Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds entered the stage to the sound of a heavy descending guitar riff like something out of a doom metal track. Then the disco ball turned on, and Sturgill Simpson started playing a smoky blues guitar solo over jazz chords. The introduction then resolved in the funky syncopated groove of “Venus,” which was soon …

Last year comedy legend Steve Martin teamed with his fellow banjo player Alison Brown on an album called Safe, Sensible And Sane. They’re continuing to work together, and today they’ve brought some more bluegrass titans into their midst to cover… Lil Nas X? The post Steve Martin, Alison Brown, Del McCoury, & Dan Tyminski Cover Lil Nas X’s “Old Town …

Wednesday night, Rosalía was a guest on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. Within the first couple of minutes in their chat, Fallon brought up that U2’s forthcoming album Carnaval de Luz includes a song about the Spanish pop star, “The Mirror Maker (Rosalía).” The post Rosalía Says Bono Invented New Spanish Words For U2’s Tribute Song About Her appeared …

At the end of this month, Elena Tonra who leads the indie-folk trio Daughter, is dropping a new album under another project Ex:Re, titled Save As. She’s already released the lead track “Radio Station,” and earlier this week, she shared the follow-up single “Sleep.” The post Ex:Re – “Sleep” appeared first on Stereogum.

I left the theater in tears after watching Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry. Two years ago, when I first met Steph and his team, the very first thing I… The post The Heart of a Champion: Inside “Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry” appeared first on .

They Are Gutting A Body Of Water, the prolific Philly underground heroes, are always cooking up something. Next week, they’ll release KOOL FAITH / LOOSIES II, a new guest-heavy 29 track mixtape that includes collaborations with people like RXKNephew, Greg Mendez, Spirit Of The Beehive, and Hotline TNT. When they announced the tape last month, they shared three songs. With …

“Ghost’s Host”: That’s not a song title that I ever want to try to say out loud. It would be a disaster. Those words would trip all over themselves coming out of my mouth. But New Jersey power-pop stompers Classic Traffic are brave enough to use that impossible-to-pronounce title from their latest single, a bittersweet midtempo rocker with an adrenaline-charged …

The house where you lived when you were a kid: Do you still live there? Does anyone in your family still live there? Is the house still standing? Last year, my wife’s parents sold the house that the family inhabited for decades, and the person who bought it demolished the building and put a McMansion there. It was pretty sad! …

Over the last few years, Atlanta-based dance producer Nikki Nair has collaborated with people like Hudson Mohawke and the Avalanches. A couple of months ago, he released an EP called The Sick Dimension on dh2, George Daniel’s dance-focused Dirty Hit imprint. Now, he’s getting ready to release another EP on a different label. The post Nikki Nair Announces New EP …

Lana Del Rey has been threatening to go country for several years now, and it hasn’t quite happened yet. At a 2024 pre-Grammy party, Del Rey announced plans for a country album, which was going to be called Lasso. Since then, she’s released a few singles, and she also sang about kissing Morgan Wallen on a still-unreleased song that she …