Christian “Smokey” DeRoeck, a founding member of Woods and Menaguar and a guitarist for Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band, also leads his own band called Little Gold. The Athens, Georgia combo is building up to the release of new album Public Dog, and if you have any affinity for the above associations, you’ll want to tap in. The post …

New Order have been enmeshed in some drama as of late. Since they were revealed as members of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame’s Class Of 2026, founding bassist Peter Hook stated that he wouldn’t be standing with his ex-bandmates and hadn’t spoken with any of them in years. Now, the band has announced that drummer Stephen Morris and …

Lizzo is doing her best. Following an underwhelming performance of her latest album Bitch, which did not chart at all on the Billboard 200 despite its predecessor Special debuting at #2 with 69,000 album-equivalent units, the “About Damn Time” singer is making the best of a disappointing situation. In a new interview — the first episode of Zachary Hourihane aka …

Three bright lights of the Bandcamp hip-hop underground have joined forces to support one of their own. The new single “Sound Of Horns” finds Nashville-based R.A.P. Ferreira teaming up with Los Angeles voices nahhphet and Rhys Langston over a dreamy boom-bap beat from God.Damn.Chan. It’s a protest song advocating for the safe return of LA rapper, producer, and label head …

Suno sucks. Everyone knows this, including SZA, who recently drew attention to the way AI is exploiting Black artists. Now Suno — the $5.4 billion generative AI music creation platform — is launching an incubator program for indie musicians, and it requires them to promote and never criticize the company. The post $5.4B AI Music Company Suno Announces Indie Incubator …

Last year’s epic Lux earned Rosalía attention from all sorts of listeners, including Mick Jagger, who recently told GQ that he’s a fan: “That was something really conceptual, really interesting. And she really pulled it off, and I really admire her for doing it.” She also earned attention from Ween fans for posting a vinyl copy of 1994’s Chocolate And …

Puerto Rican icon Toñita was honored by the mayor of New York City in a special way. Mayor Zohran Mamdani gifted her a custom Puerto Rico flag that was created by Bronx-based designer Edwin Reyes. Toñita is the owner of the Caribbean Social Club in Williamsburg, Brooklyn that has proudly represented her Puerto Rican roots The post Mayor Zohran Mamdani …

Bad Bunny’s world tour brought him to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London for a pair of shows over the weekend. As Sunday night’s gig was drawing to a close, the global superstar brought out a local legend, Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn. The former Blur frontman joined Bad Bunny for two songs: “Tormenta,” their collaboration from Gorillaz’ 2023 album Cracker Island, …

Bob Dylan has been enjoying his latest tour leg, busting out deep cuts like “Baby, Will You Be My Baby” and “I Shall Be Released.” But something is going on with his band. The post Bob Dylan Mysteriously Splits With Two Tour Guitarists appeared first on Stereogum.

This past Saturday, there was a Title Fight-fake out at Manchester hardcore fest Outbreak. The crowd gathered around the stage were awaiting the reveal of the fest’s mystery guest. “Oh my God. No fucking way!” a man screams in a video, as blurred letters appear on the screen. If you squint, you might think that they’re about to come into …