Sleater-Kinney still wanna be your Joey Ramone. For a little while, there have been rumblings about Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker starting a Ramones cover band with longtime friend Fred Armisen, Brownstein’s collaborator on the sketch show Portlandia. Now, this tribute band has an Instagram page, a first show booked, and a name. They’re called the Return Of Jackie And …

Oscar voters are currently filing their nomination ballots, so all the people in contention for the big awards are making their big charm-offensive pitches. Some of the people who are trying to win those awards are really, really popular musicians. Take Ed Sheeran. (Please.) Last year, Sheeran contributed a song called “Drive” to the soundtrack of the Brad Pitt racing …

Last fall, classic rock institution Journey announced their extremely long and ambitious Final Frontier tour, one last farewell trek across North America’s hockey arenas. For decades now, Journey have been effectively printing money, even though the internal band dynamics seem to be all messed up, with founding guitarist Neal Schon and longtime keyboardist Jonathan Cain suing each other and with …

The power of K-Pop cannot be overstated. No one could’ve predicted the wild success of “Golden” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, which just won Best Original Song at the Golden Globes. It was also just performed by Japan and South Korea leaders on drums at the end of a summit. The post Japan And South Korea Leaders Conclude Summit With K-Pop Drum …

It’s time for Dirt Buyer to take over the world. Have you heard these Dirt Buyer III singles? “Betchu Won’t“? “Baseball“??? “Get To Choose“?!?!? And today we have “Bullshit Fuck,” which takes advantage of Joe Sutkowski’s knack for sweeping, angsty catharsis. “It’s really angry,” the Brooklyn musician says. “It’s about feeling like a square peg.… The post Dirt Buyer – …

Last month, Dälek joined forces with This Heat drummer Charles Hayward for a collaborative LP called HAYWARDxDÄLEK. Now, the longstanding, eclectic New Jersey rap group is already back with the announcement of a new record called Brilliance Of A Falling Moon. “Better Than” is out today. “‘Better Than’ encapsulates the new sound and feel of… The post Dälek Announce New …

We last heard from Austin’s Institute in 2023 with the record Ragdoll Dance. The band is back today with a scraggly, pissed-off post-punk tune called “The Shooter,” which has singer Moses Brown shouting over cool guitars about how the NRA sucks and cops suck, too. It comes from a self-titled 7″ that arrives next month,… The post Institute – “The …

Last week, Zach Bryan released his new album With Heaven On Top. A couple days later, after a substantial number of fans complained it was overproduced, the country superstar shared an acoustic version. Now, he’s already offering a new song called “Pocket Change.” The post Zach Bryan Shares New Song “Pocket Change” Days After Latest Album Release appeared first on Stereogum.

AI music has not only proven to be ethically uncharted territory, but also genre-fluid. This site has looked into the disturbing ambiguity of AI’s take on psych-rock, metalcore, and now neo-soul. AI speculation around “singer” Sienna Rose has been ongoing since last year, but the chatter around her music was reignited with a recent social media post by Selena Gomez …

The perennially busy Anderson .Paak is making his directorial debut. After getting its premiere at TIFF back in 2024, today Aura Entertainment has revealed the official trailer for the family-friendly feature K-Pops! The post Anderson .Paak Shares Trailer For His Directorial Debut <em>K-Pops!</em> appeared first on Stereogum.