Chris DeVille

Earlier today Courtney Love published a Guardian op-ed decrying a history of “sexist” gatekeeping at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. It echoed complaints from Alanis Morisette of a sexist production environment at last year’s ceremony. Lots of artists in the Rock Hall are either indifferent toward or actively repulsed by the institution.  » Read More

One of the most anticipated sets of this year’s SXSW was the sole appearance by PinkPantheress, the young UK star who blew up on TikTok by singing softly and dispassionately over decades-old garage and drum ‘n’ bass tracks, whose Ice Spice collab “Boy’s A Liar Pt. 2”  » Read More

The platonic ideal of South By Southwest is stumbling upon a band you’ve never heard and finding a new favorite for life. The reality is that most bands are average, and there’s more noise than signal within the overwhelming selection of performers at Austin’s annual industry bacchanal. So whenever it actually happens — when you wander into a room and are gobsmacked,  » Read More

The 2023 edition of Stereogum’s Range Life party went down Thursday afternoon at Cheer Up Charlie’s in Austin. For six hours, the indoor-outdoor venue was graced by some of the greatest artists at this year’s SXSW, a genre-jumping slate of acts who never ceased to keep the robust crowd entertained. It was like the pages of our venerable weblog had sprung to life!  » Read More

The Finnish screamo band Alas impressed us greatly with last year’s album Uusi Vuosi. Today they’ve got another amazing song out. “Yksin ei t​ä​ä​llä n​ä​e kauas,” which translates to “You can’t see far here alone,” is as thrillingly volatile as anything on last year’s LP. The track is violently intense from the start and basically doesn’t let up for two minutes,  » Read More

Everything But A Girl’s comeback album Fuse has thus far yielded the aerodynamic bangers “Nothing Left To Lose” and “Caution To The Wind.” Today they’ve given us something slightly different. New single “Run A Red Light” is an electronic ballad laced with piano,  » Read More

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Gary Glitter is back in prison.  » Read More

The latest guest on Conan O’Brien’s podcast Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend is Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast. They discussed the time Conan discovered Japanese Breakfast through his daughter at Coachella — the band noticed he was in the audience — as well as her hit memoir Crying In H Mart,  » Read More