- newMeta Launches Snoop Dogg AI Chatbot
Artificial intelligence is all the rage right now, whether you like it or not. One of the corporations most invested in bringing AI to the masses is Meta, and their next attempt to do so involves chatbots that emulate celebrities.
- 17 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 4:11pm -
- newDays Are Gone Turns 10
Pop stans like to throw around the phrase “cultural reset.” As in, when x artist released y album, it was a cultural reset — it changed everything. It could rightly refer to game-changing albums like Beyoncé’s self-titled surprise drop or Fr…
- 20 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 1:38pm -
- newDaneshevskaya – “Challenger Deep”
Last month, the Brooklyn musician Anna Beckerman announced her debut album as Daneshevskaya, Long Is The Tunnel. At only seven tracks, it’s a brief project but one that’s shaping up to be pretty darn good, judging by advance singles “Somewhere…
- 21 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 12:55pm -
- newKC Rae – “Parking Lot”
This past spring, Now, Now’s KC Dalager released her first-ever solo single under the name KC Rae, “Blockbuster,” and she followed that up a couple months later with “Bathroom Floor.” Today, she’s announcing her debut full-length album, T…
- 21 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 12:46pm -
- newSweet Pill – “Starchild”
Back in March, my colleague Chris was mighty impressed with Sweet Pill after catching them at SXSW. The Philadelphia-based band released their debut album, Where The Heart Is, last year, and they’ve signed to Hopeless Records for their next one. To…
- 21 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 12:34pm -
- newBruce Springsteen Postpones Remaining 2023 Shows Due To Peptic Ulcer
Bruce Springsteen has spent most of 2023 on the road, playing stadiums and arenas with his E Street Band. The ticket prices for those shows have caused a lot of controversy, but the shows themselves have been the kind of life-affirming three-hour spe…
- 22 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 11:30am -
- newL’Rain – “r(EMOTE)”
- 22 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 11:11am -
- newDebby Friday – “let u in”
Back in March, the Toronto musician Debby Friday released her debut album, GOOD LUCK. Last week, it won the Polaris Music Prize, awarded to the best Canadian album of the year. And today Debby Friday is back with a new single, “let u in,” which s…
- 22 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 11:01am -
- newLala Lala – “HIT ME WHERE IT HURTS”
In 2021, Lillie West released her third album as Lala Lala, I Want The Door To Open, which saw her collaborating with WHY’s Yoni Wolf and experimenting with poppier sounds. Today, she’s back with a new single, “HIT ME WHERE IT HURTS,” which i…
- 22 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 10:58am -
- newJoe Jackson – “Health & Safety”
The British musician Joe Jackson has announced a new album, his follow-up to 2019’s Fool. It’s purported to be an album that, per a press release, revives “the songs of enigmatic early 20th-century English music hall artist Max Champion.” Tho…
- 23 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 10:36am -
- newSexyy Red – “No Panties” & “Shake Yo Dreads”
A few months ago, the extremely horny St. Louis rookie Sexyy Red released Hood Hottest Princess, one of of the year’s most straight-up fun rap albums. Her songs “Pound Town” and “SkeeYee” have become up-from-underground hits. In the past fe…
- 23 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 10:34am -
- newPure Heroine Turns 10
The year was 2013. I was just beginning my senior year of college and had started an internship at this here very website. It had been a few months since I discovered Lorde, right around the time that her The Love Club EP was re-released, and I was o…
- 23 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 10:26am -
- newWatch Mitski Cover Pete Seeger’s “Coyote, My Little Brother” In NYC
A few weeks ago, Mitski released her new album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We. Rather than planning a full-scale tour behind the LP, Mitski is playing a series of small acoustic shows around the world, and she’s performing the album in full…
- 23 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 10:02am -
- newMaria BC – “Still”
- 23 hours ago 27 Sep 23, 10:01am -
- Underworld – “denver luna (acappella)”
Underworld, ’90s heroes of British rave, have been playing big festivals all year, and they released a massive single called “and the colour red” back in April. Today, the long-running duo has followed that single with “denver luna (acappella…
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 9:24am -
- Helena Deland – “Strawberry Moon”
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 9:18am -
- Anxious – “Down, Down”
Early in 2022, Connecticut emo sweethearts Anxious released their full-length debut Little Green House, and we really liked it. Since the LP’s release, Anxious have released the one-off singles “Sunsign” and “Where You Been.” Now, Anxious a…
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 9:11am -
- PACKS – “Honey”
We’re entering a bold new era where it’s totally normal for bands to release multiple albums in the space of a year. That’s fun! It hearkens back to earlier pop-history eras, when everyone had to constantly have new music out on the market all…
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 8:59am -
- MIKE, Wiki, & Alchemist’s Faith Is A Rock Is Exactly What You’d Expect — Mostly In A Good Way
