Andrés Cepeda is going to tour the U.S. The Colombian singer-songwriter announced his upcoming tour following the release of his 2025 album, Bogotá. The highly anticipated tour will kick off at The Riviera Theatre in Chicago, IL, on May 10, and wrap up at the Paramount Theatre in Denver, CO, on May 31.  “#Bogotá is The post Andrés Cepeda Announces …

Apparently last year some podcaster called Cheekface “the most irritating band in indie rock right now.” The LA trio is owning that description as they barrel into their latest era. A few weeks ago they dropped new single “Hostile Street,” a bass-popping, synth-streaked iteration of their talky, neurotic-comedic party-time rock. It turns out that was… The post Cheekface Announce New …

Ella Williams, the Chicago singer-songwriter who makes emphatic indie rock as Squirrel Flower, is back today with a new one-off single. “Wheels” harks back to classic Americana ballads — or as Williams describes it, “the voices and sounds of my childhood” — and it was heavily inspired by Trio, the 1987 collaborative album between Dolly… The post Squirrel Flower, Babehoven, …

The fiercely beloved and endlessly energetic hardcore elders Terror are about to have a big year. They deserve one. Terror are nearly a quarter-century into their run, and they somehow manage to consistently kick ass. Next month, they’ll release their new album Still Suffer. Nails frontman and former Terror guitarist Todd Jones produced the record,… The post Terror – “Destruction …

Every time I see someone posting about Gelli Haha, they seem smitten. The electronic pop singer’s personality (smartly promoted as “somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51”) glows just as brightly as her music’s neon new wave artifice, so debut album Switcheroo made her a lot of fans last year. With the release of a… The post Gelli Haha – …

Next month, underground rap giants Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE will join forces to release the new double album POMPEII / UTILITY. It’s not a collaborative record, exactly. It’s two albums packaged together — one from MIKE and one from Earl, with the adventurous SURF GANG collective producing the entire thing. We already posted the first… The post Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, …

If you’ve been enjoying the very good album that underscores released on Friday, please allow me to direct your attention to Quiet Light. The Austin musician Riya Mahesh specializes in a blissed-out, shimmering version of bedroom pop. I’ve seen people describe her as ambient, but I don’t hear it like that. For me, it’s got… The post Quiet Light – …

Snail Mail’s new album Ricochet arrives this Friday, and we’ll have more to say about it soon. So far Lindsey Jordan has teased the follow-up to 2021’s Valentine with singles like “My Maker” and “Dead End,” and last night she ice skated over to 30 Rock to perform another new single called “Tractor Beam” on The Tonight… The post Snail Mail Shares …

Underappreciated singer-songwriters of the world, unite! The Los Angeles musician Johanna Samuels relased her sophomore album Bystander in 2023. Today, she announces that she has signed with Odd Man Out Recordings, and she drops a new single that features backup vocals from her peer Courtney Marie Andrews, who released her own Valentine album earlier this… The post Johanna Samuels – …

Bedouine’s last album Waysides arrived in 2021, and since then the singer-songwriter born Azniv Korkejian has teamed up with stars like Norah Jones and Hozier, contributed to a Margo Guryan tribute album, and lent a song to a compilation benefitting wildfire relief in her current home base of Los Angeles. Even with all that going on,… The post Bedouine Announces New …