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Big Head is a mostly one-person indie rock band out of Denton, TX, helmed by Mills Chaiken. Camp Trash guitarist and Stereogum contributor Keegan Bradford was geeking out about the project’s debut album the worst is yet to come today, so I checked it out, and our boy Keegan is correct: this shit DOES fuckin’  » Read More

This year, Skrillex has been in full-on creative-reinvention mode. He released the back-to-back collab-heavy albums Quest For Fire and Don’t Get Too Close, and he got together with his friends Fred again.. and Four Tet to release some music and to fill in for Frank Ocean as last-minute Coachella headliners.  » Read More

This week, our The Alternative Number Ones column looked at the B-52’s’ “Channel Z,” the 1989 single that improbably kicked off the band’s biggest commercial moment. The B-52’s went on a farewell tour last year, but they’ve still got some shows coming up — many as part of a Las Vegas residency that had some dates this summer and will continue next spring.  » Read More

Two new Mura Masa singles are out in the world. Previously this year, the British producer born Alexander George Edward Crossan dropped “Whenever I Want” and “Drugs.” He’s doubled that 2023 output today. “Rise” is a collab with NADIAH, the singer formerly known as MOKO;  » Read More

Golpe is Tadzio Pederzolli, a one-man d-beat hardcore act out of Italy. His latest violent outburst, Assuefazione Quotidiana (translated: Daily Habituation), is out today via the great Static Shock label. It’s fast, harsh, and brutal, with a straightforward attack that takes some pleasing twists and turns. Pederzolli tops off the sonic onslaught with rough,  » Read More

Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Austin Saalman, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, and Scott Dransfield all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 11 this week.  » Read More

Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard has announced a new solo album, What Now, and shared its title track via a music video. She’s also announced some new tour dates.  » Read More

Priscilla focuses on Priscilla Presley’s relationship with the King of Rock and Roll, simultaneously functioning as a biopic and a portrait of a toxic relationship.  » Read More

Buzzed about new British five-piece The Last Dinner Party have shared their third ever single, “My Lady of Mercy,” via a music video.  » Read More