A couple of weeks ago, Billy Joel canceled all of his concerts due to his recent normal pressure hydrocephalus diagnosis. The news of the brain condition worried fans, but the legendary musician shared a reassuring message today via Howard Stern.

Seether were in fact seething at their show in Catoosa, OK on Thursday (May 29). The South African rock band — whom we have never covered, though they’ve been around since 1999 and recently scored their 10th Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay #1 — turned their hit “Remedy” into a diss track against security when they removed the frontman’s 7-year-old daughter …

No bad dream fucker’s gonna boss Momma around. The beloved alt-rock hook-slingers are riding high off the release of their recent Welcome To My Blue Sky, one of 2025’s very best albums so far. As the promo campaign rolls on, they’ve covered an Elliott Smith classic for Amazon Music.

Marissa Nadler has announced a new self-produced album called New Radiations to follow the 2022 EP The Wrath Of The Clouds. The goth-folk singer-songwriter is sharing a preview today with the haunting title track.

There are people who make a fine living by closely monitoring this nation’s youth sports leagues in hopes of finding players to replenish America’s college and professional teams. I wonder if Matador Records has a similar program, but for potential next-generation indie rock stars? The tastemaking institution established its rep by plucking Pavement, Guided by Voices, and Liz Phair from …

Last year Harmony unleashed the buzzy, sleazy solo album Gossip, departing from her indie roots she’d cultivated in the beloved band Girlpool (whose debut album just turned 10 years old). But in March she shared the slow, vulnerable tune “Where Strangers Go,” and now she’s back with another gentle one called “Anything.”

In March, Brooklyn art-pop duo Sex Week unveiled “Coat,” their first new song since last year’s eponymous EP. Today, they’re announcing another EP, and this one’s called Upper Mezzanine. The second single “Coach” is out now, and it’s a dreamy excursion.

Pompeii, the last album from psychedelic explorer Cate Le Bon, was one of our favorites of 2022. Since then, Le Bon has collaborated with people like Kurt Vile, Wilco, and St. Vincent. She also produced Horsegirls’s Phonetics On And On, one our favorite albums of this year so far. Now, Le Bon is ready to announce Michelangelo Dying, a new …

It’s been almost three years since Sudan Archives’ latest record Natural Brown Prom Queen, which we named Album Of The Week. Today the Los Angeles-via-Cincinnati musician returns with a new single called “DEAD,” described as an exploration of “orchestral Black dance music.”