The prolific Philly musician on Hour’s stirring Ghost Bridge, his recent solo EP, and co-running one of the best labels in indie music The post The Hour Of Michael Cormier-O’Leary Is Upon Us appeared first on Stereogum.

Jess Williamson has a voice. The Texan singer-songwriter is capable of a doing incredible things with a full-body gut wail that contains just a hint of high-lonesome yip. This isn’t exactly news if you’ve ever spent any time listening to her, but it really comes through on her new song “Hum Of The City.” The post Jess Williamson – “Hum …

It’s always cool when a band is willing to release a song that’s just straight-up called “sex.” LA’s untitled (halo) have a new one that doesn’t even seem to be about sex, but it’s called “sex” anyway. The band is a product of the recent shoegaze revival, but they’ve pushed that sound into weird and interesting places on “aimee lou …

How much blood would constitute an arterial bombardment? Probably a lot, right? Too much. I don’t want to bombard anyone arterially. It makes me think of a firehose, or maybe a Gwar show. It also makes me think that the blood must somehow be solid, and possibly also explosive? It sounds unpleasant, which means it’s a great topic for a …

Reunited Midwest emo pioneers American Football have influenced a great many bands over the years. They’ve been back together since 2014, though they haven’t always had an easy time with it, and young artists like Hayley Williams and Turnstile’s Brendan Yates have lined up to work with them. While they’re out there promoting their fourth album, American Football recently did …

For the second straight year, metalcore heroes Converge are throwing their Saddest Day festival at Roadrunner in Boston this Dec. 12 and 13. The lineup is once again stacked, and we’re giving away a pair of full-weekend passes. The post Win Two-Day Passes To Saddest Day 2026 appeared first on Stereogum.

Thus far this year, New Orleans’ Twisted Teens have already released two albums of awesomely swampy lo-fi garage-punk, Blame The Clown and Florida Water Blues. A third is on deck. Twisted Teens have made the leap to Sub Pop Records, and their new LP The Holy Cross Tigers drops next month. We already posted lead single “When We First Met,” …

Right now, the indie rock world is in the process of discovering Emily Moales, the prolific Philly-based New Hampshire native who records extremely cool DIY music under the name Star Moles. The Star Moles discography is deep, with dozens of releases going back nearly a decade, but the recent album Highway To Hell, one of our favorites of the year, …

St. Louis musician Martin Meyer used to lead the punk band Lumpy And The Dumpers and run the label Lumpy Records. Since 2020, Meyer has been cranking out playful lo-fi power-pop under the name Soup Activists. (He’s really the only Soup Activist.) Thus far, Soup Activists have released a handful of EPs and one full-length, 2024’s Mummy What Are Flowers …

At this point, it feels like the music industry has simply adapted streaming bot-farmers into the business, but at least someone is facing some penalties for running up fake numbers. Earlier this year, the 54-year-old North Carolina singer-songwriter Mike Smith pleaded guilty for defrauding streaming services after he posted hundreds of thousands of AI-generated tracks and used bots to rack …