Since 2020, Austin’s Riya Mahesh has been recording sprawling ambient-pop tunes and releasing them under the name Quiet Light. The artist and producer already has five albums under her belt, and today she’s announcing a new mixtape called Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2. Blue Angel Sparkling Silver 2 is her debut for True Panther. “This… The post Quiet Light Announces …

Last month, Courtney Barnett announced her new album Creature Of Habit and shared “Site Unseen” featuring Waxahatchee. Today, the indie great is back with two more tracks: “Mantis” and “Sugar Plum.” “‘Mantis’ is the microcosmic centerpiece of this album, it embodies the message and meaning of every track. It’s a song about searching, and it… The post Courtney Barnett – …

Hardcore bands are supposed to burn out quickly, breakup when they’re just getting going, and then maybe reunite to headline a hardcore festival a decade or two later. When they stick around, they run a serious risk of becoming a goofy, slightly embarrassing legacy band that coasts on past glories. Once in a long while,… The post Terror Announce New …

The Atlanta music festival Shaky Knees has revealed its 2026 lineup, and dang, it sure is appealing. The post Shaky Knees 2026 Has The Strokes, Gorillaz, Pavement, Geese, & Much More appeared first on Stereogum.

The James Blackshaw renaissance continues! In 2016, the British fingerstyle guitar virtuoso pulled the plug on his music career, citing economic concerns. In 2019, he announced his return to music, but not until late 2024 did we get Unraveling In Your Hands, Blackshaw’s first album in nearly a decade. He’s followed that one up much… The post Stream British Fingerstyle …

Winspear have put out some of our favorite indie rock records of the past couple of years, and now, the label have welcomed their first non-US artist to their roster. Swapmeet — Venus O’Broin (guitar, vocals), Joshua Doherty (bass), Maxwell Elphick (guitar, drums, vocals), and Jack Medlyn (guitar, drums, vocals) — are a young four-piece who… The post Swapmeet – “I …

The young UK trio thistle. specialize in a grungy, sloppy form of shoegaze that smushes together a few strains of ’90s revivalism. They released their debut EP it’s nice to see you, stranger last year, and they’re about to follow it with another one called backflip. (This is one of those bands where everything has… The post thistle. Announce New …

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In 2021, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard drummer Michael Cavanagh released his eponymous debut solo album under the moniker CAVS. Today, he’s announcing its followup, Sojourn. The lead single “Candiru” is out now. About the record, co-producer Jim Rindfleish of Mildlife explains: Sojourn began as a sample-based beat tape that Cavs had been chipping… The post King Gizzard & …

People are always trying to invent new forms of payola, to monetize parts of the live-music experience that did not previously exist within the pay-for-play domain. The latest piece of that pie that someone’s trying to sell involves the pre-concert playlist, the music that’s piped into a venue before a band takes the stage. Generally, artists use that music to …