BTS are on the comeback trail. In 2022, the galactically popular K-pop boy band announced it was going on hiatus so its seven members could fulfill their mandatory service with the South Korean military. Now it’s time to get back to that other ARMY. BTS announced today in a Weverse livestream that the group will return in 2026 with a …

We may not be done with Aerosmith just yet. The classic rockers announced a farewell tour in 2023, and it was postponed and ultimately canceled in the midst of frontman Steven Tyler’s health issues and sexual assault lawsuits. But the band might not be ready to hang it up quite yet. This year, a few Aerosmith members performed together at …

Do you put “motherfuckers” in your band name to attract attention or to put a cap on your audience — or, more likely, because such questions could not be farther from your mind? Relatedly, do you drop your debut album on the Fourth of July because it’s such a dead release week and there will be fewer releases competing for …

If hip-hop had a northwest compass, Yonny would point true north: magnetic, offbeat, and just enough Seattle drizzle to keep it poetic. At 24, the Ethiopian-American artist is the kind… The post Yonny Joins Seattle for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ appeared first on .

On Friday, Lorde released her new album Virgin and debuted every song live in a surprise Glastonbury set. The new album is great, but it’s got some fans pissed off for a reason that has nothing to do with the music. Lorde is selling a number of physical variants of Virgin, including a “bathwater” vinyl edition and a CD that’s …

Nuclear Daisies have announced their sophomore album, First Taste Of Heaven. The band is made up of former Temple Of Angels member Rob Glynn, Ringo Deathstarr’s Alex Gehring, and Robby Williams, and they’re sharing the new single “Infinite Joy” today.

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.” …

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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 …