Sturgill Simpson and his longtime band have been having themselves a year. The group, now going by the name Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds, announced the physical-only release of their sex-crazed protest album Mutiny After Midnight with a manifesto of sorts, then leaked it to YouTube a week and a half before release. (The album has since been …

In 2025, emo veterans Algernon Cadwallader and pop-punk cult favorites the Starting Line both released their first albums in over a decade. (The Starting Line, for what it’s worth, also got namechecked on Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department.) While all that was going on, it turns out Algernon guitarist Joe Reinhart and Starting Line… The post The Starting Line …

Imagine a really scary version of the Hold Steady. As in: The Hold Steady don’t just record triumphant story-songs about dangerous, desperate people; they are dangerous, desperate people. This is a wild oversimplification, but that’s basically what’s going on with the band known as Skinhead. Skinhead started out as a solo project for Joshua Long,… The post Skinhead – “The …

This month, two very different explorations of pop-star life will come to multiplexes — the probable-trainwreck Michael Jackson biopic Michael and the David Lowery A24 psychological thriller Mother Mary. In the latter, Anne Hathaway plays the titular fictional singer, with Micaela Coel as an estranged friend. As the trailer makes clear, Mother Mary has a… The post Anne Hathaway Shares …

Athens, Georgia roots-rockers Futurebirds have been around for more than 15 years, and they’ve got a bunch of records to their name. The band’s membership includes three singer-songwriters: Daniel “Womz” Womack, Carter King, and Thomas “Tojo” Johnson. When you’ve got that many people writing tracks, you have to release a lot of music. Two years… The post Futurebirds Reteam With …

Museum of Graffiti’s Private Gallery in Wynwood will keep its doors open late during April’s Wynwood Art Walk to host famed artist Sandro “SEN2” Figueroa who grew up in Santurce, Puerto Rico, before… The post Museum Of Graffiti Celebrates Puerto Rican Artist SEN2 By Unveiling Latest Body Of Unseen Works appeared first on .

Singer-songwriter Tracey Nelson is based in New York, but he’s evidently friends with all the countrified indie rockers of Asheville, North Carolina. Last month, Nelson signed to the new K Records imprint Perennial and shared “Dolly’s Coat,” a collaboration with the very busy MJ Lenderman. Today, Nelson announces his album Hercules, and Lenderman produced and… The post Tracey Nelson Announces …

A powerful chapter in youth baseball history is finally being told on its own terms. TNT Sports, in partnership with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, has acquired the documentary One Golden Summer,… The post OWN To Premiere ‘One Golden Summer’ About The First All-Black Team To Win The Little League World Series appeared first on .

Wah-hawww, this isn’t good. ’90s alt-rock hitmakers Better Than Ezra, who were the subject of our Alternative Number Ones column last year, are holding a contest for fans to use a new AI platform to “write” a song for them. Better Than Eza frontman Kevin Griffin has been extolling the possibilities of AI music for at least a few years, …

On this date in Hip Hop history, DJ Kool released his monumental single “Let Me Clear My Throat,” now celebrating 30 years as one of the most electrifying party records the culture… The post Today in Hip Hop History: DJ Kool’s Classic Single “Let Me Clear My Throat” Turns 30 Years Old! appeared first on .