Brooklyn’s Stay Inside, one of the better bands operating on the edge of indie and emo, recently signed to Tiny Engines, a label known for thriving at that exact genre intersection. Their first track for the label, “Monsieur Hawkweed,” dropped back in April, and they’ve got a second fresh song out today. “Super Sonic” is, per singer Chris Johns, “quite …

Okay let’s get right to it. Kai Cenat, found himself in an awkward encounter with DMV legend Wale, after he did not realize who he was talking to. Naturally, the… The post Wale Calls Out Kai Cenat After Streamer Didn’t Know Who He Was at BET Awards appeared first on .

Earlier this year Michelle Zauner released her latest Japanese Breakfast album For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women). In our File of the indie rocker, she mentioned, “I don’t think I can talk about it, but I actually did just write the end credits for a new movie that will be coming out this year, that I’m really excited about.” It’s …

Toledo emo band Equipment have a new single out today via a new label. Previous releases like 2023’s Alt.Account and last year’s fantastic one-off “tequila redbull” came out on Klepto Phase. Today’s new track “espresso lemonade” boasts a similar title and cover art, but it’s seeing release through Brain Synthesizer, whose roster previously included Michael Cera Palin and Park National.

For many years, the Portland, Maine singer-songwriter Lisa Victoria has been making music under the name Lisa/Liza. Breaking And Mending, her most recent album, came out in 2023. Later this month, she’ll follow that record with Ocean Path, a new cassette EP that collects her early home recordings. You can really feel the hum of room sound in the spectral, …

In December, Field Medic released his latest album boundless & true. Now, the prolific singer-songwriter is already back to announce its follow-up, surrender instead. The lead single “MELANCHOLY” is a lugubrious, beautiful gem.

This year, Rocket have generously released the catchy grunge rippers “Take Your Aim” and “One Million,” and now they’re back with another one called “Crossing Fingers.”

Last year Margo Price guested on Swamp Dogg’s album Blackgrass: From West Virginia To 125th Street, contributed to a Margo Guryan tribute LP, and teamed up with Billy Strings for the Stereogum-favorited collaboration “Too Stoned To Cry.” Now, the country iconoclast is announcing her new record Hard Headed Woman to follow 2023’s Strays II.

Over the past few years, we’ve seen increasingly blurred boundaries between Caribou, Dan Snaith’s main project, and Daphni, his dance music alter-ego. Last year, Caribou released the dance-focused album Honey. This past weekend, he played the opening festivities for the Primavera Sound Festival, and my co-workers who didn’t miss their flights said that he was in full dance mode. Now, …

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