Zach Bryan might make twangy country-rock with song titles like “Rivers And Creeks” and “DeAnn’s Denim,” but by all quantifiable metrics, he’s basically a full-blown pop star who can sell out the biggest venues in America. It’s safe to assume he also had a pop-star budget while recording his new album With Heaven On Top,… The post Zach Bryan Releases …

Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, founding guitarist of the experimental London post-punk band Black Midi, has died. Rough Trade, the band’s label, announced his passing on Instagram this morning, writing that his death comes “after a long battle with his mental health” and adding, “Please take a moment to check in with your loved ones so we can stop this happening to our …

Last fall, the Faith No More keyboardist and Imperial Teen frontman Roddy Bottum published his memoir The Royal We. In his book, Bottum writes about growing up queer in LA and San Francisco, forming Faith No More, and surviving heroin addiction. In the book, Bottum also writes that he made millions as a young man because he was an early …

According to legend, back in 1968, Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh fired Bob Weir and Pigpen from their positions in the Grateful Dead. Or maybe it was that Garcia and Lesh tried to fire Weir and Pig… or they asked the band’s manager, Rock Scully, to fire those guys… anyway, long story short, the band failed to fire anybody. Pigpen …

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Wagner Moura has made history as the first Brazilian man to win in the Lead Actor Drama category at the Golden Globes. The post Wagner Moura Makes History As First Brazilian Man to Win This Golden Globe appeared first on Remezcla.

The 2026 Golden Globes are under way, and we have our music-related winners: actor/musicians Joe Keery (Djo) and Charli XCX presented Best Original Song to “Golden” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, while Ludwig Göransson’s work on Sinners won Best Original Score. The post Golden Globes: <em>KPop Demon Hunters</em> Wins Best Song, <em>Sinners</em> Wins Best Score appeared first on Stereogum.

Some are speculating that we might be getting a new Phoebe Bridgers album in 2026. In the nearly three years since she last released new music (by way of her band boygenius), we’ve witnessed the meteoric and mildly controversial rise of sombr, the viral New York pop star who looks very much like a lot of 20-year-olds who listen to …

The straight-edge metallic hardcore band Excessive Force were based in Orange County for a few years in the mid-’90s before frontman Dan Gump went on to record with Decontaminate, then leave the scene altogether. At the time of their sole album release, 1995’s In Your Blood, Gump (who also ran Life Sentence Records) was an aircraft mechanic in the Marine …

Last night the third iteration of Mustafa’s Artists For Aid benefit concert series went down at Los Angeles’ Shrine Ballroom, with proceeds supporting relief efforts in Palestine and Sudan. The event was hosted by Bella Hadid and Pedro Pascal, and featured sets from Clairo (her first performance sing having to drop off November’s Camp Flog Gnaw lineup), Geese (their first …