Lily Allen’s West End Girl Tour does not offer a typical pop star concert experience. The opening act is a string ensemble called the Dallas Minor Trio performing the singer’s older hits with the lyrics projected behind them for the audience to sing along. Allen then takes the stage and sings all of West End Girl from start to finish …

A month ago, legendary singer-songwriter Edie Brickell unveiled a new supergroup called World Famous Pets, which sees her teaming with some of the most accomplished journeyman players in the music industry: Matt Chamberlain on drums, Kaveh Rastegar on bass, and Mason Stoops on guitar. They released debut single “Maybe Somehow” when announcing their existence to the world, and today they’re …

No matter how old you are, it’s time for your Sadurn return. That’s a little astrology joke for you regarding the announcement of The Underworld, the Philly indie-folk band’s follow-up to their 2022 debut Radiator. The album emerged from a period of struggle for frontperson G DeGroot during which they physically couldn’t sing. “I was having chronic pain, problems with …

This year, streaming services are tackling the problem of AI-generated music. In January, Bandcamp announced they were banning it; in March, Apple Music introduced AI transparency tags. Today, Tidal revealed its plan, which is closer to the latter than the former. However, along with AI music being identified with badges, it won’t be able to be monetized. The post Tidal …

Christian “Smokey” DeRoeck, a founding member of Woods and Menaguar and a guitarist for Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band, also leads his own band called Little Gold. The Athens, Georgia combo is building up to the release of new album Public Dog, and if you have any affinity for the above associations, you’ll want to tap in. The post …

New Order have been enmeshed in some drama as of late. Since they were revealed as members of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s Class Of 2026, founding bassist Peter Hook stated that he wouldn’t be standing with his ex-bandmates and hadn’t spoken with any of them in years. Now, the band has announced that drummer Stephen Morris and …

Lizzo is doing her best. Following an underwhelming performance of her latest album Bitch, which did not chart at all on the Billboard 200 despite its predecessor Special debuting at #2 with 69,000 album-equivalent units, the “About Damn Time” singer is making the best of a disappointing situation. In a new interview — the first episode of Zachary Hourihane aka …

Three bright lights of the Bandcamp hip-hop underground have joined forces to support one of their own. The new single “Sound Of Horns” finds Nashville-based R.A.P. Ferreira teaming up with Los Angeles voices nahhphet and Rhys Langston over a dreamy boom-bap beat from God.Damn.Chan. It’s a protest song advocating for the safe return of LA rapper, producer, and label head …

Suno sucks. Everyone knows this, including SZA, who recently drew attention to the way AI is exploiting Black artists. Now Suno — the $5.4 billion generative AI music creation platform — is launching an incubator program for indie musicians, and it requires them to promote and never criticize the company. The post $5.4B AI Music Company Suno Announces Indie Incubator …

Last year’s epic Lux earned Rosalía attention from all sorts of listeners, including Mick Jagger, who recently told GQ that he’s a fan: “That was something really conceptual, really interesting. And she really pulled it off, and I really admire her for doing it.” She also earned attention from Ween fans for posting a vinyl copy of 1994’s Chocolate And …