Last week Nicki Minaj went on a tirade on Twitter, starting beef with her past collaborator Jay-Z. Now the rapper is starting some trouble with SZA.

If you’re like me, you’re extremely excited about the pending release of You’re Weird Now, the new Guerilla Toss album produced by Stephen Malkmus at Trey Anastasio’s studio. Lead single “Red Flag To Every Bull” was fire, and “Life’s A Zoo,” out today, might be even more appealing. As with the prior track, this one incorporates Malkmus’ vocals in a …

One of Calvin Johnson’s most entertaining guises is Selector Dub Narcotic, which allows the K Records and Beat Happening founder to exclaim outrageous lyrics over top of DIY dance beats. Johnson has a new EP under that alias coming in September. When Boys Cry features four songs produced by Smoke M2D6, including today’s lead single “Excuse Moi,” which involves lots …

Samira Winter, the shoegaze artist conveniently known as Winter, will share her new album Adult Romantix next month. So far we’ve heard “Just Like A Flower” and the Horse Jumper Of Love-featuring “Misery,” and today Winter returns with “Without You.”

Last month King Princess hit us with the news of new album Girl Violence, sharing “RIP KP” in the process. A second single from the album is out now. “Cry Cry Cry” is a winsome ’80s pop pastiche, brimming with effervescent production flourishes and topped off with an ultra-catchy hook: “You’re gonna cry, cry, cry when you hear this!”

Molly Nilsson is still going strong. The Berlin synth-pop veteran released her album Un-American Activities last year, and she’s already back today with news of another one. Amateur is coming in September, and Nilsson has shared a statement about the ideas that shaped this body of work:

On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning” show, it was a massive ordeal: an all-day festival featuring most of the biggest names in metal and hard rock from across the …

The nominees for the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards were unveiled this afternoon, with the Twitter-beloved Severance and the Seth Rogen joint The Studio racking up the most nods. But some musicians got nominated, too, including Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Questlove, and the Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser.

In November last year, I meditated on the persistent beauty of Forth Wanderers’ debut full-length Tough Love for its 10 year anniversary. This week, the band is releasing their first album in seven years. The Longer This Goes On picks up right where the phenomenal indie outfit left off.