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Florist have returned. The New York folk project led by Emily Sprague are back today with the lovely new single “This Was A Gift.”  » Read More

Waxahatchee has spent a good chunk of this year on the road supporting her March album Tigers Blood. At most shows, she’s been playing that album in full, which is just fine with me. But she’s also been performing an unreleased song called “Much Ado About Nothing.”  » Read More

Frankie Valli and his Four Seasons scored their first #1 hit with “Sherry” in 1962. That was 62 years ago. Frankie Valli celebrated his 90th birthday in May. That’s 360 seasons! He’s still playing live — not just reaching up for falsetto notes but acting out some version of the teenage-love showmanship that made him famous in the first place.  » Read More

Every few years, someone on social media posts a clip of one of the strangest late night musical performances to ever grace American televisions. “They make a tremendous amount of noise,” Jimmy Kimmel deadpans, just barely preparing his audience for Seattle art-punks the Blood Brothers. After an initial squall of feedback, drummer Mark Gajadhar begins pounding his snare,  » Read More

It’s been 22 years since Broken Social Scene, a sprawling and chaotic collective of Toronto indie rock musicians, released their instant-classic debut album You Forgot It In People. Now, Stephen Chung, a friend of the band who has directed music videos for many BSS-affiliated artists, has rounded up literally dozens of Broken Social Scene members to make It’s All Gonna Break,  » Read More

On Friday, the Los Angeles singer-songwriter Christian Lee Hutson released his new album Paradise Pop. 10. On Monday, Hutson played Brooklyn’s Music Hall Of Williamsburg, and Phoebe Bridgers, Hutson’s Saddest Factory label boss and frequent collaborator, came out to join him for three songs. It wasn’t just a three-song chunk of the set at the end of the night,  » Read More

At age 15, the Icelandic indie musician Kaktus Einarsson played trumpet on Gorillaz’s “Stop The Dams” and then worked on Damon Albarn’s 2014 solo debut, Everyday Robots. Now, Albarn is joining Einarsson on his new song “Gumbri.”  » Read More

Last month, the Tampa hardcore extravaganza FYA Fest announced next year’s lineup and received backlash for taking place at the Shanna and Bryan Glazer Jewish Community Center, which has publicly supported Israel’s military efforts in Gaza and donated $45,000 to the Zionist organization Jewish Agency for Israel last year.  » Read More

Lil Reese has been arrested in Houston after a warrant was issued for the alleged assault of his former girlfriend, according to TMZ. The 31-year-old Chicago drill rapper born Tavares Lamont Taylor was booked this morning for aggravated assault of a family or household member and was denied bond.  » Read More