The last time that all four Animal Collective members performed live together was almost exactly four years ago, when they were touring behind Time Skiffs. In the time since then, they’ve been busy, together and separately. AnCo released the album Isn’t It Now?, the soundtrack to Elegance Bratton’s drama The Inspection, and reissues of Sung Tongs and Feels. They contributed …

The split single is not a lost art. We don’t get as many great ones as we once did, but something beautiful comes along every once in a while. On the right occasion, two different but complementary acts will join forces on a split. They’ll both take the assignment seriously, and they’ll come out with something powerful that works as …

Ratboys’ Singin’ To An Empty Chair is one of the very best albums of 2026, and now they’re making it bigger and better. Next week, the band will release a deluxe edition of the album featuring covers of Empty Chair tracks by PUP, Ducks Ltd., Wild Pink, Free Range, and Bad Bad Hats, plus Ratboys’ own cover of the Marked …

Here’s a great way to start a song: “Fuck you, Billy! Where is this going? You know, you’re dad’s in the bar, and he keeps calling for shots! Well, the lights in the bathroom, yeah, they’re whiter than heaven! And your sister’s boyfriends keeps looking at his — haw, ya know!” That’s how Sports Team start their new single “Billy.” …

Irish post-punkers M(h)aol signed to Merge and released their album Something Soft last year. Since then, they’ve lost a member and become a trio, and now they’ve shared the jittery, deadpan new one-off single “Scam Manifesto.” (Anyone who saw I Shot Andy Warhol will be able to appreciate the wordplay of that title.) It’s about the way you can feel …

If you have the chance to go see Stevie Wonder, you have to go see Stevie Wonder. One night in 2013, I had the privilege of attending the now-defunct Hangout festival on the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, with Wonder atop the bill. My knowledge of his catalog is not the deepest, but my greatest-hits-level fandom did not stop me …

The New Zealand-based sisters Clementine and Valentine Nixon are the two members of the dreamy duo Purple Pilgrims. They grew up between New Zealand and Hong Kong, and they’ve been making music together under the Purple Pilgrims name for the past 15 years. In that time, they’ve collaborated with people like the Chills and Roy Montgomery, and they’ve toured with …

On this day in 2009, Jay-Z—already one of hip hop’s most iconic figures—released his eleventh studio album, The Blueprint 3, through Roc Nation, Asylum, and Atlantic Records. The project, produced mainly… The post Today In Hip Hop History: Jay-Z Released His 11th LP ‘The Blueprint 3’ 16 Years Ago appeared first on .

When Your Old Droog’s family moved from Ukraine to Brooklyn, they were broke and homesick, and they would spread caviar thinly across plain, regular bread. That’s the inspiration for Droog’s upcoming album Bread & Butter, the latest solo LP in an extremely prolific run. Droog’s latest has contributions from people like Evidence. Oddisee, and Conductor Williams, and his latest single …

On this day in 1998, the Hip Hop world was introduced to one of its most polarizing debut albums, as Canibus released Can-I-Bus? on Universal Records. Coming off a string of ferocious… The post Today In Hip Hop History: Canibus Dropped His Debut Album ‘Can-I-Bus?’ 28 Years Ago appeared first on .