Tim Curry, the prolific British actor and singer, has passed away. TMZ reports that Curry passed away last night at home in Los Angeles. Curry remains most famous for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult-beloved 1975 musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show and for playing comic-relief villains in a long string of movie roles. He also excelled in …

Rotterdam post-punkers Tramhaus spend a whole lot of time touring Europe, and their recent songs show the kind of locked-in chemistry that can really only come from playing a whole ton of live shows. They’ll release their sophomore album Blister this fall, and we already posted the impressive lead single “Plovdiv.” Today, they share their new track “Swarm,” a fiery …

Lamplight brightened our 2024 with their self-titled debut, recorded with Lightning Bug’s Kevin Copeland and released by Western Vinyl. Now the band, led by Brooklyn/Roanoke musician Ian Williams, is back for another round of what they’re calling creek-steeped folk. The post Lamplight Announce New Album <em>Lick The Spoon, Let It Soften</em>: Hear “Clover” appeared first on Stereogum.

The two members of the synthpop duo Boy Harsher met in film school, and their last album was the soundtrack for The Runner, a 40-minute short film that the duo made in 2022. Right now, they’re working on their feature-length debut The Lonely Woman, which is set to star Chloë Sevigny, FKA twigs, Sturgill Simpson, and Will Oldham. That’s cool! …

London indie rockers Neighbour Club are brand new to the game; they only just released their first song “Gold Leaf Girl” last month. But you can already hear that they’ve got a while lot of potential. They play sloppy, fuzzed-out guitar music with a lot of ’90s-style deadpan, and they don’t skimp on hooks or charisma. Next month, they’ll release …

San Francisco’s Aluminum released their full-length debut Fully Beat in 2024, and now they’re announcing its followup Iconoclast HaHa. The lead single, “Killing Time,” is a relentless ripper. The post Aluminum Announce New Album <em>Iconoclast HaHa</em>: Hear “Killing Time” appeared first on Stereogum.

All summer, the prolific traditionalist country star Charley Crockett has been embroiled in controversy stemming from his decision to drop the opening act from a pair of his shows. The band in question was Twin Temple, a Satanism-themed retro rock duo comprising married couple Alexandra and Zachary James, whose new album Doomed Lovers was produced by Crockett’s close collaborator Shooter …

Maybe the greatest moment of Peter Jackson’s gigantic 2021 documentary The Beatles: Get Back is the scene where the cameras capture Paul McCartney writing the Beatles classic “Get Back,” seemingly on the fly. It’s absolutely crazy to see this guy picking these notes and words out of the air, knowing that most of us have been hearing this song for …

About one minute into “aimee lou wood freestyle,” the new single from the LA band untitled (halo),” a guy starts rapping in a detached, spaced-out flow that reminds me of SALEM when they first arrived: “666, yeah, all I see is black/ Don’t touch me if you ain’t touchin’ stacks.” Before that, “aimee lou wood freestyle” was pretty much a …

College baseball is taking another significant step into the technology era. The NCAA has officially approved the experimental use of a ball-strike challenge system across Divisions I, II and III beginning… The post SOURCE SPORTS: The ABS Challenge System Headed To All NCAA Baseball Divisions In 2027 appeared first on .