We’re about a month out from the release of singer-songwriter Meg Lui’s full-length debut Instant Validation, which she recorded with a producer by the name of Sufjan Stevens. You know about this guy? We already posted Lui’s singles “Gone Girl” and “Elvis Queen.” Today, she shares an old-school country song about realizing she wasn’t nice enough to her parents. The …

Here’s an important thing to note about Julia Jacklin’s new single “The Hardest Thing”: It has a really cool video. The Danny Cohen-directed clip is a single drone shot that lazily orbits what I’m sure is a very famous Melbourne skyscraper. As we circle this big-ass building, the camera slowly pans in on Julia Jacklin, who’s up on the roof …

Reports of sexual assault and other abusive behaviors by Yves Tumor have been circulating online over the past week. Now Tumor, also known as Shanti or Sean Lee Bowie, has denied those allegations. The post Yves Tumor Denies Abuse Allegations, Vows “Extreme Legal Action” appeared first on Stereogum.

Ella Langley’s adorably heartbroken country hit “Choosin’ Texas” came out in October 2025, and it’s by far the biggest chart hit of the 2026 calendar year. The song first reached #1 on the Hot 100 back in February. Other songs have ascended to the top of the charts and knocked “Choosin’ Texas” off, but it just keeps coming back. This …

Last week, Rolling Stone published an extremely troubling bombshell exposé about the comedian and musician Reggie Watts. In that article, a number of loved ones came forward to suggest that Watts played a role in the suicide of his ex-girlfriend, 36-year-old Katherine Early McCollough. Some people who knew the couple claim that Watts encouraged McCollough to take a number of …

Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields festival is coming up this Saturday, and ahead of the festivities she has shared a new song inspired by The Handmaid’s Tale. “Serena Joy” is named for a character in the book and TV series, a former Christian media personality married to a high-ranking government official, who comes to regret her complicity in the United …

Jessie Reyez is going on her biggest tour yet! On Aug. 24, the Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter announced her upcoming A LITTLE VENGEANCE TOUR. The highly anticipated tour will kick off at the WAMU Theater in Seattle, WA, on Nov. 3, and wrap up at the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto, ON, on Nov. 24. Part of the The post Jessie Reyez Announces …

“Lucky Star,” the new song from the Bay Area alt-rock duo Sour Widows, is not a Madonna cover. Back in 2024, Sour Widows had a single called “Cherish,” and that wasn’t a Madonna cover, either. At this point, Sour Widows should really just work their way down the entire Immaculate Collection tracklist and repurpose every title. The strategy seems to …

Wisconsin fuzz-pop artist Graham Hunt made his name with no-budget home recordings, but he went bigger with his forthcoming LP American Pyramid, recording most of it with an eight-piece band at Minnesota’s stories Pachyderm Studios. We’ve already posted the early singles “Waiting For You To Come Home,” “Riverboat Blues,” and “Getting Older.” With the LP dropping later this week, Hunt …

The Washington, DC art-punk band Shudder To Think started in 1986 and released a series of confoundingly foxy records before breaking up in 1996. Frontman Craig Wedren went on to a prolific career scoring films and TV shows, and Shudder To Think returned for reunion tours in 2008 and 2025. Last year, they released a two-song single that constituted their …