Jay-Z has been out there this year, celebrating the 30th anniversary of his debut album Reasonable Doubt , the 25th anniversary of The Blueprint , and his overall superstar legacy with high-profile gigs at the Roots Picnic and Yankee Stadium . His chart-topping "Empire State
The singer previews the record, out in October, with the new single “Enough”
Love & Devotion is one of the best albums of the year, but are we sure it’s from this year? The third LP from Philadelphia-based siblings Sam and Louise Sullivan plays like a lost treasure that has been collecting dust for decades and is now being reissued by Light In The
Back in the spring we learned Way Dynamic, aka Melbourne-based Dylan Young, had signed to Jagjaguwar for a reissue of his recent album Massive Shoe , as well as North American tour dates with fellow emerging indie favorites Star Moles and Slippers. That reissue includes
The artist, born David Burke, allegedly maintained an intense online relationship with another young woman, who is sharing details of their interactions for the first time
The Florida rapper talks about embracing his softer side and recording the Drake collaboration “I’m Spent” while hooked up to an IV
“This is definitely the curtain call for how things have been up to this point,” says the Texas roughhouser, who drops the new Langley collab “Jaded.”
In her most recent work, the Philadelphia electronic producer Eev Frances turns synths and programmed beats into alternately hyperactive and serene music inspired by the Y2K-era IDM boom. Today she's following up last year's well-received Sometimes I Forget To Breathe (which
Marta Cikojevic is a member of the Montreal band TOPS, and she also makes solo music under the name Marci. In a few weeks, she'll release Mask Lady And Late Night Girl , her second Marci album, and we posted lead single " Butterfly Sticker ." Today, she shares the bleary,
The updated version of the archival single features elements of songs from Soulja Boy, the Isley Brothers, and Sheck Wes
What do you think the band name Devil Master actually means ? As in: Are they masters of the devil, or are they just masterful at being devils? Probably the latter, right? That's just something I've been thinking about. Anyway, Devil Master, Philadelphia kings of old-school
We are very excited for our prolific Artist To Watch Asher White's forthcoming album Love Aggregates , which comes later this month. The lead single " The Eagle Is No Omen " was an eccentric banger with an equally entertaining video, and now the Brooklyn artist is sharing
The veteran Boston indie rapper Esoteric really collects unlikely collaborators. Back when John Cena was early in his wrestling career and doing a rap-battle gimmick, Esoteric was a big part of that . Much more recently, Kurt Vile shouted out Czarface, Esoteric's group with
We the indie rock listeners of planet Earth have collectively anointed Nate Amos as our new king. Box For Buddy, Box For Star quickly emerged as one of the greatest albums of the decade, and Holo Boy , a collection of re-recorded tunes from Amos' back catalog, proved he's been
Of the many great underground rock bands currently populating Cincinnati, the Drin may be the toughest to pin down. The group came on our radar playing a fried, bleary, extremely confident hybrid of throwback psych and post-punk, sounding equally like Can and the Fall. That
The arty R&B explorer Dawn Richard has gone down many fascinating paths over the years, and she has radiated strength through all of it, whether testifying against Sean Combs or making experimental records with Spencer Zahn . Today, she announces her new album Creole Culture .
In June, Sleep returned with the announcement of a new lineup and 2026 tour dates, along with the release of a new song called "Have Spacesuit Will Travel" and a comic book. Now, it's album time. Hempispheres , the followup to 2018's The Sciences , arrives this fall, and the
Weezer's new song "C.E.O." is all about the pressure put on aging rockers to relive their glory days, and the song itself goes out of its way to relive Weezer's glory days. It's structured as a musical redux of the 1994 smash "Undone (The Sweater Song)," the track that made
The rock band tapped Tony Hawk, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Peña, Rob Riggle, and Rob Huebel for the throwback clip
David Burke’s moody music made him a Gen Z sensation. But authorities say he was hiding a shocking secret: the gruesome murder and dismemberment of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez
A mysterious singer with the pseudonym “Son-John Johnson” is credited on the Lost Weekend tracks “Kill Me” and “I Can't Wait.” He sure sounds a lot like Geese’s frontman
The star’s show in Kentucky was pushed back due to “unforeseen circumstances”
After a six-year break between solo projects, the songwriter returns with Lost Weekend , a spectacular song cycle on love and loss
Hana Stretton releases her second album tiarn this Friday. So far the British-Australian ambient-folk artist has unveiled " Stove ," " Salt ," " Seagull Theory II ," and " As It Was Before This ," and now she's back with another captivating preview called "From." The post Hana
This summer brought the welcome news that Royal Trux's Jennifer Herrema had reactivated her Black Bananas project for an album with new label home Fire Records. We soon learned that album is called Bad Bunch , and we heard its lead single " Turkey Burgers ." The track was a
Last month Told Slant announced their new record What's Up and released the lead single " Manhattan ." Today the NYC indie mainstay is back with some more quintessential NYC indie, this time in the form of a beautiful yet bleak song called "Draw Blood." The post Told Slant –
Here are the songs that have been ruling the clubs, according to the people turning up the parties
Step aside, Fergie — a new interesting rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" has entered into the canon. Unfortunately, Martha Reeves went viral for her unconventional performance of the national anthem at the inaugural Women's Professional Baseball League game on Saturday
John Douglas, longtime guitarist for Scottish indie rock band Trashcan Sinatras, has passed away. The band shared the news in a social media post today, writing that Douglas passed away peacefully on Monday "after a brief illness." Douglas was 63. The post Trashcan Sinatras’
Adam "Ditch" Kurtz, who fronts a Buck Owens tribute band, is the latest musician to make a run for political office
The unidentified producer says he created AI-generated vocals for several tracks and is seeking at least $220,000 for the alleged work