In 2019, the Spook School broke up. Now, the Scottish indie-pop band is reuniting to release a new record titled Like A Heartbeat. The lead single “Falling” is out today. The post The Spook School Reunite For New Album <em>Like A Heartbeat</em>: Hear “Falling” appeared first on Stereogum.

“I been gettin’ up each morning with the hair of the downward dog.” That fantastic lyric belongs to “Marlboro Vinyasa,” the latest single from Willi Carlisle’s Tyler Childers-produced double album The Universal Bubba. Unlike prior single “Mason Jar At The Center Of The World,” which was the kind of a traditional reel you could squaredance to, this song is a …

Trumpeter Will Miller has been a fixture of Chicago’s music scene for years, appearing on key 2010s releases from artists like Chance The Rapper, Whitney, and Twin Peaks and branching out beyond the Windy City for work with heavy hitters like SZA and Mavis Staples. And for many years now, he’s been leading Resavoir, an oft-morphing Chicago jazz ensemble that …

Dolly Parton, one of the greatest singers and songwriters in the history of American popular entertainment, has died. Parton’s family announced her passing in a video statement from her nephew Byran Seaver that was posted on Parton’s social media channels this afternoon. According to a statement from her representatives, Parton passed away “peacefully” in Nashville today. No cause of death …

Grunge overlords Soundgarden have only played live a few times since the sudden, tragic 2017 death of frontman Chris Cornell, and they’ve had some legal issues with Cornell’s widow Vicky in the years since. But the band and Vicky Cornell reconciled in 2023, and they performed at their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction last year. Next month, Soundgarden’s …

Former Foxing frontman Conor Murphy announced the new Smidley album in June. So far we’ve heard “Capstone” featuring Lucy Dacus and “Love In Every Direction” from Murphy Horse, and now he’s sharing the title track. The post Smidley – “Murphy Horse” appeared first on Stereogum.

Dexter Story — the prolific project of Los Angeles-based producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer Dexter Gordon — already released an album earlier this year called Inner. Now, he’s returning to announce its followup T’som, and the lead single “Mama” features Sudan Archives and Kamasi Washington. The post Dexter Story Announces New Album <em>T’som</em>: Hear “Mama” (Feat. Sudan Archives & Kamasi Washington) appeared first …

Nobody will ever be allowed to say a single rude word about Samira Winter in my presence. She records dreamy shoegaze as just plain Winter, and she’s also Stereogum’s newest VJ. Earlier this year, I spent a few days with Winter at the Kilby Block Party festival in Salt Lake City, where she made this instant-classic video. She was a …

After a surprising turn into noisy guitar chaos on last year’s “Hot Slob,” Sylvan Esso announced their new album Ow ∞ last month and shared its Sigur Rós-sampling lead single “Concrete Glen.” The song, which incorporates the gorgeous, familiar-yet-alien sound of Jonsi’s vocals from “Svefn-g-englar,” marked a return to the duo’s usual speciality of folk-informed, forward-thinking pop. Today they’ve got …

You remember the scene. At least, I hope you remember the scene. It’s hard to forget it. Mad Men. Season five. Episode nine. Michael Ginsberg, a young copywriter at Cooper Draper Price, has an ad pitch all ready to go, but his boss Don Draper humiliatingly dumps his idea and successfully sells his own idea instead. On the long elevator …