Earlier this week, Ben Folds Five announced they were releasing the shelved first attempt at their debut album for its 30th anniversary. Now, Ben Folds has been revealed as the producer and music director for an upcoming Off-Broadway one-woman musical called We’ve Been Here Before, and he’ll be performing in it as well. The post Ben Folds To Produce, Music …

This is not a drill: Juan Gabriel’s iconic Juan Gabriel: Mi Primer Bellas Artes [Juan Gabriel: My First Bellas Artes] is coming to U.S. theaters. On July 6, Sony Music announced that the remastered release of the historic concert will be available in Mexico, Latin America, and the U.S. starting on Aug. 28. The legendary The post Juan Gabriel’s Iconic …

Last year, former Chubby And The Gang frontman Charlie Manning Walker formed a new band called EZ8 and shared a four-song demo. Now, we’re getting more information about and music from that project. The post The Easy Eight Announce Debut Album <em>The Easy Way Out</em>: Hear “Fear As A Gift” appeared first on Stereogum.

A few years ago, we learned that Madison Square Garden was using facial recognition technology to kick out legal adversaries. Now, it looks like the famous New York arena is also using it for other, more dubious purposes. Who could’ve guessed this would happen! The news comes from Wired, who reported back in April that the security staff for Knicks …

Wednesday at Paris Fashion Week, Balenciaga presented its 55th Couture Collection, the first designed by Pierpaolo Piccioli. The show had a very special soundtrack, a newly recorded performance by the peerless ANOHNI. The post ANOHNI Covers Selena For Balenciaga appeared first on Stereogum.

In 1982, the B-52’s teamed up with David Byrne for an album and ended up putting out the Mesopotamia EP instead. Rumors swirled that the band didn’t like working with the Talking Heads frontman, but Kate Pierson told us a few years ago that their manager had been “pushing us, pushing us, to get the next record out” and they …

This past December, Scottish musician Theo Bleak released her tender project Bargaining, which we named Album Of The Week. Today, she’s returned with new music that pays homage to a legendary group led by a talented fellow Scot — her version of the Waterboys’ “We Will Not Be Lovers” from 1988’s Fisherman’s Blues. It also comes with a video by …

Three concert experiences I recommend: (1) attending a gig at Central Park SummerStage and going to see (2) Spoon or (3) Ratboys any chance you get. In June, I enjoyed all of the above. First, Ratboys kicked off their latest tour in my hometown of Columbus, showing off one of the most impressive indie rock catalogs in recent memory. Then …

Today, Nashville-based musician Hannah Cole announces her debut album Switchbacks with the down-on-her-luck single “MMA.” Switchbacks, which is out in September via Tight Knit, follows 2024’s Glisten EP and 2023’s Big Bite EP. Cole reconnected with frequent collaborator Josef Kuhn, recording the album in their home studio between 2024 and 2025, playing nearly every instrument themselves. Switchbacks was also mixed …

Two of this year’s best straight-up rock albums are Masquerade, the stormy debut from Irish Band To Watch Cardinals, and For Love Of Grace & The Hereafter, the excellently slithery new one from Danish vampires Iceage. During a recent live-in-studio session for SiriusXM, Cardinals paid tribute to their post-punk buzz-band elders by covering Iceage. The post Cardinals Cover Iceage For …