Charli XCX headlined the first night of Austin City Limits on Friday (Oct. 2), and as usual, she brought a surprise. After co-headlining The Sweat Tour with Troye Sivan last year, the British pop star brought out the Australian singer, who releases his new album She’s The Best next week. The post Troye Sivan Joins Charli XCX To Perform Two …

On Friday (Oct. 2) in New Jersey, Foo Fighters filled in for the Pretty Reckless for a second time on AC/DC’s Power Up tour. When the Australian rock legends played their hit “Highway To Hell,” they brought out Dave Grohl for help. The post Dave Grohl Joins AC/DC For “Highway To Hell” In New Jersey appeared first on Stereogum.

Last month, Macklemore was kicked off Ed Sheeran’s tour after Robert Kraft, the owner of Massachusetts’ Gillette Stadium, was unhappy with the rapper’s pro-Palestine activism during his performances. Sheeran has subsequently faced lots of backlash for his persistent refusal to take a stance on genocide, whereas Macklemore announced a Free Palestine Tour. On Friday (Oct. 2), country superstar Zach Bryan …

I’m not sure how or why this happened, but the nation of France has developed its own take on oi, the chant-along street-punk style that once seemed definitively British. French bands like Syndrome 81, Prisonnier Du Temps, Oi Boys, and Rancoeur have developed an echo-drenched take on oi that combines the original music with goth and post-punk, creating a dank, …

Up until this very afternoon, I’d never heard of Jules de Corte, a blind Dutch singer-songwriter who won some European prizes in the ’60s and who died in 1996 at the age of 71. I’d also never heard of the improvisational Belgian quartet Linus. I had, however, heard of beloved roots-music weirdo Bonnie “Prince” Billy, so the news that he’s …

Six-string master Shane Parish has been in these (web)pages a fair amount in recent years, both for acoustic ventures like translating Autechre and Aphex Twin songs to guitar and electric pursuits like the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet. We also caught up with him last month at Philadelphia’s Making Time ∞ festival, where it seems he was dealing with some health …

Pitbull’s ‘PITCOIN’ brings together an unlikely lineup of guests for a 24-track album that could be his most ambitious—or most absurd—yet. The post Pitbull’s ‘PITCOIN’ Has a Guest List Only Mr. Worldwide Could Pull Off appeared first on Remezcla.

The instrumental music trio Silk Fence brings together musicians with a long history of attention from this blog. Arian Shafiee, best known as a member of Guerilla Toss, plays electric guitar. Booker Stardrum, from SML and Play Time among other projects, handles drums and percussion. Justin Frye from PC Worship is on double bass and tapes. Together they’ve cooked up …

The dark folk artist Marissa Nadler first met Stephen Brodsky, frontman of the heavy Boston bands Cave In and Mutoid Man, at Saint Vitus, the Brooklyn metal enclave that finally just reopened at a new location. Back in 2019, they released the collaborative album Droneflower and toured together. Now, it looks like they’re back and they’re using Droneflower as their …

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to subscribers on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.) …