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On Friday afternoon, Faye Webster made her Coachella debut. She performed a couple tracks from her latest album Underdressed At The Symphony live for the first time — “Wanna Quit All The Time,” “He Loves Me Yeah!,” and “Lego Ring” (though no Lil Yachty appearance for that last one).  » Read More

Hurray For The Riff Raff released the excellent The Past Is Still Alive over the winter. Today they promoted it by becoming the latest indie band to perform on CBS Saturday Morning. Alynda Segarra and their backing band, which included NNAMDÏ on bass, played three songs from the new album: “  » Read More

Rico Wade, one third of the legendary Atlanta production team Organized Noize and a founding member of the city’s fabled Dungeon Family, has died. No cause of death has been reported. Wade was 52.  » Read More

Good times for a change! Deftones’ set Friday at Coachella included a cover of the Smiths’ “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want.” Chino Moreno and friends recorded “Please, Please, Please” years ago — it appeared on their 2005 B-Sides & Rarities album — but this marked their first live performance of the song.  » Read More

Lana Del Rey headlined the first night of Coachella last night, her first performance at the festival since 2014. She brought friends. The set included appearances from Billie Eilish, Jon Batiste, and Jack Antonoff, but alas no Sublime appearance when she sang “Doin’ Time.”  » Read More

Sabrina Carpenter — you indie blog readers are familiar with this person, right? She was the best friend character on Girl Meets World, the Disney Channel sitcom about the daughter of Corey and Topanga from Boy Meets World. She is assumed to be part of the love triangle that inspired fellow Disney alum Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license.”  » Read More

This week, the city of Detroit installed a new Hollywood-style sign on I-94 — eight-foot letters spelling out the word “Detroit,” put up in advance of this month’s NFL draft, which will be held in the city. According to the Detroit Free Press, local reaction to the new sign has been decidedly mixed.  » Read More

It appears we are on the verge of a new Fontaines D.C. album rollout. The Irish greats hit us with the excellent Skinty Fia in 2022, and now they’re teasing what looks to be a fascinating new music video.  » Read More

If you’ve followed the recent drama surrounding the once-dominant hitmaking team of Daryl Hall and John Oates, you will not be surprised to learn that the duo will not reunite anytime soon. Last year, Hall surprised the world when he filed a restraining order against Oates. The reason turned out to be a legal battle between the two.  » Read More