Are you in the market for a new Australian supergroup? We’ve got just the thing. Station Model Violence is made up of members of Total Control, Den, and R.M.F.C., and they’re announcing their self-titled debut album today. The lead single “Heat” is a convincing preview. About it, Dan Stewart wrote on Bandcamp: There is a… The post Station Model Violence …

Julio Iglesias has been accused of sexual assault by two women. The alleged assaults took place while they were live-in employees at the Spanish singer’s Caribbean mansions in 2021. The post Julio Iglesias Accused Of Sexual Assault By Former Employees appeared first on Stereogum.

AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the Velvet Sundown, the AI-generated psych-rock band from last year with hundreds of thousands of Spotify streams? Remember bands getting impersonated by AI-generated acts on Spotify? Spotify claimed it was cleaning up AI slop in September, but that doesn’t seem to be going very well. Now, Bandcamp is banning …

Someone within Katzin’s promotional apparatus described his sound as “Orchid Tapes inflected heartland rock,” which certainly turned my head, as someone who spent the 2010s gleefully marinating in indie blogs. The New York artist born Zion Battle will release his debut album Buckaroo on Mexican Summer next month. He’s already shared two singles, “Anna” and… The post Katzin – “Nantucket” …

John Forté, a rapper and producer who had a major-label moment as part of the Fugees’ extended crew, has died. The Associated Press reports that police in Chilmark, Massachusetts found Forté’s body in his house on Monday. Police claim that there were no signs of foul play, and the cause of his death is currently unclear. Forté was 50. The …

Even if you haven’t seen it, there’s a good chance you’ve seen it: Crave/HBO’s sports romance series Heated Rivalry is currently permeating social media feeds, YouTube compilation channels, and awards show broadcasts everywhere. That must be good news to everybody involved with the Canadian show, which centers around the love story between two rival-team hockey players. Even the members of …

Erewhon influencer and Bar Mitzvah host William Patrick Corgan recently welcomed Conrad Flynn to his The Magnificent Others podcast. You might’ve seen Flynn — writer, occult historian, grandson of Jingle All The Way cop Robert Conrad — on your timeline a few months ago because he referenced Nurse With Wound on, unfortunately, The Tucker Carlson Show. The post Billy Corgan …

Over five years ago, in a glorious, brief reprieve from peak COVID-era doom, a regular guy named Nathan Apodaca posted a TikTok of himself happily skateboarding while drinking cranberry juice. The viral clip was set to Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” subsequently sending the former #1 hit back to #12 on the Billboard Top 20 over four decades after its release. Now, …

Charlotte Cornfield and Merge Records are a match made in heaven, and this March they’ll team up to release Hurts Like Hell. Cornfield, the veteran Canadian singer-songwriter, has signed to the venerable North Carolina indie label for the follow-up to 2023’s Could Have Done Anything. The lead single and title track is out now with… The post Charlotte Cornfield Announces …

Nothing have a new album called A Short History Of Decay coming out next month. So far we’ve heard the Mary Lattimore-featuring “Purple Strings” and the Best Songs Of The Week honoree “”Cannibal World.” Today the Philly shoegaze veterans have shared the record’s final single, “Toothless Coal.” “Toothless Coal” is loaded with plenty of guitar… The post Nothing – “Toothless …