Last weekend, Olivia Rodrigo headlined her own one-off festival Daisy Chain Fields in Irvine, California, and it looked fucking awesome. During her set, Rodrigo performed with Stevie Nicks, Sarah McLachlan, and Alanis Morissette, and the day also featured sets from acts like Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, the Breeders, Garbage, Bikini Kill, Die Spitz, and Quiet Light. The benefit raised $10 …

She’s just being “Miley” now. Miley Cyrus, one of her generation’s defining pop stars, has a new album on the way, and she has dropped the “Cyrus” from her name. This feels like an implicit rebuke of her father, the troubled country star Billy Ray Cyrus, but she hasn’t come out any said anything about that yet. She also hasn’t …

Stereogum readers love Drake, right? He’s your favorite guy. You’re like, “Damn, I wish someone would tell me when Drake finally performs the hits from his new album Iceman, which I enjoy so much.” Well, we’re here to let you know that Drake has now performed two of those Iceman hits at Don Toliver’s Toronto show. What a relief, right? …

You’re probably wondering, “What’s a lightsphere?” Lily Seabird, who invented the term when she titled her new album Lightspheres On Your Way, defines a lightsphere as a catalyzing presence that perennially returns to alter life’s trajectory. “A lightsphere can be so many things,” she says in promo materials, “an actual light like a star, the sun, a UFO; headlights, a …

Bonnie Bloomgarden, leader of the consistently great Los Angeles psychedelic rockers Death Valley Girls, recently lost her Altadena home in the California wildfires. That loss, along with the death of her dog Tommy, informed Death Valley Girls’ upcoming album Welcome To Earth. We already posted the excellent lead single “Message From The Venus Flower.” Their new song is a bright, …

We are oh so back. Long Island treasure Jade Lilitri is back today with news of the next Oso Oso album, an exchange of information. It’s coming out in November on Feral Twin, the new label started by Hop Along drummer Mark Quinlan. Lead single “know you know me better,” out now, kicks off with a surprise string arrangement that …

Wait! Stop! Don’t go any further! Are you all caught up on Silo, the big post-apocalyptic sci-fi show on Apple TV+. Or failing that, do you not care what happens on Silo? I’ve never seen an episode of the show, but this blog post evidently deals in some major-spoiler plot twists that have implications much deeper than what you already …

Kali Malone’s last solo album was 2024’s All Life Long. Since then, the Stockholm-via-Denver composer and organist has shared collaborations with Drew McDowall and Leila Bordreuil, and she reissued her influential 2019 LP The Sacrificial Code. Now, she’s announcing her new LP Burning Song. The post Kali Malone Announces New Album <em>Burning Song</em>: Hear “Heavy With Fruit” appeared first on Stereogum.

It’s been a few years since Pet Fox released their great debut album A Face In Your Life. The Boston indie rock band is announcing its followup, Balance, today. The promising title track is out now. The post Pet Fox Announce New Album <em>Balance</em>: Hear The Title Track appeared first on Stereogum.

For the past seven years, Kelly Clarkson has proven herself to be an absolutely delightful daytime talk show host. Back in February, Clarkson announced that she’s stepping away from The Kelly Clarkson Show to focus on her family, and its final episode aired yesterday. That meant that we got the last ever installment of Kellyoke, the regular feature in which …