Wednesday’s new Bleeds single “Bitter Everyday” is a ripper from the very start: “Grocery store sushi/ You’re chopping ketamine with a motel room key,” Karly Hartzman sings before the familiarly fuzzed-out, raucous guitars come crashing in. What more could you wish for?

You like lore? Maxwell’s had lore. The now-defunct nightclub — situated in Hoboken, NJ, just across the river from New York City, from 1978-2013 — is one of the most famous and revered venues in indie rock history, known for incubating talent like the Feelies and Yo La Tengo (who hung out there, worked there, played their first show there, …

The Los Angeles composer and multi-instrumentalist claire rousay makes a whole lot of music. Last year, rousay released her excellent, relatively accessible album sentiment. Since that LP’s release, rousay has made an EP with regular collaborator more eaze, helped out on tracks from Grumpy and William Tyler, and released a reimagined score for the 1980 Slovakian animated film The Bloody …

We haven’t heard from Westerman since 2023, when he released An Inbuilt Fault, and then a deluxe edition shortly after. Since then, the previously London-based musician moved to Athens, Greece, and now he’s back to announce its followup A Jackal’s Wedding. The lead single “Adriatic” is out today.

In June, bar italia unleashed the snarky stunner “Cowbella.” It turns out there’s more in store: The London indie rock trio is announcing their new album Some Like It Hot, and “Fundraiser” serves as another enticing preview.

This past weekend, someone pulled off some unbelievable Ocean’s Eleven shit in Las Vegas. On Saturday night, the EDM DJ Gryffin was playing a set in the XS Nighclub, part of the Wynn Las Vegas casino, when he was told that Justin Bieber wanted to join him onstage. Someone who sure looked like Justin Bieber was there, with an entourage. …

The Machine is active once again. In 2022, Florence Welch’s project Florence + The Machine released Dance Fever, their most recent album. Florence + The Machine have been plenty active since then, releasing stray tracks and making guest appearances on records from a couple of superstars. Now, after some teasing, Florence + The Machine have announced that Everybody Scream, their …

Sorry, Amanda Seyfried: It sounds like Anya Taylor-Joy and Meryl Streep will play Joni Mitchell in Cameron Crowe’s biopic, according to The InSneider. Rumors say Taylor-Joy will star as the legendary singer-songwriter during her peak years in the ’60s and ’70s while Streep will portray present day Mitchell.

On Saturday (Aug. 16), the Who kicked off their North American farewell tour in Sunrise, Florida. The band used the opportunity to offer a live debut of “Going Mobile” from their 1971 album Who’s Next.

The genre-jumbling hard rockers of the late 20th century are sending a clear message: Keep your damn drones away from the stage. Three years ago, it was Mike Patton attempting to knock down a drone that was hovering near him during Mr. Bungle’s set at Knotfest. Now, Fred Durst has succeeded in that pursuit.