Springfield, Illinois' Prevention have been cranking out righteous, passionate straight-edge hardcore since 2019. They play fast, in an orthodox old-school youth crew style, but they seem to mean it ...

When Queens Of The Stone Age announced their upcoming album Perfecth last month, one item on the tracklist immediately stood out. That’s when we learned of the existence of a QOTSA song called “Where ...

The Alchemist does this sometimes, and his new EP Liquid Form works the same way as past EPs like 2024's The Genuine Articulate. On Liquid Form, Alchemist has one song apiece with Queens pioneer Kool ...

At a Hayley Williams show in London a few days ago, Power Snatch and Tiberius b performed their song "Training" live for the first time. That song is a two-minute electro-punk banger that gives me Le ...

Look out! Here comes the cult-beloved rock legend Todd Rundgren, and he's got takes! Rundgren has never been shy about sharing his opinions. In 2021, for instance, Rundgren said that he wasn't ...

As you are probably aware, Justin Bieber headlined Coachella in April. It was a big deal. It had been years since Bieber mounted a large-scale live performance, and his two Coachella sets came in the ...

Things are afoot in Father John Misty's universe. No word yet on the follow-up to 2024's Mahashmashana, but Josh Tillman has dropped two singles this year. "The Old Law" and "The Payoff" were both ...

Snooper have been making big moves. In April, vocalist Blair Tramel joined Hayley Williams onstage for a song. A couple weeks ago, the band was announced as openers for Mannequin Pussy and Wednesday’s ...

Usually when I adore a musician, I instinctively hate their imitators, out of loyalty and a desire for originality. But when singer-songwriters come along and remind me of Elliott Smith, I swoon. It’s ...

It was 2011, and my bullshit detector wouldn’t stop going off. Performative anonymity was the style of the time. The Weeknd had just introduced himself with a curatorial Tumblr mystique that he would ...

Bradford Cox hath returned to us. In recent years, the Deerhunter frontman and Atlas Sound mastermind has been virtually inactive. Deerhunter and Atlas Sound both played their last shows in 2019. In ...