Meet Blimp, a band that falls somewhere between grunge and emo. They’ve shared stages with bands like julie and Rocket, and their member Ren Takekawa also plays in yeule’s band. The LA-based four-piece has been on the rise since their dark, enticing 2023 Egg EP. But more recently, they built excitement with May’s “Saccharine,” and they did it again on …

After winning her first-ever Emmy Award in 2024 for her role as Tina Marrero on The Bear, Liza Colón-Zayas is announcing the 2026 Emmy nominations.  Colón-Zayas, who just finished her run on the final season of The Bear, will be joined by fellow Emmy-winner Jeff Hiller alongside Television Academy Chair Cris Abrego. And the 78th The post Liza Colón-Zayas Announcing …

Snooper have been making big moves. In April, vocalist Blair Tramel joined Hayley Williams onstage for a song. A couple weeks ago, the band was announced as openers for Mannequin Pussy and Wednesday’s Bitch Cabal Tour, which rudely is not coming to New York. Now, they’re back “Recess,” their first new track since last year’s Worldwide (aside from some demos …

In 2024, I included November Girl’s awesome track “Yesterday” on my impeccable list of my favorite songs from that year. That came from her incredible Heart Prayer EP, and now the severely underrated shoegaze artist is back with a compelling, ’90s-indebted anthem called “Earthly Form.” The post November Girl – “Earthly Form” appeared first on Stereogum.

Dublin noisemakers Gilla Band haven’t been making a lot of noise lately. The band’s most recent album Most Normal came out four years ago. Since then, Gilla Band’s members have been pursuing other things, like guitarist Alan Duggan Borges’ experimental electronic project the Null Club. Back in May, Gilla Band finally returned with the explosive, twisty single “Giraffe.” That’s the …

Angel Tapes, the Fire Talk Records sub-label that brought you artists like ira glass, Shower Curtain, Jawdropped, Sleeper’s Bell, and more, just announced their newest signing. It’s gash, a group of Eau Claire experimentalists who’ve earned the endorsement of the Wisconsin city’s well-known export Justin Vernon. They’ll perform at Vernon’s revived Eaux Claires festival later this month. Here’s what Mr. …

At the end of Charli XCX’s Coachella set last year, the screen behind her flashed a bunch of possible alternatives for the bygone Brat Summer. One of them was Cronenberg Summer, a fun thing to even think about. How would an entire summer dedicated to Canadian horror movie legend David Cronenberg look? Melted globs of flesh steaming on every sidewalk? …

Lately we’ve been revisiting U2’s Pop era in our Alternative Number Ones column, taking stock of the hits “Discothèque” and “Staring At The Sun.” U2 themselves have spent a lot of time looking back in recent years. There was a How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb “shadow album” How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb, an Achtung Baby-themed residency to open …

Philadelphia-based duo imy3 and Bay Area trio towhead are two bands who mess around with ’90s slowcore sounds, combining them with the playful and experimental home-recorded electronic textures that have come to affect so much DIY music. They’re both really new. imy3 released their first demo in 2024, and their album imy2 came out last year. Walker Price started towhead …

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