To sign to Exploding In Sound, you need to have a memorable one-word band name, like Jobber or Ovlov or Stuck. The great indie label’s newest signees, Bimbo, fit the bill. Hailing from Marquette, MI, Bimbo describe themselves as “if the White Stripes were evil, couldn’t write a song in 4/4, and were actually bother and sister.” Today they’re announcing …

You could really just rearrange the four words in this blog post’s headline in any way that you might want. “Shit Dog – ‘Fat Love’.” “Dog Love – ‘Fat Shit’.” “Fat Dog Shit – ‘Love’.” They all sound pretty interesting! But those other ones aren’t real. Instead, this blog post is about Fat Dog, the noisy British dance-punk-ish band, and …

Karol G is officially on tour! This past weekend, the Colombian superstar kicked off her “Viajando Por El Mundo TropiTour” with two nights at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL. The weekend concerts (July 24 and July 25) gave fans a preview of its highly anticipated setlist, stage layouts, and official tour merch. Karol is taking The post Karol G’s ‘Viajando …

The great singer-songwriters Madi Diaz and Lucy Dacus just had a big weekend together at the Newport Folk Festival. Diaz and Dacus both performed at Newport, and Dacus did a guest-heavy set that included appearances from Hayley Williams, Brandon Flowers, and — hey, look at that — Madi Diaz. Williams played her own guest-heavy set, and Diaz and Dacus both …

In his later years, Nashville-based outlaw country legend Chris Gantry has experienced a resurgence with assistance from the community surrounding Chicago indie fixture Drag City Records. In 2017, Drag City reissued Gantry’s lost album At The House Of Cash. In 2019, we shared “Box Of Crayons,” his Bill Callahan collab from the Jerry David DeCicca-produced Nashlantis. He’s since released The …

The veteran singer-songwriter Carly Simon hasn’t performed live since a 2018 Tibet House benefit at Carnegie Hall, and she hasn’t released an album of new songs since 2008’s This Kind Of Love. She did not attend her Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in 2022. Last month, however, Simon announced a new album called Comes In Waves, and she …

A few weeks back, Brooklyn’s Bazooka Fest announced their very cool 2026 lineup topped by scrappy Ohio indie favorites Cloud Nothings and the reunited Times New Viking. Today, that lineup has been expanded. The post Bazooka Fest 2026 Unveils Full Lineup With Destroyer, Stephin Merritt, & More appeared first on Stereogum.

For many years, Florida rap great Denzel Curry has been messing around in the hardcore world. When the teenage Curry first emerged as part of the underground Raider Klan crew, they helped introduce choatic moshpit energy to the rap world. In 2019, Curry covered Rage Against The Machine for Triple J and enlisted Fucked Up for a Bad Brains cover. …

Two-time GRAMMY®-nominated global girl group KATSEYE is bringing their extraordinary rise to the big screen. The group has announced a special worldwide theatrical event, KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS, hitting cinemas for… The post KATSEYE Headed to Movie Theaters with “KATSEYE: WILD HEARTS” appeared first on .

The experimental rock band Shearling, like Alex Kent and Sylvie Simmons’ prior outfit Sprain, have an often extreme approach to music that inspires fierce devotion and revulsion. But whether you love them or hate them, hopefully we can all agree they’re great at naming records. Shearling debuted last year with the single-track epic album Motherfucker, I Am Both: “Amen” And …