Back in the spring, Grimes began teasing a new album called Psy Opera, as perfectly on-brand a title as I can imagine for this artist. As Grimes explained it, Psy Opera is a concept album about the potential for human extinction at the hands of AI that also stemmed from her belief that humans are not as inferior as some …

femtanyl, not to be confused with hardcore group Fentanyl or rising indie-sleaze duo the Femcels, delivered the noise overload I desperately needed this fine Friday. “All The Time,” the Canadian-American duo of Noelle Stockwood and Juno Callender’s first single since signing to Columbia Records, sounds like digital rug burn in the most satisfying way. Check it out below. The post …

The latest offering from Kimi Recor‘s upcoming album Applewater is absolutely mesmerizing. Listening to it, I imagine being somewhere dark. Maybe it’s a forest. Maybe there are trees, bats wandering around their branched limbs. But there is certainly fog that grows outwards and upwards, majestic and slow and consuming. “Call To U,” with its haunting vocals and tender harp strums, …

Last month, cult-pop overlord Carly Rae Jepsen released her absolutely tremendous double album Day And Night. It’s so good! Day And Night is a whole lot of music to process — 24 songs, divided into the Day side and the Night side, adding up to an hour and 25 minutes of bangers. It wasn’t enough! Today, Jepsen releases Day And …

We got another Slayyyter banger! Future generations of pop scholars will have to study Slayyyter’s 2026 run; it has been a glorious thing to witness. Back in April, Slayyyter released the dizzy, auteurist trash-pop opus WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, which came in at #1 on our mid-year list. Since then Slayyyter has toured hard, performing for huge and rambunctious crowds. …

This band has it, man. It’s been clear for a couple years now that Manchester indie rockers Westside Cowboy were a special unit, and debut album It Goes On affirmed that they’re among the best in the world at wrangling guitars, melody, and anxious combustible energy into eminently likable songs. So seeing them in the Tonight Show spotlight, even in …

In 2020, Riley Gale, frontman of the great Texan hardcore/thrash band Power Trip, died suddenly and tragically at the way-too-young age of 34. Gale’s fans, friends, bandmates, and family members were all obviously devastated. Two years later, Power Trip guitarist Blake Ibanez launched Fugitive, a new band that continued very much in Power Trip’s tradition and released some truly sick …

It’s another day in 2026, and the algorithm has been force-feeding us Creed. I was wondering why Chuck Mundy — that guy with an old man’s prosthetic mask and a gazillion hot dogs and Busch Lights, singing “One Last Breath” — kept popping up on my Instagram. Although the algorithm might be catering to my unhinged, trashy taste, many users …

Tomorrow, Oct. 10, would have been the 80th birthday for the late songwriting legend John Prine. Last night, dozens of musicians gathered at the Chicago Theatre paying homage to Prine, kicking off a weekend’s worth of events celebrating his enduring legacy. The post Jeff Tweedy, Ratboys, Steve Earle, & More Play 80 Years Of John Prine Tribute Concert In Chicago …

Yo La Tengo will perform a benefit show in support of Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico Oct. 17 at The Long Time in Austin, Texas. The event will raise funds for Talarico’s Senate campaign, with each ticket requiring a $100 donation to the campaign. Attendance will be capped at 500 people. The post Yo La Tengo Announce James Talarico …