There is a very music-writer-specific serotonin boost that I will never tire of: taking a leap of faith, opening music of an artist I have zero context for, and falling into a prolonged time-loop with their music on repeat. Such is the case of musician Gabriel Jacoby and his new single “the one.” Whatever week you might be having, “the …

It’s been more than seven years since Bronx rap phenom Cardi B released her blockbuster debut album Invasion Of Privacy, a truly great record. We’ve had two presidential elections, one global pandemic, and countless waves of rap and pop discourse in the time since Invasion Of Privacy came out. In that time, Cardi B has had three children, and it’s …

About a year ago, Halsey released The Great Impersonator, an album (and album rollout) on which she commented on music-biz image construction, her own legacy, and the medical struggles that almost killed her. It was not her greatest success, commercially speaking. Despite peaking at #2 like most other Halsey albums (the chart-topping Hopeless Fountain Kingdom being the one exception), The …

Next month, the very underrated singer, songwriter, and producer Amber Mark is releasing her sophomore album Pretty Idea. If you’re still unconvinced of Mark’s bright aura, even after an impressive series of singles, then her latest track “Too Much” is bound to win you over.

Next month, the very underrated singer, songwriter, and producer Amber Mark is releasing her sophomore album Pretty Idea. If you’re still unconvinced of Mark’s bright aura, even after an impressive series of singles, then her latest track “Too Much” is bound to win you over.

On September 8, police in Los Angeles found the dismembered, decomposing body of 15-year-old girl Celeste Rivas in an abandoned Telsa registered to alt-pop singer d4vd. More nightmarish details of that case are coming out every day, including what appear to be social media posts that show d4vd and Rivas together, as well as Discord screenshots that allegedly show the …

It’s been a few months since London trio Mary In The Junkyard — Clari Freeman-Taylor, Saya Barbaglia, and David Addison — released their first new music of year. Thankfully, they’re back today with another song called “Midori,” a sprawling guitar-driven waltz.

How many people’s lives are absolutely fucked right now for no reason? How many families are being torn apart so that some of the worst people in the history of this country can feel smug satisfaction for about half a second before moving onto whatever their next petty grievance is? Plenty of terrible things are currently happening in the United …

It’s almost uncannily fitting that Trish Keenan only exists now in memory, because Keenan was never too firmly tethered to the present. The British singer-songwriter was at a ’60s-themed psychedelic club, after all, when she met musician James Cargill in the mid-’90s, and for the next 20 years she’d excavate cultural and spiritual references of yore into the indietronica band …

Last week, Morrissey was one of the headlining performers at CityFolk festival in Ottawa, Canada. A couple days ago, Ottawa Citizen reported that there was an alleged threat made against the artist. Although the show went on despite the scare, 26-year-old Noah Castellano was arrested for the incident. Court documents allege that Castellano posted the threat via Bluesky on Sept. …