, Eric Bellinger, Ari Lennox, and others all put their own spin on the iconic reclining pose for the covers of their new albums
A couple of years ago, Yard Act released their sophomore effort, Where’s My Utopia? The British post-punk band is back to today to announce its followup, You’re Gonna Need A Little Music. The confrontational, anthemic lead single “Redeemer” is here now. “I think the album is
Two years after the death of rock’s iconoclastic underground hero, we look back at his complex legacy
At this point, every No Doubt song is a live rarity. The once-dominant band has only been intermittently active in recent years. Since they wrapped up a run of 2015 festivals, No Doubt came back to play Coachella in 2024 and LA's FireAid benefit last year, and that was it until
The country singer delivered the ballad, written by David Lynn Jones, with help from Willie’s longtime sideman Mickey Raphael on harmonica
The artist, now known as Ye, clearly wasn't happy to be on the witness stand over an early version of his Grammy-winning song "Hurricane"
The actor denied being Mr. Fantasy despite many believing him to be the man behind the ill-fitting wig and fake teeth
At first, Cardiff art-rockers Super Furry Animals were part of a Welsh renaissance that sprung up adjacent to the 1990s Britpop movement. But the band outlasted many of the biggest names in Britpop before going on hiatus in 2010. They briefly reunited in 2015 and 2016, but they
Jared Mattson of the Mattson 2 has teamed up with Ruban Nielson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra for a collaborative album called FEAR. The LP arrives next month on Jagjaguwar, but for now you can hear the lead single “AMERICAN EAGLE.” The two musicians met in 2024 after crossing
The indie rock stalwarts from Wales, Cardiff offered a rare, fascinating and fully transparent breakdown of the finances behind their 2024 North American trek
Last year, Sorry’s Marco Pini joined forces with Felix Bayley-Higgins, Beth Boswell-Knight, and Pedro Takahashi to form RIP Magic. The dance-rock crew supported LCD Soundsystem for some shows and then collaborated with James Murphy; at the moment, they’re opening for Tame
On May 7, the musician will release the video for the grooving record from his latest album Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally
This week Carole King , Diane Warren , and the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt — all of whom appear on the New York Times ' hotly-debated new list of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters — each wrote five-by-five mini puzzles for the publication's digital crossword
Michael is on pace to gross upwards of $1 billion, and it’s causing an enormous surge of interest in his back catalog, sending Thriller up to Number Seven on the Billboard 200
“Total Eclipse of the Heart” singer, 74, has tour dates scheduled for later this month
Are we witnessing the Action Bronsonaissance? “Triceratops,” the NYC rap foodie’s recent collab with Paul Wall and Lil Yachty, was fire. So is the next single from Planet Frog, Bronson’s new LP out this week. “Peppers” pairs him with fellow New York emcee extraordinare Roc
We liked “Wants For Everyone” and “Fool In Your Room” — the first two singles from Slippers’ upcoming debut album Slippers 08 — both so much that they each made our lists of the Best Songs Of The Week. Today Madeline Babuka Black is sharing the album’s final single “Wasted
Adam Mac is a fan of Bocephus' 1980 song "Dinosaur" — except for some homophobic lyrics. Mac changed them and added it to his live set
The drummer’s pictures and artifacts are the subject of a new exhibition, ‘A View From the Throne,’ in San Francisco
Mike D with the master plan? A few weeks back the Beastie Boy went viral by performing his group's stone cold classic "So Whatcha Want" in a surprise appearance with Very Nice Person, the band led by his sons Skyler and Davis Diamond, at the Ojai Valley Women's Club. He'd
It’s a good thing that Tracey Nelson’s album Hercules is set to come out in the middle of summer. The New York singer-songwriter makes indolent, unhurried music that captures the beautiful indolence of laying around on a day when it’s just too hot to go outside or do anything
The hype surrounding Midrift’s Silhouette has been building for a couple of years now. After generating some buzz with early tracks “Twin Flames” and “unrequited,” the young San Francisco shoegazers announced their debut album last month with the promising and punky lead single
The two country queens delivered the song during Musgraves’ final show of her three-night Gruene Hall residency
When I say the words “Kim Petras ballad,” what pops into your head? It might cause a quick little internal cringe. Petras, the trailblazing trans pop artist, made her name by making aggressively horny club music, and that’s mostly what she’s been doing ever since she split with
Just a couple of months ago, Hot Chip co-leader Alexis Taylor released his collab-heavy solo album Paris In The Spring, and you should tap in with that one if you missed it. I wish Taylor didn’t fuck around with AI-generated videos in the rollout, but the record itself is
Last month, Tasha shared a gorgeous song called “Summer.” Now, the newly New York-based singer-songwriter is announcing her new album, You Are Spring, to follow 2024’s All This And So Much More. She’s sharing “Clarion” and “Spring” today, the latter of which features L’Rain and
The Puerto Rican superstar also debuted a new “Benito Antonio” logo at the Met Gala that has fans buzzing
In 2022, New York-born Anna Schwab released “ 4am, ” her first song under the moniker sadie. It's a sleek, low-key bedroom-pop sprawl with a subtle trap beat and Schwab’s gently Auto-Tuned vocals singing about driving around with the windows down, talking to someone about
UK girl group FLO made their name by reviving the classic R&B sounds of the Y2K era, and they released the sharp, carefully crafted debut album Access All Areas in 2024. After dropping four new tracks over the Christmas holiday, they shared the extremely fun single “Leak It” in
It's the country equivalent of the first time that Jay-Z and Nas performed "Black Republican" together. For a solid decade, Texan country greats Kacey Musgraves and Miranda Lambert were at odds with one another. Musgraves co-wrote the absolute banger " Mama's Broken Heart ,"
“Do We Exist?” stopped us in our tracks. The lead single from Spacemoth’s Inward Eye cracked this site’s weekly list of the best new songs, and it has us checking for what else Maryam Qudus has in the queue. The Oakland musician released a second advance single today, one that
Iceage’s new album For Love Of Grace & The Hereafter is coming this month. So far the Danish post-punk band have shared the singles “Star” and “Ember,” two songs that indicated they’d be going towards a more smoothed-out sound. Today’s new single “The Weak,” however, gets a
Back in 2024, Stereogum’s metal column profiled REZN, a Chicago doom band that specializes in building immersive sonic environments. Around the same time, REZN released Burden, their first album for the Sargent House label. Today, they announce plans to follow that LP with
Jawdropped are moving up in the world. The charged-up young LA power pop band formed in 2024. Last year, they released their debut EP Just Fantasy, and we were into it. Now, Jawdropped have signed with Transgressive/Canvasback, and they’ve got another new track out in the
The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, which was produced by Andrew Watt, has many songs looking back on Macca’s early days, including one about his friendship with John Lennon
It’s time for new Ebbb to flow. Fresh out of Brixton’s vaunted Windmill scene, the London band has been putting out singles like “Home Ground” and “Book That You Like” in recent months. Now they’ve announced their debut album Shallow Hits, dropping this summer on Ninja Tune. It
