Among the increasing number of bands who’ve headlined their own concert cruise, 311 are veterans. The genre-melding rockers have been working with maritime music festival promoter Sixthman since 2011, and today they announced the latest iteration of their 311 Caribbean Cruise. From March 10-15, 2027, the boat will travel to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and Grand Cayman before returning back to …

Spain’s star-making reality singing competition is coming to the U.S. This month, Operación Triunfo Estados Unidos will begin the search for the next big pop star from the U.S. and Latin America. Operación Triunfo launched in Spain in 2001. The show’s first major success was David Bisbal, who was the runner-up on the inaugural season. The post This Reality TV …

Carmen Villain? She’s the baaaaad guuuuy. Duh. Oh wait. Wrong artist. Carmen Villain is Carmen Maria Hillestad, the Michigan-born Norwegian-Mexican musical artist specializing in experimental electronic composition. The post Carmen Villain Announces New Album <em>Memoria</em>: Hear “Entre Nosotros” appeared first on Stereogum.

Holy Wave’s new record i’m DADA arrives this Friday. So far we’ve heard “s33.u.in/HAL” and “dewey’s dirge,” and today the Austin psych rockers are back with the hypnotic title track. The post Holy Wave – “i’m DADA” appeared first on Stereogum.

Ciara is back with her first new music of 2026. The singer is celebrating 10 years of marriage with her husband, the recently retired NFL quarterback Russell Wilson, by sharing a steamy, sweet R&B tune called “Yes.” The post Ciara – “Yes” appeared first on Stereogum.

In February, Twisted Teens unleashed their second album, Blame The Clown. The New Orleans punk duo is already back with the announcement of its followup, Florida Water Blues, whose title track is out today. The post Twisted Teens Announce New Album <em>Florida Water Blues</em>: Hear The Title Track appeared first on Stereogum.

We last checked in on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last Halloween, shortly after he sparked some bad-faith outrage by wearing a Joy Division T-shirt. Now he’s back in the news thanks to a more genuinely scandalous intersection with the music world. The post Australian Prime Minister Apologizes For Saying He’d Have Sex With Kylie Minogue appeared first on Stereogum.

Nicholas Gay, the musician who records swirly acoustic-electronic music under the name Lockimara, is currently living in New York, pursuing a master’s degree in music production, after stints in Vancouver and Toronto. Later this month, he’ll release his sophomore album Only Sun, Only Moon, and he caught our attention with the single “Tastes Like.” Today, he shares another one called …

Next week, Feeble Little Horse kick off their tour behind their really good new album bitknot. If you’re going to see them, you should really show up early. For the first week of that tour, the opening act is Computerwife, the one-person alt-rock project from the Atlanta-born, New York-based musician Addie Warncke. Today, she releases her new song “Nobody.” The …

The UK artist and producer James Ellis Ford recorded an entire solo album in the hospital last year, when he was in between rounds of chemotherapy. Ford, known to most of us as just plain James Ford, used to be half of Simian Mobile Disco, and he has produced hugely consequential records for people like Arctic Monkeys, Florence + The …