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Over the weekend, the star-studded Joni Jam went down at the Hollywood Bowl. Backstage at the event, a performance of Elton John’s 1983 tune “I’m Still Standing” took place with Mitchell, John, Chappell Roan, Lucy Dacus, and more.  » Read More

Last year, Noah Weinman shared Like Dying Stars, We’re Reaching Out, his full-length debut as Runnner. He had a lot more up his sleeve when that was released, quickly following it up with an ambient album Starsdust and last month’s improvisational project Dust 2.  » Read More

Election Day is two weeks away, and we all have the same question on our minds: Who is Violent J voting for? Lucky for us, Troy Iwata trekked to the Gathering Of The Juggalos in August and found out who the Insane Clown Posse member and his fans will be casting a ballot for in a segment for The Daily Show.  » Read More

Bruce Springsteen and Eminem both have made some pretty scathing remarks against Donald Trump. That’s good. Still, they’re both white guys from working-class backgrounds who became some of the best-selling artists of all time; both Democrats and Republicans love that kind of shit. I feel pretty comfortable hypothesizing that Em and the Boss’  » Read More

The new 2nd Grade album Scheduled Explosions arrives this Friday. Power-pop expert Peter Gill has been previewing the LP in threes; in September, he unleashed the first batch of singles, and the second came two weeks ago. Now, he’s releasing one final trio of earworms: “Triple Bypass In B-Flat,”  » Read More

Last month, High. announced their new EP, Come Back Down, arriving early next year. The NJ “noisegaze” crew released the lead single “In A Hole,” and now they’re back with the towering “Catcher.”  » Read More

Radiohead may be in a state of flux, but all five members can agree on one thing: They don’t want their work to be used in AI training without their consent. As the Washington Post points out, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien,  » Read More

Last year, Geese released their latest album 3D Country, followed by an EP titled 4D Country. The Brooklyn band kicked off 2024 with a Justin Bieber cover, and now frontman Cameron Winter is sharing his debut solo songs, “Vines”  » Read More

One can only hope that the Norwegian indie-pop band Onsloow will eventually get famous enough that I can search their name without Google assuming that what I’m really looking for is “Onslow” — which, as far as I can tell, is also not a real word. (There’s apparently an Onslow County in North Carolina;  » Read More