The Portuguese artist Rafael Toral has been making expansive guitar-drone music since the mid-’90s. Last year, he released Spectral Evolution, his return to the guitar after years spent inventing his own instruments. Our genre specialist Christopher R. Weingarten chose that record as the best experimental album of 2024. Now, Toral has followed that record with the new single “Layers,” a …

Post Malone had a very successful pivot to country music with last August’s F-1 Trillion. That success culminated into his headlining set at Coachella on Sunday night. Ahead of that performance, he told Billboard that he already has a new album in the works, and it sounds like he’s not pivoting away from country anytime soon.

When it comes to pizza, this pizzeria in Brazil has just been named the best in Latin America. We’ve also got the Top 10. The post This Brazilian Pizzeria Was Just Named Best in Latin America appeared first on Remezcla.

Megan Thee Stallion didn’t technically headline Coachella on Sunday night. Instead, Megan performed on the main stage in the immediate-support slot, just before actual headliner Post Malone. But Meg still carried herself as the headliner, delivering a spectacle-heavy set that was full of choreography and surprise guests. She’s probably the only artist in the universe who could conceivably bring Spiritbox, …

You guys are up to speed on Dear Life Records, right? Co-founded by Friendship’s Michael Cormier-O’Leary, releaser of several early MJ Lenderman albums, currently supplying indie alt-country goodness by the likes of Fust and Florry, not afraid to dip into the realm of the abstract and experimental. Great label! And today they’ve announced another great album.

Addison Rae, the TikTok star who has become an ascendant cult-pop force, was not on the bill for last weekend’s Coachella festival, but she still made her presence felt. In 2023, Rae told Vogue that she “would love to work with Arca, obviously!” Sure enough, Arca remixed Rae’s single “Aquamarine” last night. On Sunday night, Rae made a surprise appearance …

Weezer just had a dramatic motherfucking week. Shortly before the beginning of the first Coachella weekend, Weezer were added to the bill. Then Jillian Lauren, wife of bassist Scott Shriner, was shot by LA police and arrested for attempted murder on Tuesday. Soon afterward, paparazzi caught up with Shriner, who reported that Lauren is OK and that the band’s Coachella …

Kyren Lacy, a former standout wide receiver for Louisiana State University (LSU) and NFL hopeful, has died from what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 23 years… The post SOURCE SPORTS: Former LSU WR Kyren Lacy Dead From Alleged Self-Inflicted Gunshot In Houston appeared first on .

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music.

Another day, another rap squabble, albeit a verbal one. The Game has responded to Ye formerly known as Kanye West, after the “Jesus Walks” rapper criticized him for associating with… The post The Game Fires Back at Ye Over Past Top5 Threats appeared first on .