The world continues to mourn the great American artist Dolly Parton, who passed away last month at the age of 80. Before Parton’s death, fans were already campaigning to have Nashville International Airport renamed in Parton’s honor. A few days after her death, the airport and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that those plans were moving forward. Today, the seven …

On this date a quarter century ago, September 11, 2001, Jay-Z released what many consider to be his defining masterpiece, The Blueprint, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. The… The post Today in Hip-Hop History: Jay-Z’s Landmark ‘The Blueprint’ Album Turns 25 Years Old! appeared first on .

Birmingham, Alabama might not be a place where you’d expect to find much shimmery indie-pop jangle, but the world is a rich and complicated place, and things that you might not expect happen all the time. Birmingham’s Slack Times have been perfecting their brightly woozy indie pop for the past few years. Today they unveil their upcoming album Casting. The …

Whenever I see Gal Gadot’s name, I know something is wrong. And it seems like MUNA and I are on the same page, or at least we would have been if they had known who the guests were going to be the night they were musical guests on Thursday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! The post Naomi McPherson Says MUNA Didn’t …

In May, Bleachers released their fifth album, everyone for ten minutes, but that’s not the end of the musical output this year from Jack Antonoff and friends. The post Bleachers Share <em>Practical Magic 2</em> Single “Caught Myself Believing,” Bring Out Carly Rae Jepsen In LA appeared first on Stereogum.

It’s been six years since Jhené Aiko graced us with her last album Chilombo. She announced the long-awaited follow-up, titled Westside Whimsy, only a couple days ago, not giving us much time to process the information. Today, we get to hear the 20-track collection that has some major features including Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Larry June, Tyga, and OHMA. The post …

There was a lot of drama with members of Mastodon right up until the tragic passing of former guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds last year. What first seemed like an amicable split turned out to be a hostile breakup, with Hinds revealing, right before his fatal motorcycle accident, that he was kicked out of the band. Now, a year after …

In July, news arrived that we were getting not one, but two more Neil Young tribute albums. Heart Of Gold series, Vol. 2 – Out Of The Blue and Vol. 3 – Into The Black, the follow-ups to last year’s Heart Of Gold: The Songs Of Neil Young Volume I, are arriving on November 6. We’ve already heard King Princess’ take on “Helpless” and …

If you went to a lot of warehouse shows in the early ’00s, you were probably familiar with Carissa’s Wierd, a band who made music way too beautiful for their surroundings. Back then, it was totally normal to walk into a punk-house basement and hear soul-transporting folk-rock harmonies. Now, in retrospect, Carissa’s Wierd feels more like a strange little miracle, …

The streets are starving for new music from Weyes Blood. Natalie Mering released And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, her last album, nearly four years ago. In the time since then, Mering has remained busy, collaborating with other artists and contributing to soundtracks and whatnot. A few months ago, for instance, she sang backup for Olivia Rodrigo on SNL. At …