Álvaro Díaz is going on tour this fall. On June 8, the Puerto Rican rapper and singer announced his upcoming OMAKASE TOUR. The highly anticipated tour will kick off at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, IL, on Oct. 14, and wrap up at the San Jose Civic in San Jose, CA, on Nov. 7. “🔪OMAKASE The post Álvaro Díaz Announces …

Sturgill Simpson’s Mutiny After Midnight — released under his Johnny Blue Skies alias — was one of the best albums of the year. At first it was only available physically (though it was briefly on YouTube), but today is the country-rock maverick’s birthday and to celebrate he put it on streaming with a bonus cover. The post Sturgill Simpson Puts …

If you enjoy ear — whose Rumspringa received our Album Of The Week honor last month — then listen up. Lockimara is the project of New York-via-Toronto artist Nicholas Gay, who’s providing a similar brand of dreamy electronic earworms. Last month he announced his sophomore album Only Sun, Only Moon and shared the lead single “December,” and now he’s back …

Madonna is getting ready to drop Confessions II next month. She already took over Times Square in celebration of the new era. Today, she’s released a new star-studded film that’s all about feeling free. It was directed by Torso. The post Madonna Shares <em>Confessions II – The Film</em> Feat. with Arca, Honey Dijon, Shygirl, & More appeared first on Stereogum.

Jey One y Travis Scott han unido fuerzas en Oh Chet, una colaboración sobria y minimalista con una melodía simple. Una de las estrellas emergentes más prometedoras de la música urbana dominicana une fuerzas con uno de los artistas más importantes del hip-hop a nivel mundial, fusionando dos sonidos completamente diferentes en un solo tema. Acumulando una enorme atención internacional, …

The Cure had a busy weekend. On Saturday, they headlined Primavera Sound 2026 at Barcelona’s Parc del Fòrum and performed some rarities. The following day frontman Robert Smith made a special appearance during bestie Olivia Rodrigo’s surprise Primavera set for the debut of their collab “what’s wrong with me.” To cap off the weekend, yesterday, the Cure closed out the …

Last year, Billy Jones, the co-founder and owner of the Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right, passed away from glioblastoma at the age of 45. Jones booked and promoted live music in New York for many years, before and after the establishment of Baby’s, and he did a lot to boost the city’s indie rock scene. Porches leader Aaron Maine is …

Japanese Breakfast leader Michelle Zauner has accomplished a lot of things. She’s an indie rock staple and a bestselling author, and she just earned her first gold record a couple of months ago. (Her album Jubilee also just turned five the other day.) Now, Zauner is about ready to become a mom, too. The post Japanese Breakfast Debuts Baby Bump …

Singer-songwriter and Euphoria season-two star Dominic Fike is currently having a big career moment, thanks in part to his 2018 song “Babydoll” going TikTok-viral and shooting up the Hot 100. Over the weekend, Fike played New York’s Governors Ball festival. During his set, he debuted a new song called “AI,” promising the crowd, “It’s not what you think.” The song, …

If you go to enough shows, especially of the general-interest music festival variety, then you’ve seen the banana costumes. People like to show up in banana costumes, or in other attention-grabbing Spirit Halloween getups, and jump around. Maybe they want to go viral. Maybe they like the idea of becoming part of the performance. Maybe they’re just animated by the …