We’ve got a new dark horse contender in the hunt for the “worst band name I’ve ever seen in my life” championship. The London trio Ebbb came out of the Windmill scene, and they’re currently generating a whole lot of buzz with a series of singles on Ninja Tune records. The name is bad, but… The post Ebbb – “Home …

There are magical objects scattered around Danny L Harle’s studio in Hackney. A small dark silver knight wedges himself between speakers and computer monitors; a star-cloaked figurine of Merlin holds a bright orange flame aloft. Nearby are relics from the producer’s own pop mythology: a black baseball cap from Caroline Polachek’s Pang, a red cornucopia of plastic grapes recalling her …

Right now, Charli XCX’s big cinematic invasion is in full swing. Thus far this year, Charli has already released her Wuthering Heights soundtrack album and starred as herself in her own mockumentary The Moment. She’s acting in a bunch of movies in various stages of production and post-production, and she’s also helping transform Anne Hathaway… The post Anne Hathaway Shares …

Britney Spears has been arrested for a DUI, TMZ reports. The incident happened around 9:30 Wednesday night in Ventura County, California, when the singer was apprehended by California Highway Patrol and later booked around 3 a.m. Thursday morning. According to Ventura County Sheriff’s inmate records, Spears has since been released, and she’s scheduled to appear in court on May 4. …

Last year, the great veteran singer-songwriter Cass McCombs released his album Interior Live Oak. McCombs’ old friend and collaborator Chris Cohen co-produced the LP. Cohen, formerly of Deerhoof and the Curtains, has released a bunch of his own albums; the most recent is 2024’s Paint A Room. Now, McCombs and Cohen have gotten together to… The post Cass McCombs & …

Ten years ago, Justice Tripp made the fateful decision not to sing a great hardcore song. Tripp was up onstage with has band Angel Du$t at Washington, DC’s St. Stephen’s Church, a local institution that’s been hosting punk shows for decades. (Fugazi’s second show was at St. Stephen’s in 1987.) That night, Angel Du$t were playing the record-release show for …

Belgian post-metal/heavy shoegazers Slow Crush are back today with a pair of new singles called “Que Du Noir” and “Hallowed,” their first pieces of new music since releasing their album Thirst last spring. “Que Du Noir” is massive and cacophonous, though Isa Holliday’s smooth-gliding vocal melodies keep the track sounding graceful amid all the intensity;… The post Slow Crush – …

Apple Music won’t prevent you from streaming AI slop, but it’ll at least let you know that you’re streaming AI slop. According to the Music Business Worldwide newsletter, the biggest non-Spotify streaming service is launching a new feature that it calls Transparency Tags. It’s a set of metadata disclosure requirements that’ll flag music that used generative AI on a “material …

It’s been a tumultuous winter for Ekko Astral. Soon, they’ll be stepping back to “recalibrate.” The post Ekko Astral Postpone New Album, Withdraw From Liberation Weekend II appeared first on Stereogum.

Godflesh is about to be over. Justin K. Broadrick, the visionary auteur who has fronted the industrial metal band since founding it with bandmate B.C. Green in Birmingham, UK in 1988, revealed in a detailed Instagram message that recent health issues have precipitated the end of the project. The post Justin K. Broadrick Outlines End Of Godflesh Following Recent Surgery …