The Smashing Pumpkins’ classic blockbuster double album Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness actually turned 30 last year, but the band is just now getting around to celebrating that anniversary on a new arena tour. Earlier this year, the band announced their Rats In A Cage Tour, advertising “two unique sets celebrating Mellon Collie at 30 & nearly four decades …

Willi Carlisle’s Tyler Childers-produced double album The Universal Bubba is shaping up swimmingly. We’ve thus far heard the old-school folk reel “Mason Jar At The Center Of The World” and the barroom rocker “Marlboro Vinyassa.” This week Carlisle added another new single that comes with an extremely fun music video. The post Willi Carlisle – “Gas Station” appeared first on …

Anytime the ascendant Irish star CMAT performs on TV, that’s appointment viewing. She’s a hugely engaging performer with a gigantic bazooka voice, and she makes the absolute most of every big performance. Fortunately, we’ve been getting a lot of those CMAT performances in the time since she released her album Euro-Country last year. Just a few weeks ago, CMAT was …

We never go long without new music from claire rousay. The emo ambient cult favorite just released a collaborative album with Martyna Basta last week, and today she’s back with news of a fresh solo EP. Out next week, on holding will be the first release on rousay’s new label quality sounds ltd. Here’s how she explains it: The post …

Rick Ross was arrested by Miami Beach police early this morning on domestic violence charges, CBS News reports. The rapper, born William Leonard Roberts II, faces one felony count of battery by strangulation and one misdemeanor count of battery, both classified as domestic violence. Ross, 50, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6:10 a.m. today. The …

Last year, Stereogum faves Grumpy released their Piebald EP, and this very website presented the record release show at the Queens venue TV Eye. Since then, Grumpy have gone from being Heaven Schmitt’s solo project to full-band status, and they’ll release their much-anticipated new album Unfindable Ring later this month. We’ve posted the early singles “Twenty Five,” “OBL,” and the …

THICK are fucking back, baby. The Brooklyn quartet, which we dubbed a Band To Watch in 2018, have returned with a new single “Heavy Metal.” It’s their first new music in two years, following their 2024 singles “Mother” and “Father.” The post THICK – “Heavy Metal” appeared first on Stereogum.

Following years of tumultuous restructuring, Yasmin Williams isn’t going to let the music stop at the Kennedy Center if she can help it. Last year, after a mass exodus of artists from the center’s committee in protest of Trump firing several board members and installing new ones who then elected him chairman, Williams continued to fight for the center’s integrity …

Kelly Clarkson was the most recent guest on the culture/comedy podcast Las Culturistas, hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers. Towards the end of each episode, there’s a segment called “I Don’t Think So Honey,” where the guest has one minute to fire off a hot take or rant about whatever they choose. On Clarkson’s episode, which dropped yesterday, Sept. …

When the Toronto punk band Cult Crime got started and released their 2023 demo, they weren’t really a band; they were a solo project for Psychic Void’s Matthew Menard. Since then, Cult Crime have grown into a four-piece, adding on members of groups like Chain Whip, Imploders, and the Vapids. Last year, Cult Crime released their self-titled full-length debut, a …