“I think the dancefloor is dead, so now we’re making rock music.” That’s the money quote. Charli XCX is the subject of a new British Vogue cover story, and it’s mostly about her work on the proper follow-up to her career-exploding 2024 landmark Brat. Charli has been extremely busy since Brat. She just released her Wuthering Heights soundtrack album in …

Deloyd Elze plays “not a lick” of fiddle, but he’s practicing on a newly acquired instrument when we connect via video chat. “It’s a learning curve for sure,” says the singer-songwriter and producer, real name Jacob Henry Allen. “I’m honking and sawing.” The post Artist To Watch: Deloyd Elze appeared first on Stereogum.

We’ve all been waiting so long for a new Bedouine album, and Azniv Korkejian has finally delivered. Last month she announced Neon Summer Skin, her first album in half a decade, and shared its lead single “Long Way To Fall.” This week she’s got a splendid second single to share, a string-laden grownup lullaby called… The post Bedouine – “Always …

Golomb earned Band To Watch status with last year’s exceptional The Beat Goes On, which proved the Columbus trio’s ability to wring powerful rock songs from a few simple chords and harmonies. The new companion EP The Beat Goes On And On And On tweaks a bunch of those songs in fun ways while sliding… The post Stream Golomb’s New …

The magic of Broken Social Scene is the same as it ever was: They’re a group of roughly one million scruffy motherfuckers up onstage playing guitar, and they sound like a group of roughly one million scruffy motherfuckers up onstage playing guitar. There’s a sense of communal joy in their blurrily maximalist indie rock, and… The post Broken Social Scene …

A growing trend in the medical world has doctors and researchers concerned. According to a new report, an increasing number of patients are requesting “unvaccinated” blood and refusing standard blood… The post Doctors Issue Warning as More Patients Request “Unvaccinated” Blood appeared first on .

This new Kevin Morby album, hoo boy. As soon as I heard Little Wide Open, it went into heavy rotation, and my fandom went into overdrive. I can’t wait for you to hear it. If I was a huge cornball I would tell you to call it his KC masterpiece, and because I am, I… The post Kevin Morby – …

13 years ago today, Adrian Younge and Ghostface Killah delivered one of the most cinematic and sonically unique projects of the 2010s with 12 Reasons To Die, a concept album that blended raw street… The post Today In Hip Hop History: Adrian Younge And Ghostface Killah’s ’12 Reasons To Die’ Dropped 13 Years Ago appeared first on .

I’m about to describe my favorite scene in Mother Mary, the new David Lowery arthouse character-piece in which Anne Hathaway plays the titular pop star. It’s not exactly a spoiler. The scene in question happens half an hour into Mother Mary. It’s not too deeply woven into the film’s plot architecture, but it is key to the ideas that the …

On this day in 1955, Clive Campbell, better known to the world as DJ Kool Herc, was born in Kingston, Jamaica. At the age of 12, he relocated with his… The post Happy 71st Birthday To Hip Hop Founder DJ Kool Herc! appeared first on .