Grimes’ last album Miss Anthropocene arrived six years ago. Since then, she’s given birth to three children, released a handful of singles and demos, and apparently, nearly retired from music altogether to pursue AI. But now, it seems like Grimes is preparing herself for a big return to the music world: In a new feature today with Interview, the musician …

London art-punks Man/Woman/Chainsaw started when the band members were teenagers. They emerged post-COVID, after using all that time at home to get really good at their instruments, and they were a Stereogum Band To Watch in 2024. Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox produced their Eazy Peazy EP, and they followed it with a couple of singles… The post Man/Woman/Chainsaw Announce Debut …

“When I penetrated that man, I felt just like a dog/ Getting fucked is the season of the world, my life springs forth.” That’s an opening line! The Brattleboro, Vermont singer-songwriter Ruth Garbus used to be in the bands Feathers and Happy Birthday. Last year, she made a self-titled album with the avant-garde supergroup Earth… The post Ruth Garbus Announces …

Here’s something new from yeule. The electronic art-pop auteur has followed up last year’s Evangelic Girl Is A Gun with a performance art film called “axel’s portal.” Directed by yuele (aka Nat Ćmiel) with Bryan Allen Lamb as director of photography, the footage features yeule writhing in paint over prints created for last year’s single… The post yeule Covered Nancy …

It’s been 24 years since Beck released Sea Change, his bummed-out acoustic masterpiece. It’s been 12 since he released the album’s spiritual sequel, the more serene companion piece Morning Phase, a surprise Album Of The Year winner at the 2015 Grammys. Does that mean we’re due for the third installment in a trilogy? I don’t… The post Beck – “Ride …

Grace Bennett and Jade Alcantara made friends online before buying guitars, learning to play them, and becoming the Brooklyn-based fuzz-pop duo Sub*t. They recorded their 2021 debut EP So Green with Bully’s Alicia Bognanno and their 2024 follow-up Spring Skin with Momma’s Aron Kobayashi Ritch, and now they’re getting ready to drop their full-length debut… The post Sub*T – “Mirror …

Now, this is what I call a festival lineup. FORM Acrosanti, the festival that the band Hundred Waters started in 2014, made its grand return to the Arizona desert last year. That was the first FORM fest since the pre-pandemic days, and it wasn’t a one-off. This fall, FORM Acrosanti is coming back again, and it’s got a truly impressive …

For more than two decades, California’s Ceremony have been leading lights in the global punk rock underground. They’ve continued to evolve sonically, from the frantic powerviolence of their early days to the New Order-style post-punk of 2019’s In The Spirit World Now, but all that works exists within the same continuum. If you go see… The post Ceremony – “Other …

Portrayal Of Guilt’s return is almost upon us. On Friday, the Texan underground rock extremists will release their new album …Beginning Of The End. I have heard it, and it’s nuts. POG’s scrambling, guttural style doesn’t fit neatly into any subculture bucket. They’re noise-rock and hardcore and metal and screamo all at once, and …Beginning… The post Portrayal Of Guilt …

The hugely influential Scottish electronic maximalist Rustie has been out of the game in recent years, taking a hiatus for his own health after releasing his 2015 surprise album EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE. After coming back for the 2023 single “Black Ice Mudra,” Rustie vanished again. Over the past few months, however, Rustie has been quietly posting new… The post Rustie – “Arora” …