Next year’s Kilby Block Party lineup is here. The Salt Lake City music festival is stacked with Lorde, the xx, and Turnstile headlining from May 15 to 17 at the Utah State Fairpark. The post Kilby Block Party Announces 2026 Lineup appeared first on Stereogum.

What are they doing over there in Iowa? Every year, the Hinterland Festival comes to the Des Moines area. When it started in 2015, the fest went heavy on roots music and indie rock, but it has slowly evolved into something else. At this year’s fest, the headliners were Lana Del Rey, Kacey Musgraves, and Tyler, The Creator — a …

The jazz-trained LA musician Andrew Aged is half of the duo inc. no world with his brother Daniel. He has toured with artists like Raphael Saadiq and FKA twigs, and he has done session work on records from people like Lorde and Blood Orange. Right now, Aged plays guitar in his friend Mk.gee’s live band.… The post Andrew Aged Shares …

On this date in the year 1985, a young Queens emcee named James Todd Smith, known to the world as LL Cool J, released his first full length album on…

If you get a chance to see David Byrne, you should really take it. The art-music legend and former Talking Head released his album Who Is The Sky? a few months ago, and he’s lately been out on the road, playing a fascinating and innovative live show that elaborates on his American Utopia Broadway show… The post David Byrne – …

Eric Bachmann hasn’t released an album under his Crooked Fingers moniker in nearly 15 years, but that’s about to change soon. Today the Archers Of Loaf frontman has announced Swet Deth, his first Crooked Fingers album since 2011’s Breaks In The Armor. Its lead single “Cold Waves” is out now ahead of the record’s February… The post Crooked Fingers Announce …

Old acquaintance Anjimile should not be forgot. A couple of years ago, North Carolina indie-folk singer-songwriter Anjimile Chithambo released The King, an album that got into the subject of living as a Black and trans person in a hostile world. Since then, he’s contributed to records from Hurray For The Riff Raff and McKinley Dixon,… The post Anjimile – “Auld …

For most of the 2010s, Augusta Koch led the beloved Philly band Cayetana, but since then she’s been releasing music with her newer band Gladie (their 2022 album Don’t Know What You’re In Until You’re Out still sounds great). Gladie are about to head out on tour opening for their emo-punk forebears Algernon Cadwallader, but first… The post Gladie – “Car …

Footballhead come from Chicago and make big, churning, emo-grunge. Last year, they released their album Before I Die. Since then, they’ve cranked out a steady stream of singles. In September, they dropped their song “Hesitate” and played Riot Fest in their hometown. During their set, Footballhead debuted a new song called “Used To Be.” Today,… The post Footballhead – “Used …

The world’s richest shithead is feeling sensitive. Last week, Elon Musk attempted to clap back at 87-year-old author Joyce Carol Oates, who tweeted in wonder about how someone with so much money can be “totally uneducated, uncultured” and care so little about all the things that make life worth living. In response, Musk called Oates “a lazy liar and … …