Back in July, the massively popular K-pop boy band BTS announced that they are boycotting next year’s Grammys and refusing to submit any of their music for award consideration. This was a big pivot for the group, who performed on multiple Grammy telecasts and frequently talked about how badly they wanted to win one. (They’ve been nominated for five awards, …

Ryan Hemsworth, now part of the Topshelf Records family, is ramping up to the release of his new album Numbskull. Early returns were strong, and that was before we got to hear the contributions from high-profile guests Tegan And Sara, MSPAINT, and Illuminati Hotties. The post Ryan Hemsworth – “Never Learned” (Feat. Tegan And Sara) appeared first on Stereogum.

“DIIV GOES POP.” We know that’s true because it says so on the cover of the Rolling Stone. The fictional Rolling Stone, anyway. Probably not the real one. I haven’t checked. In the video for DIIV’s new song “Trillions,” the members of the band rock expensive suits, lounge around glamorous and expensive-looking residences, fan themselves with crisp $20 bills, and …

Everyone loves David Berman. The late, great Silver Jews/Purple Mountains auteur commanded a faithful audience in his lifetime, but he increasingly feels like the most influential figure in 2020s indie rock. That apparently extends to artists outside the rugged, oblique, country-fried bands directly in Berman’s sphere of influence. The post King Hüsky – “Punks In The Beerlight” (Silver Jews Cover) …

Secrecy: Good name for a punk band! It calls to mind the Germs’ “What We Do Is Secret,” as well as the general sense of a hidden underground world that regards outsiders with suspicion. London’s appropriately mysterious Secrecy have a big, propulsive sound — coarse hardcore vocals, reverb-drenched guitar jangle, booming drums. They bring a sense of frenetic darkness that …

Way Dynamic is a funny moniker for a band so chill. Dylan Young has been recording under that name since his university days at RMIT in Melbourne about a decade ago, and the project has ramped up in the 2020s with a trio of albums crafted in tandem with Good Morning’s Stefan Blair. But things really picked up with last …

“ready or noT,” a new brakence album is coming sooN. After dropping a new single last week, the Columbus digicore star announced his forthcoming LP marroW on Tuesday. Today we get two more trackS ahead of the project’s release three weeks from now. The post brakence Announces New Album <em>marroW</em>: Hear “crystallized” & “death rolL” appeared first on Stereogum.

The Man Behind The W… Wu-Tang Clan’s own Mathematics has released his new single and video “God Body,” which features Method Man & AZ.  “God Body” is now available at all DSPs… The post Brand New DJ Mathematics And Wu-Tang Clan Feat. Method Man & AZ “God Body” Visual appeared first on .

Foreign Tongues, the new album from the Rolling Stones, is merely the latest in the string of late-career Stones records that are way, way more impressive than they had to be. The LP came out in July, but its rollout isn’t finished yet. Foreign Tongues did not feature the strutting Mick Jagger/Keith Richards duet “Bad Luck Hideaway,” one of the …

Fog Lake, the the project of Montreal-based, Newfoundland-raised musician Aaron Powell, is back. Today, he’s announced his seventh album Hollowbody, the follow-up to 2023’s Midnight Society, with the new single “Bogus.” The new album is out next month. The post Fog Lake Announces New Album <em>Hollowbody</em>: Hear “Bogus” appeared first on Stereogum.