This nominations for this year’s VMAs are here. The awards show is next month, and Madonna is in the lead with 11 nods. The most interesting category, though, is Best New Artist. There’ve been many emerging musicians within the past year, and apparently one of them is Will Ferrell’s son. The post Will Ferrell’s Son Is Nominated For Best New …

Naming your band How Strange It Is must be some kind of indie-rock sleeper cell activation, but the Portland combo is playing it coy by not naming their debut album To Be Anything At All. Instead, the record is called There Is No Evil, and judging by how successfully lead single “Slime” applied a shoegaze exterior to plucky Shins-meets-AnCo pop-rock, …

Surely you remember Bimbo, the sibling duo who recently signed to the illustrious indie institution Exploding In Sound and caught our attention with the announcement of their debut album The Bimbonacci Sequence, whose title has earned many compliments from Stereogum commenters (and other people, probably). Of course that would mean nothing if the lead single, “Chewing Glass,” was bad, but …

Beethoven’s “Für Elise” is one of the most famous pieces of piano music in the world, and now it is also the title of a Blondshell song, though without the diacritic. The new single is the latest preview of her third album Violin, arriving next month. The post Blondshell – “Fur Elise” appeared first on Stereogum.

Brennan Wedl’s eponymous debut arrives in just a few days. So far the Nashville singer-songwriter has shared the alluring previews “Pretty Little Fantasy,” “Let’s Be Models,” and “Two Dollar Pistol,” and today she’s releasing the tarot-inspired ballad “High Priestess.” The post Brennan Wedl – “High Priestess” appeared first on Stereogum.

Imagine that you’re in a relationship and your partner’s pet name for you is “Pigwig.” How would that ever work? How would you have a future with this person? I truly don’t believe it would matter that the nickname had a cute backstory or an emotional resonance. I’d have to get out of that situation immediately. I’d be like, “This …

Not so youthful anymore, are they? It’s been four years since Gang Of Youths, the earnest and anthemic Australian rock band, released their deeply personal masterpiece angel in realtime. But they’ve been posting teasers from the studio, they recently returned to the stage with a residency at no less a venue than the Sydney Opera House, and now a whole …

The NFL has set the entertainment for the 2026 NFL Rio Game, which will see the Baltimore Ravens face off against the Dallas Cowboys. Ricky Martin and Pedro Sampaio will take the stage for the halftime performance during the game, which is set for Sunday, Sept. 27 at 5:25 p.m. BRT (4:25 p.m. ET) at The post Ricky Martin & …

Alan Creedon and Alex Lichtenauer used to be two thirds of the great Philly DIY punk trio Control Top, and now they’re the two members of Index, a new electronic-influenced punk duo with a heavy, exciting sound. Next month, they’ll release Vis Inertiae, the debut album that they recorded with Sumerlands’ Arthur Rizk at Show Me The Body’s Corpus studio, …

Global superstar Cardi B will make history as she headlines BZR WKND (pronounced “Bizarre Weekend”) Jamaica 2026 with her first-ever headlining stadium concert in the Caribbean, taking place on Sunday, October 18, 2026, in Kingston, Jamaica. Fresh… The post Cardi B To Make History With First-Ever Headlining Stadium Concert In The Caribbean appeared first on .