The 2026 BRIT Awards, the UK’s equivalent to the Grammys, will take place this Saturday at Manchester’s Co-op Live, but they’ve already revealed one winner. PinkPantheress, the wildly influential singer, songwriter, and producer and Alysa Liu inspiration will be honored as Producer Of The Year. We’re again reminded that she is not the weakest link. The post PinkPantheress Is The …

The prolific old-school country artist Charley Crockett already has 15 studio albums to his name, and he’s about to add one more to that total. Less than a year ago, Crockett released Dollar A Day, the second LP in his Shooter Jennings-produced Sagebrush Trilogy. This spring, he’ll finish out that trilogy with the release of a 20-track opus called Age …

Heather The Jerk is Heather Sawyer, a Madison-based garage rocker and member of bands like the Hussy and Proud Parents. MRR described her late 2024 cassette Not Very Motorcycle as bedroom pop-punk, which at least gets you in the ballpark for new tape Scroll If You Love Devil. The tracklist compiles 10 short, sweet, scrappy… The post Heather The Jerk’s …

On Friday, Philadelphia shoegaze institution Nothing will release their new album A Short History Of Decay, which pushed the band’s sound in a bunch of different directions. This time around, frontman Nicky Palermo has put together a lineup that includes Cloakroom’s Doyle Martin and Cam Smith, Best Coast’s Bobb Bruno, and Manslaughter 777’s Zachary Jones.… The post Nothing – “Never …

On this day in 1993, Naughty by Nature released their third studio album 19 Naughty III, a project that not only defined their career but helped soundtrack the early 90s at its commercial… The post Today In Hip Hop History: Naughty By Nature Released Their Third Album ’19 Naughty III’ 33 Years Ago appeared first on .

Guatemalan-born, Montreal-based Santiago Castillo releases indie-electronic music under the name Hockitay. New single “over/over” is our first preview of a forthcoming EP. In a recent interview with The Line Of Best Fit, he says this tune is designed for winter, so if you’re snowed in on the East Coast today, you might want to queue… The post Hockitay – “over/over” …

On this day in 1999, Marshall Mathers introduced the world to The Slim Shady LP and in doing so, shifted the entire trajectory of Hip Hop heading into the new… The post Today In Hip Hop History: Eminem Dropped His Second Album ‘The Slim Shady LP’ 27 Years Ago appeared first on .

Midway through my video chat with Cootie Catcher, guitarist/vocalist/beatmaker Nolan Jakupovski suddenly wields a prop: “This, I think, is what we want to sound like.” He’s holding a copy of the Pastels’ 1998 remix album Illuminati, on which the Glasgow indie greats have their songs reworked by the likes of My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, and Jim O’Rourke. “A lot of …

On this date in the infamous year of 1988, the late, great “Human Orchestra” Biz Markie released his debut full-length album Goin’ Off on Cold Chillin’/Warner Brothers Records. Produced exclusively… The post Today in Hip-Hop History: Biz Markie Dropped His Debut Album ‘Goin’ Off’ 38 Years Ago appeared first on .

On this day in Hip Hop history, The Roots released their fourth studio album, Things Fall Apart. Widely regarded as the group’s breakthrough project, the album elevated them to mainstream… The post Today in Hip Hop History: The Roots Released Their Fourth LP ‘Things Fall Apart’ 27 Years Ago appeared first on .