“Goon” was a perfectly good word with a whole bunch of meanings long before zoomers decided to use it as a euphemism for jerking off, so it does my heart good to see that LA indie rockers Goon are keeping their name intact. This summer, Goon will release their new LP Dream 3, and we were really into the early …

For more than a decade now, the LA-based artist Lorely Rodriguez has been making extremely cool left-field pop music under her Empress Of alias. Rodriguez released her album For Your Consideration last year, and she’ll open a bunch of North American dates on Lorde’s Ultrasound tour later in the year. Today, Empress Of drops a new track called “Little Secret” …

“We just wanted things to really explode.” Mission accomplished, Corin Tucker.

It’s been seven years since Richard Ashcroft last put out music of his own, though he hasn’t been totally absent. In 2019, the Verve frontman finally won back the rights to “Bitter Sweet Symphony” from the Rolling Stones, and a few years later he reenacted the song’s video for a Sky Sports F1 promo. It’s been reported that Ashcroft will …

The Honduran-born, Montreal-based pop mutant Isabella Lovestory cites Lady Gaga and Kim Gordon as influences, and she pushed reggaeton into freaky places on her 2022 debut album Amor Hardcore. Since then, she’s written for K-pop stars LE SSERAFIM and cranked out a steady stream of one-off singles. Thus far this year, she’s released “Telenovela” and the TAICHU collab “Putita Boutique,” …

Nigerian star Burna Boy has been working hard to conquer the world in recent years, playing stadiums and performing at the Grammys and collaborating with Coldplay and whatnot. Last year, Burna Boy announced plans to follow his 2023 album I Told Them… with a new LP called No Sign Of Weakness. We still don’t know too much about that album, …

Forth Wanderers shocked our corner of the world this week when, out of nowhere, they dropped their first song in seven years. “To Know Me/To Love Me” was the New Jersey band’s first piece of new music since their 2018 self-titled album, though when it arrived on Bandcamp, Forth Wanderers didn’t offer any additional details. Today, they’ve announced their new …

In a postseason defined by dramatic comebacks, the Indiana Pacers added another unforgettable chapter with a stunning 138-135 overtime win over the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the… The post What the Hali? Pacers Stun Knicks in OT Thriller, Take Game 1 of East Finals appeared first on .

I started listening to jazz when I was around 15. My entry point was a common one: Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue, which I bought on cassette for $5.99. I also heard John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme early on, after which I started gradually, haphazardly picking up albums here and there with no real method or guide; I would just …

It finally happened. I finally heard someone say the name “yeule” out loud, which means I finally know how it’s pronounced. (It’s just like “yool.” That’s what I figured, but I was second-guessing myself.) The new season of Everybody’s Live, John Mulaney’s utterly insane live Netflix talk show, is drawing to a close, and its penultimate episode happened last night. …