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Salt Lake City’s Kilby Block Party Is The Real Deal

There was a moment this past Saturday afternoon, when the ascendant Brooklyn experimentalists Water From Your Eyes neared the end of their set. The band had just launched into “Track Five,” the gnarled, throbbing dance-inflected highlight from their 2021 album Structure . The

David Sanborn Dead At 78

The jazz saxophonist David Sanborn has died at 78. A message posted on his social media announced the news, stating that he passed away after “an extended battle with prostate cancer with complications.”

Metamodern Sounds In Country Music Turns 10

Sturgill Simpson was disappearing into rabbit holes, obsessed with wikis and subreddits about what he affectionately called “weird shit”: quantum physics, string theory, esoteric cosmology, and anything else that deconstructed reality. He’d spend hours watching Terrence McKenna

One Step Closer – “Blur My Memory”

Wilkes-Barre melodic hardcore greats One Step Closer, a Stereogum Band To Watch back in 2021, will drop their sophomore album All You Embrace later this week. We’ve already posted the early singles “Leap Years,” “ Giant’s Despair ,” and “ Orange Leaf .” Today, they’ve shared

David Gilmour Announces First Tour In Eight Years

David Gilmour has announced his first tour in eight years. The Pink Floyd member is releasing a new solo album, Luck And Strange , in September — he shared lead single “ The Piper’s Call ” from it a couple weeks ago. His tour dates include shows at Madison Square Garden and the

Zero Point Energy – “Disintegration”

On Friday, Zero Point Energy are releasing their debut album Tilted Planet . We’ve shared “ Over My Head ,” “ Closer To You ,” and “ All That You Want ” from it so far, and today the Brooklyn duo are putting out one last single, “Disintegration.”

Wishy – “Love On The Outside”

The shoegaze-tinged, grunge-indebted, power-pop-esque Indianapolis rockers Wishy earned Band To Watch status with last year’s awesome Paradise EP. Today they’ve announced their debut album, and its lead single keeps the jangly, catchy, dreamy energy flowing.

The Number Ones: Pharrell’s “Happy”

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop