“Zara woke up big sweden.” That was what someone with the Twitter handle @BOTTLEBLONDEZ posted last November, back when Robyn first teased her single “Dopamine.” That phrase has been in my head ever since. If it means nothing to you, the idea is that the sudden viral success of the long-toiling Swedish pop star Zara Larsson was enough to stir …

Ah, the four words that we all long to hear: Tom Morello solo album. The former Rage Against The Machine axe-wrecker remains the one Rage ex-member who’s always busy and visible. Earlier this year, he organized an all-star Minneapolis benefit and joined the E Street Band for Bruce Springsteen’s Land Of Hope & Dreams Tour. This fall, he’ll headline his …

WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, Slayyyter’s awesomely fried level-up LP, is Stereogum’s favorite album of 2026 thus far, and it has brought Slayyyter an unprecedented level of hype. Slayyyter’s just started off an extremely sold-out headlining tour, and she’s also got some big festival gigs and a few other things coming up. (I am jealous of everyone who gets to see …

Peter Gill is the guitarist in Friendship, but his own songs are quite a bit peppier than Dan Wriggins’ material. Gill leads 2nd Grade, a band that has spent this decade cranking out consistently delightful power-pop albums. The last two, 2022’s Easy Listening and 2024’s Scheduled Explosions, came out on Double Double Whammy. Today Gill and bandmates Catherine Dwyer, Lucas …

Look, I’m about to give you some further information, but it’s really not that important. Your main takeaway here is that Judiciary are back and that their new song is called motherfucking “Wall Of Skulls.” This is obviously great news. If you aren’t already banging your head to that song, you’re fucking up. Fix it. The post Judiciary Announce New …

Linnea Siggelkow, the Artist To Watch alum known as Ellis, released her album No Place That Feels Like two years ago, and last year she dropped the one-off single “Little Kid.” But she’s been arguably even busier with her gig as a touring guitarist for Ethel Cain, whose Preacher’s Daughter also features Siggelkow’s playing. Today, she’s back in Ellis mode. …

The New York Yankees will be without one of their hottest hitters as they look to complete a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank… The post SOURCE SPORTS: New York Yankees Remove Jazz Chisholm Jr. From Lineup Before Phillies Game appeared first on .

When Winter’s not busy being our VJ and interviewing Billy Corgan for us, she’s making beautiful shoegaze music. Her latest album was last year’s Adult Romantix, and earlier this month she unveiled a “mixtape version” of the closing track “hollow.” Now, the NYC artist is announcing the Romantix Mixtape EP and sharing a new version of the single “Without You” …

This is not a drill: RaiNao is finally touring her latest album, Marcriá, in North America! On July 28, the rising multifaceted Puerto Rican artist announced the Marcriá Tour, exclusively via Remezcla. The highly anticipated tour’s U.S. stops will kick off at The Sultan Room in New York, NY, on Sept. 3, and wrap up The post EXCLUSIVE: RaiNao Announces …

This is not a drill: RaiNao is finally touring her latest album, Marcriá, in North America! On July 28, the rising multifaceted Puerto Rican artist announced the Marcriá Tour, exclusively via Remezcla. The highly anticipated tour’s U.S. stops will kick off at The Sultan Room in New York, NY, on Sept. 3, and wrap up The post EXCLUSIVE: RaiNao Announces …