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Mystikal Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison In Rape Case

Onetime New Orleans rap star Mystikal has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to rape. In 2022, police in Louisiana arrested the 51-year-old Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Tyler, for first-degree rape, domestic abuse, battery by strangulation, false

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Pretty Sick Announces New Album Anarchy: “home2hide”

Sabrina Fuentes started Pretty Sick as a rowdy grunge project, but it's constantly reinventing itself. Last year's Streetwise EP abounded with clubby sensibilities, and December's one-off single " Star " leaned into electronic mayhem. Now she's announcing her third album

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Thomas Bangalter Finds Life After the Robot Suit

Since the end of Daft Punk, Bangalter has been moving through the world unmasked — offering improvised DJ sets, hybrid creations, a new album (created for a ballet), and a stubborn refusal to be filed under any one category

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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

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

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 .

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.

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