Sean “Diddy” Combs is currently facing federal charges for sex trafficking and racketeering. His trial began last week in Manhattan, and his ex Cassie Ventura and the former Danity Kane/Dirty Money member Dawn Richard have both testified against him. Today, Kid Cudi became the third famous artist to testify in the case. On the witness stand, Cudi told the story …

The drums draw you in immediately. “Backwards,” the latest single from Leeds band Eades’ new album Final Sirens Call, begins with a skittering backbeat that keeps the song feeling brisk and lively all throughout its four minutes. It becomes the foundation for a very British sort of pop-rock song that feels like a modern spin on that post-Britpop, post-OK Computer …

Today just got a whole lot better because we just got a new motherfucking Pulp song. Next month, the reunited Britpop overlords will release More, their first new album in 24 years. The band recorded More with producer James Ford, and it’s dedicated to the memory of their late bassist Steve Mackey. We’ve already heard the album opener “Spike Island,” …

UK shoegazers deary — formerly a duo, now a trio — first landed on our radar last year, when they released their lovely Aurelia EP, which they recorded with help from Slowdive’s Simon Scott. Next month, deary will follow that EP with a new two-song 7″ single. The A-side is “I Still Think About You,” a gorgeously dreamy reverie that’s …

Teyana Taylor is pushing back against claims made by her ex-husband, former NBA star Iman Shumpert, who recently filed a motion requesting that she be held in contempt of court—potentially… The post Teyana Taylor Claps Back at Iman Shumpert’s Contempt Filing Amid Heated Divorce Dispute appeared first on .

“Goon” was a perfectly good word with a whole bunch of meanings long before zoomers decided to use it as a euphemism for jerking off, so it does my heart good to see that LA indie rockers Goon are keeping their name intact. This summer, Goon will release their new LP Dream 3, and we were really into the early …

For more than a decade now, the LA-based artist Lorely Rodriguez has been making extremely cool left-field pop music under her Empress Of alias. Rodriguez released her album For Your Consideration last year, and she’ll open a bunch of North American dates on Lorde’s Ultrasound tour later in the year. Today, Empress Of drops a new track called “Little Secret” …

“We just wanted things to really explode.” Mission accomplished, Corin Tucker.

It’s been seven years since Richard Ashcroft last put out music of his own, though he hasn’t been totally absent. In 2019, the Verve frontman finally won back the rights to “Bitter Sweet Symphony” from the Rolling Stones, and a few years later he reenacted the song’s video for a Sky Sports F1 promo. It’s been reported that Ashcroft will …

The Honduran-born, Montreal-based pop mutant Isabella Lovestory cites Lady Gaga and Kim Gordon as influences, and she pushed reggaeton into freaky places on her 2022 debut album Amor Hardcore. Since then, she’s written for K-pop stars LE SSERAFIM and cranked out a steady stream of one-off singles. Thus far this year, she’s released “Telenovela” and the TAICHU collab “Putita Boutique,” …