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Vampire Weekend’s Only God Was Above Us album release show took place during the solar eclipse on Monday afternoon, outside at the Moody Amphitheatre in Austin, Texas. The entire show was livestreamed — if you’re a Veeps All Access Member, you’ll be able to watch the whole thing here for the next year.  » Read More

Screamo bands from across North and South America came together for the new compilation Ning​ú​n Humano Es Ilegal, which translates to No Human Is Illegal. The album opens with a discordant ripper from Massa Nera and also features the rising Colombian act Vientre among many others.  » Read More

Though hailing from different generations of rock stardom, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello are old pals who’ve been collaborating for years. At Springsteen’s LA tour stop Sunday, they teamed up again. Onstage at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, the Rage Against The Machine guitarist joined the Boss for two songs that the E Street Band had not yet performed on this tour: 2001’s “American Skin (41 Shots)”  » Read More

Last month, Stereogum and Partisan Records teamed up for an Austin Day party at Cheer Up Charlie’s, with help from our friends at AdHoc. Our team captured live performances and filmed interviews with some of the bands that were there.  » Read More

Later this month, Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell is getting a deluxe reissue for its 40th anniversary. It’s got a bunch of your typical deluxe edition goodies, and he’s already shared “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” a previously unreleased cover of the Rose Royce song. Today, we’re getting a very different demo of “Flesh For Fantasy.”  » Read More

A few weeks back Elton John and his longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin were honored with the Library of Congress’ George Gershwin Prize. Lots of musicians performed for a congressional audience in the duo’s honor, including Metallica, who opened the show with a cover of “Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding”  » Read More

Vampire Weekend released their new album Only God Was Above Us on Friday, and over the weekend they took over SiriusXMU and did a live session, where they covered Grateful Dead and played some songs from OGWAU live for the first time.  » Read More

Later this week, the NYC rock band Dog Date are releasing their sophomore album, Zinger, their follow-up to 2021’s Child’s Play. We posted about lead single “Nuff Said” when it came out in February. Since then, there’s been another track, “Cruel World Reversal,”  » Read More

This past weekend, WWE staged its massive two-night Wrestlemania extravaganza at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. A whole lot of stuff happened. I’m not going to spoil it here, but if you have the slightest interest in pro wrestling, then you were probably watching last night, or you’ve probably already had it spoiled today.  » Read More