Austin Lunn went all in with the 2023 Panopticon album The Rime Of Memory. The one-man band is going even bigger today by announcing a folk album called Laruentian Blue and a black metal album titled Songs Of Hiraeth.

FIFA Launches a New Era with Historic 32-Team Tournament and Star-Studded Kickoff Event Global music meets global football as FIFA announces that Moroccan-American rap star French Montana will co-headline the Opening Ceremony… The post French Montana and Swae Lee to Headline Opening Ceremony of FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ in Miami appeared first on .

Grammy-winning icon CeeLo Green was honored with a surprise 50th birthday celebration that blended glamor, nostalgia, and heart in a way only he could inspire. Powered by Primary Wave Music,… The post CeeLo Green Turns 50 in Style with Surprise Prom, Diploma, and a Star-Studded Celebration in Atlanta appeared first on .

Glasgow indie rockers Dancer hearken back to the ’80s post-punk/new wave moment in a similar way to Cincinnati’s Artificial Go. Last year’s debut album 10 Songs I Hate About You drew a lot of comparisons to Life Without Buildings. On “Just Say Yes,” the lead single from Dancer’s newly announced sophomore album More Or Less, the guitars slice and morph …

Chicago’s Matt Jencik — a member of Implodes, Don Caballero, and Slint’s live band and a longtime employee of Reckless Records — has teamed up on a full album with Midwife, the gauzy slowcore project of Denver’s Madeline Johnston. It’s called Never Die, and I loved the shapelessly floating atmospherics of lead single “Delete Key.” Their new song out today, …

Charli XCX’s Brat, arguably the most impactful album artwork in recent memory, took home the Grammy earlier this year for Best Recording Package. That category recognizes the album cover design, and the “overall visual presentation” of the album, but it excludes boxed sets and limited editions, which got a category of their own in 1995. Now, the Grammys have added …

Tom Rowlands, one half of the Chemical Brothers, is back today with his first solo release since 2013. Released via Phantasy, the double A-side single “We Are Nothing” / “All Night” features all the bombastic, frenetic drum programming you could want from a guy who helped to define a subgenre called big beat, though few would confuse it with his …

Mechatok — aka Munich-born, Berlin-based Emir Timur Tokdemir — has built a reputation as a forward-thinking producer extraordinaire through his work with artists like Drain Gang and Charli XCX. He’ll release his debut album Wide Awake in August via the esteemed Young imprint. It has the previously released “Addiction” and “Virus Freestyle” and features from the likes of Isabella Lovestory, …

The last time that Rochester rap eccentric and onetime Stereogum Artist To Watch RXKNephew popped up on this website was a few months ago, when he directed the 12-minute diss track “The Truth” at fellow underground rapper Slimesito. That was fun. Rest assured, there has been plenty of new Neph music since that moment. We haven’t posted it because he …

Here’s a thought exercise: Try to imagine what your record collection would look like if Sly Stone had never lived.