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boygenius Play Austin Airport Baggage Claim For SXSW
SXSW kicked off last weekend, though the music portion of the Austin festival begins in earnest this week. (Stereogum is throwing a show at Cheer Up Charlies on Thursday if you’re around.) → Read More
Lana Del Rey Shares New Single "The Grants": Listen
Next week, Lana Del Rey is releasing a new album, Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd. So far, she’s shared the title track and “A&W” — the latter topped our best songs of the week list. Today, she’s back with another single, the album’s opening track “The Grants,” the title reference to LDR’s real family name. The song was co-written with Mike Hermosa, and it features backing… → Read More
THING Festival 2023 Has Fleet Foxes, Lil Yachty, Sylvan Esso, Thundercat, & More
THING Festival is returning to Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Washington for a third year. The event, which was started by now-defunct Sasquatch Festival founder Adam Zacks, will take place from August 25 to 27 this year. → Read More
Yo La Tengo Performed In Drag In Nashville To Protest New Tennessee Law
Yo La Tengo performed in drag at their show in Nashville on Monday night in protest of the recently passed Tennessee law that restricts drag performances in public. As The Tennessean reports, the band’s Ira Kaplan and James McNew came out dressed in drag during the second half of their set at the Basement East. → Read More
Avril Lavigne Interrupted By Topless Protester Onstage At Juno Awards
Avril Lavigne was interrupted by a topless protester onstage at the Juno Awards last night. While Lavigne was introducing another musician during the event, a woman came on stage with the messages “SAVE THE GREEN BELT” and “STOP LOGGING OLD GROWTH NOW” written on her body, protesting the Ontario government’s planned development of protected green spaces. → Read More
Eluvium Shares "Void Manifest" & "Clockwork Fables": Listen
In May, Matthew Robert Cooper is releasing a new Eluvium album, (Whirring Marvels In) Consensus Reality. Until the album’s out, he’s sharing two new tracks from it every month. So far, we’ve gotten the pairings of “Escapement” and “Swift Automatons,” followed by “Vibration Consensus Reality (For Spectral Multiband Resonator)” and “Scatterbrains,” and last month’s were “Phantasia Telephonics” and… → Read More
Unknown Mortal Orchestra Shares New Track "Meshuggah": Listen
This week, Unknown Mortal Orchestra are releasing a new album, V. We’ve heard a handful of songs from it so far — “Nadja,” “Layla,” and “I Killed Captain Cook” — and today we’re getting one more single, “Meshuggah.” → Read More
"Naatu Naatu" Wins Best Song At The 2023 Oscars: Watch
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR won Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday night. The music for “Naatu Naatu” was made by M. M. Keeravani, and Chandrabose did the lyrics. → Read More
Rihanna Performs "Lift Me Up" At Oscars: Watch
Last month, Rihanna performed live for the first time in five years at the Super Bowl halftime show. And on Sunday night she took the stage at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony for another performance, this time to sing “Lift Me Up,” her contribution to the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack that’s up for Best Original Song this year. Watch her performance of “Lift Me Up” below. → Read More
Lady Gaga Performs "Hold My Hand" At The 2023 Oscars: Watch
Lady Gaga ended up performing at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony after all following initial reports that she wouldn’t be due to the filming for Joker: Folie à Deux. She did a stripped-back rendition of her Top Gun: Maverick single “Hold My Hand,” which was nominated this year for Best Original Song. → Read More
David Byrne, Stephanie Hsu, & Son Lux Perform "This Is A Life" At Oscars: Watch
David Byrne and Son Lux performed their Everything Everywhere All At Once song “This Is A Life” at the 95th Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday night. They were joined by Stephanie Hsu, who was nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for her role in the film. (Hsu took over vocals for Mitski, who is featured on the version of the track that’s up for Best Original Song.) Byrne was rocking… → Read More
Bruce Springsteen Postpones Third Concert Due To Illness
Last month, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band kicked off a massive North American tour. But three planned concerts have now been postponed due to illness. A March 9 show in Columbus, OH kicked off the round of postponements; yesterday, a show scheduled for tonight in Connecticut was also postponed. And now a show that was set to take place on Tuesday, March 14 in Albany, NY will also be… → Read More
The 1975 Return to 'SNL' With 'Being Funny' Songs
The 1975 made their second Saturday Night Live musical guest appearance this weekend, opposite host Jenna Ortega. They performed “I’m In Love With You” and “Oh Caroline,” two songs from last year’s Being Funny In A Foreign Language. → Read More
Tiny Ruins Share New Song "Dogs Dreaming": Listen
Next month, Tiny Ruins are releasing a new album, Ceremony, the pastoral New Zealand band’s follow-up to 2019’s Olympic Girls. They’ve shared “The Crab / Waterbaby” and “Dorothy Bay” from it so far, and today they’re back with another single, the lilting “Dogs Dreaming.” “Like the dogs in their dreams/ Paws know when to run,” Hollie Fullbrook sings. “The body knows what it needs/ Like the beat… → Read More
Moreish Idols – “Between These Ears”
About a year ago, the London-based band Moreish Idols were inducted into Dan Carey’s Speedy Wunderground universe with the single “Speedboat,” and they followed it that summer with the Float EP. Last month, they emerged with a new single called “Nocturnal Creatures,” and now the five-piece is back with another new track, the clangy but prettily gliding “Between These Ears.” The band shared:… → Read More
Silver Moth Share New Song "The Eternal": Listen
Back in January, Silver Moth — a project that involves Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite — announced their debut album, Black Bay, and shared its lead single “Mother Tongue.” Today, they’re back with another song from that album, “The Eternal,” a touhcing track that was written as a tribute to a close friend of Braithwaite’ and Silver Moth bandmate Elisabeth Elektra that passed away. Listen below. → Read More
Dead & Co Will Return To Cornell 46 Years To The Day Of Grateful Dead’s Famous Concert There
Later this year, Dead & Co. will embark on a farewell tour, bringing to an end this incarnation of the Grateful Dead featuring Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bob Weir, plus John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti. That run of dates will kick off toward the end of May. → Read More
NOIA Shares New Single "verano adentro": Listen
In a few weeks, NOIA is releasing her full-length debut, gisela, which comes after a few years worth of impressive EPs. We’ve heard “eclipse de amor” and “didn’t know” from it already, which respectively featured Buscabulla and Ela Minus, and today she’s back with another single, the clinking, subte burble “verano adentro,” which NOIA said is a song about a suspended feeling of quiet and peace,… → Read More
Jane’s Addiction Debut "True Love," First New Song In 10 Years: Watch
Jane’s Addiction has been hitting the touring and festival circuit hard these last couple years, though the band hasn’t released an album since 2011’s The Great Escape Artist. But new music is starting to come together, even though Dave Navarro is on an indefinite break from the group due to long COVID. → Read More
B. Cool-Aid Shares New Single "soundgood": Listen
At the end of the month, rapper Pink Siifu and producer Ahwlee are releasing a new album together as B. Cool-Aid called Leather Blvd. We’ve shared two tracks from it already — “Cnt Go Back (Tell Me)” and “Wassup” — and today we’re getting a third, “soundgood,” where the pair teams up with Liv.e, Jimetta Rose, and V.C.R. They’ve also unveiled the official Leather Blvd. tracklist, which has… → Read More