For years, Wiki and MIKE have blazed their own unique paths as stalwarts of New York’s expansive rap underground. Wiki’s scrappy everyman lyricism catapulted him to the status of local favorite, while MIKE’s morose flows, drowsy production, and…
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 8:55am -
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce 25th Album The Silver Cord
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, endlessly productive Australian monsters of psychedelic rock, released their debut album 12 Bar Bruise in 2012. In just slightly over a decade, then, the Lizard Wizard have amassed an absolutely insane discography fu…
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 8:54am -
- Parannoul – “Your Place”
The mysterious Korean indie rock project Parannoul (the above image is their band photo on the Topshelf Records site) released their phenomenal album After The Magic in January and followed it with After The Night, a live album documenting their firs…
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 8:38am -
- Spiritual Cramp – “Herberts On Holiday”
Bay Area punks Spiritual Cramp have been putting out great records and playing extremely fun live shows for years, but they’re just now getting ready to release their self-titled full-length debut. After sharing first single “Talkin’ On The Int…
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 8:24am -
- Watch boygenius Debut Another New Song, “Afraid Of Heights,” In Boston
It’s been a big year for boygenius. In March, the indie-superstar trio of Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers released the record, their full-length debut and the first thing that any of the group’s members had ever released on a major…
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 8:18am -
- The Alternative Number Ones: Love And Rockets’ “So Alive”
In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones, and i…
- 1 day ago 27 Sep 23, 7:50am -
- L.S. Dunes Defend AI Music Video
The emo/post-hardcore supergroup L.S. Dunes recently teased a music video for their new single “Old Wounds” by sharing a 10-second snippet online. The clip was generated by the AI platform @IAMMETHISISI, and which set off a less-than-positive rea…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 2:40pm -
- Shakira Charged With Tax Evasion In Spain Again
Last summer, the Spanish government charged Shakira with tax fraud and sought an eight-year prison sentence for the Colombian pop star, who took up residence in Spain while married to soccer star Gerard Piqué. She publicly denied the charges, but th…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 2:02pm -
- Florentino – “Pressure” (Feat. Shygirl)
The onetime Stereogum Artist To Watch Shygirl released her full-length debut Nymph last year, and she followed it up by teaming with Björk for a pair of remixes. Right now, Shygirl is about to head out on a co-headlining tour with Tinashe, and now s…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 1:40pm -
- Live Nation Ending Merch Cuts
For years, concert venues around the country have been keeping a percentage of musicians’ revenue from merch sales at shows. Artists have complained about this practice in the past — Jack Antonoff did last fall — but in recent weeks, indie acts…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 1:14pm -
- Obongjayar – “Who Let Him In”
The Nigerian-born, UK-based artist Obongjayar spent years collaborating with peers like Everything Is Recorded and Little Simz before he released his debut album, last year’s Some Nights I Dream Of Doors. Since then, Obonjayar has come out with the…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 12:08pm -
- alexalone – “All I Need”
A couple years ago, the Austin-based musician Alex Peterson released their debut album under the name alexalone, ALEXALONEWORLD, after stints in Hovvdy and Lomelda’s live bands. They hit the road with Lomelda soon after that album was released and…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 11:55am -
- Katie Dey – “Dawn Service”
Katie Dey has announced a new album, never falter hero girl — it’ll be out at the end of October. It’s the follow-up to forever music, which came out at the beginning of 2022, and she once again wrote and recorded everything from her bedroom. L…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 11:26am -
- Circus Devils – “Here We Are”
Some of you are Robert Pollard completists, and for you I will share this new song from Circus Devils, the Guided By Voices leader’s side project with brothers Todd and Tim Tobias. “Here We Are” is the lead single from Squeeze The Needle, the f…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 11:23am -
- Patrick Holland – “Your Life”
For years, the Montreal dance producer Patrick Holland has been cranking out remixes and singles of his own, like 2022’s “Years In The Ground.” Today, Holland has released the breezy new banger “Your Life.” It’s a playful, nostalgic, star…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 11:12am -
- Ruston Kelly – “Dream Song” (Samia Cover)
Earlier this year, the bedroom-pop singer-songwriter Samia released her sophomore album Honey. A few months afterward, Samia announced Honey Reimagined, a series of singles in which Samia’s peers cover the songs from the LP. We’ve already posted…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 10:57am -
- Album Of The Week: Slow Pulp Yard
It’s not that complicated. Three childhood friends — Henry Stoehr, Teddy Matthews, and Alex Leeds — grew up learning how to make music together and started a band. In college, they met Emily Massey, who clicked into place with them musically. T…
- 2 days ago 26 Sep 23, 10:41am -