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The great Baltimore art-pop ensemble Future Islands released As Long As You Are, their most recent album, deep in the pandemic days of 2020, but they didn’t let that slow them down. Singer Samuel T. Herring has continued to collaborate widely, appearing on recent records from artists like Algiers,  » Read More

Way back in 2016, the Australian-born and Oakland-based musician Hazel English was a Stereogum Artist To Watch. She’s been cranking out really, really good music since then. Last year, English released her EP Summer Nights. This year, she’s dropped a couple of covers: the Goo Goo Dolls’  » Read More

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony is fast approaching. It’ll take place next Friday (November 3) and, for the first time ever, the ceremony will be broadcast live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn via Disney+. A couple weeks ago, we got word of the first round of presenters and performers,  » Read More

Indie singer/songwriter Lila Blue is set to return next month with their fourth full-length album, Sweet Pea, out November 10th. Taking its title from Blue’s childhood nickname and birth flower, the album meditates on coming of age, healing, and transformation, tracing their path from childhood performer to fully-formed singer/songwriter.  » Read More

Nothing Lasts Forever is a pretty bleak album title. Is it full of maudlin ballads and the deafening sound of the wringing of hands? Surprisingly not.  » Read More

“You got my initials/Photographic memory/Ask if I’m emotional/Fuck yeah!” chants The Front Bottoms’ frontman Brian Sella on “Emotional,” the opener to their new album, You Are Who You Hang Out With.  » Read More

Under the Radar headed to South Carolina for this year’s Fall For Greenville event.  » Read More

Alternative R&B artist serpentwithfeet (aka Josiah Wise) has announced a new album, GRIP, and shared its first single, “Damn Gloves.” The song features Ty Dolla $ign and South African musician Yanga YaYa and was shared via a music video.  » Read More

Perhaps it was David Bowie’s refusal to cooperate with director Todd Haynes which set the latter’s third feature film on its ultimate course toward greatness. Despite the efforts of believers Michael Stipe (himself among the film’s producers) and Kim Gordon to persuade Bowie otherwise, the rock icon ultimately declined to participate in the film’s production, denying Haynes the rights to such classic tracks as “Lady Stardust,” “All the Young Dudes,” […]