Way back in 2009, Stereogum ran a Band To Watch feature on Blue Roses, the project of the Yorkshire singer-songwriter Laura Groves. These days, Groves records under her own name. She released her album Radio Red in 2023, and we posted her Sampha collab “D 4 N.” A few months ago, Groves and Sampha both guested on Everything Is Recorded’s …

Evidently, some dickhead has been out here going viral on TikTok by directly jacking the riff from California musician Dora Jar’s 2021 single “Multiply.” That’s what Dora Jar says, anyway. She didn’t get too upset when Gracie Abrams fans petitioned to get her kicked off as an opener on Abrams’ tour, something that Abrams herself called “wildly uncool and bizarre.” …

Kids in Luxembourg got jokes!

British rap-punk duo Bob Vylan were planning on touring North America this fall. But after they led their Glastonbury crowd in a “death to the IDF” chant last weekend, the US State Department revoked the members’ visas, with Deputy Secretary Of State Christopher Landau writing: “Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.” (Apropos of …

We’re deep into this year’s summer movie season, and it’ll get another big boost tomorrow with the release of the Gareth Edwards-directed Jurassic World Rebirth. It’s the latest entry in the Jurassic Park series, which might be getting a little — check this out, baby — long in the tooth. You see that shit? That’s writing. I am blogging today. …

All-Pro NFL cornerback Sauce Gardner has officially partnered with Q30 Innovations, the makers of the Q-Collar, the first and only FDA-cleared sports equipment designed to help protect the brain from… The post NFL Star Sauce Gardner Joins Q-Collar to Champion Player Safety appeared first on .

From Magic Of The Sale, Teethe have shared the immensely enticing singles “Magic Of The Sale” and “Holy Water.” The Texas slowcore crew is keeping the momentum going with the new track “Hate Goodbyes,” which features Wednesday’s Xandy Chelmis and Hovvdy’s Charlie Martin.

Following a string of sold-out shows in North America and upcoming dates with SZA in Europe, Kendrick Lamar is bringing his Grand National Tour to Latin America. The pgLang and… The post Kendrick Lamar Expands Grand National Tour to Latin America appeared first on .

Ganser kicked off June with the announcement of their new record Animal Hospital. The Chicago post-punk outfit unveiled “Black Sand,” and now they’re releasing “Discount Diamonds.”

The great off-kilter music auteur Jim O’Rourke moved to Japan after his time in Sonic Youth ended, and he’s been over there ever since. For many years, he’s been working with Eiko Ishibashi, the Japanese composer who scored Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s films Drive My Car and Evil Does Not Exist. (O’Rourke played on both of those scores.) Recently, O’Rourke and Ishibashi …