Whoo! I tell you what, I love this fucking feeling. A guttural scramble of a guitar riff? A guys bellowing over the top like he’s somehow trapped underneath the guitar riff and he needs you to rescue him? A chorus where all the dramatic stakes zoom upward? An extended trippy breakdown, followed by an even… The post Slift – “The …

Beyond their reputation as one of the most consistently great indie pop bands of the past couple of decades, Los Campesinos! are also among the most transparent. Since going full-on DIY with their seventh studio album, 2024’s All Hell, the Welsh band has been remarkably straightforward about the financial side of things. Today, in a guest essay crossposted with permission …

Our absolute bounty of new Converge music continues. Back in February, the Boston metallic hardcore legends released Love Is Not Enough, their first proper non-collab album in nine years. It’s fucking fire. Next month, Converge will follow that LP with Hum Of Hurt, their second brand new album of the year. It’ll almost certainly kick… The post Converge – “Doom …

Have you noticed it’s been almost three years since Greta Van Fleet’s last studio album? In the time since 2023’s Starcatcher, the polarizing, often irritating, Zeppelin-worshipping rock band has splintered off into a couple of side endeavors: Guitarist Jake Kiszka co-founded the duo Mirador in 2024. Earlier this year, he along with bassist Sam Kiszka and drummer Daniel Wagner all …

Case Oats is the partnership of singer-songwriter Casey Gomez Walker and drummer Spencer Tweedy, who besides being bandmates are engaged to be married. They put out their debut album Last Missouri Exit on Merge last year, and today they’ve got a new track out ahead of a tour launching later this week. “Bottom Of An… The post Case Oats – …

What an unpredictable collection of proper nouns! On Sunday, the Dave Matthews Band headlined Memphis’ Riverbeat Music Festival, with St. Vincent in the immediate-support spot. Those two might not make the most likely collaborators, but they still joined forces during the DMB’s set. St. Vincent joined Dave Matthews and friend for their song “Spoon” and for a cover of the …

Beyoncé’s show-stopping Met Gala appearance turned heads and left a lasting impression on the hand painted steps of the Gala carpet. Behind her glamorous look is Mexican-Salvadoran makeup artist, Rokael Lizama.  “I am so grateful and blessed to have been able to witness this,” says Lizama in an Instagram post of Beyonce at the Gala. The post The Mexican-Salvadoran MUA …

The loss of Tarik Skubal is the kind of headline that usually signals a major shift for a team with postseason expectations, especially when that pitcher is coming off back to back… The post SOURCE SPORTS: How Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal’s Injury Could Affect Tigers’ Postseason Outlook, ALCS Landscape appeared first on .

Austin City Limits, one of our biggest annual music festivals, turns 25 this year, and it has just unveiled its lineup. The festival goes down over two weekends, Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 7-11. This year’s headliners include Charli XCX, Lorde, the XX, Rüfüs Du Sol, and Twenty One Pilots, along with Skrillex on the first weekend and Kings Of Leon …

Bad Bunny has reached Don status. During the 2026 Met Gala, Don Benito embraced the concept of the aging body, attending as a geriatric version of himself— 50 years his senior to be exact.   Don Benito’s Met Gala look embraces the natural process of aging, including time (and gravity’s) effect on skin, hair, and overall The post PHOTOS: Behind-the-Scenes at …