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Johnny Marr performed at the Piece Hall in Halifax, England last night, where he was joined by the Charlatans’ Tim Burgess for a duet of Electronic’s “Getting Away With It.” Introducing Burgess, Marr told the crowd, “We’re going to play a disco song from Manchester, from the Haçienda.” He added, “What’s even better,  » Read More

Brian McBride, part of ambient duo Stars Of The Lid, has died. The news was confirmed by the band’s official Instagram page, which posted the note: “I am deeply saddened to to tell everyone that Brian McBride has passed away. I love the guy & he will be missed.” McBride was 53.  » Read More

On Friday, the Killers released a synthy, Hot Fuss-sounding new song titled “Your Side Of Town.” It was intended to be on a new Killers album, but turns out the band have since scrapped it, as discussed in a new profile with The Times.  » Read More

Jackson Maine showed up too early. When A Star Is Born came out in 2018, a sticking point, at least among music-nerd types, was who Bradley Cooper’s character was supposed to be. Was he Eddie Vedder? Caleb Followill? Here, we had this guy singing haggard,  » Read More

Last year, Atlanta’s Callous Daoboys released Celebrity Therapist, a wild, adventurous album of moth-damaged metalcore and scremo. In its frantic, giddy, expressiveness, the record sounded less like a product of the present-day post-hardcore underground, as fertile as that world can be, and more like the kind of thing that an experimental ’90s band like Mr.  » Read More

The enigmatic Swedish rappers Yung Lean and Bladee are longtime collaborators, and they’re both members of the Drain Gang collective. Both of them have been busy lately. Last year, Bladee released two albums Crest with fellow Drain Gang member Ecco2k, and Spiderr, and he also appeared on Yung Lean’s Stardust mixtape.  » Read More

What a strange music-release morning! Everyone was convinced that Drake’s new album was coming out today, but it’s not here. Instead, we’ve got an Earl Sweatshirt/Alchemist album that’s only available on some NFT site, and we’ve also got a new surprise EP where Toro y Moi gets all mellow and ruminative.  » Read More

What, did you think Taylor Swift was just gonna go away now that the Eras Tour wrapped up its first American leg? Swift played her first international Eras show Thursday night at Foro Sol in Mexico City, which means she found more songs to uniquely add to the setlist. In this case,  » Read More

Here’s something weird! Young rap legend Earl Sweatshirt, who’s recently been playing star-studded shows to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his album Doris, has also been teasing the release of Voir Dire, his new album with longtime collaborator the Alchemist.  » Read More