Earlier this year, New Orleans post-punk duo the Convenience released their very good album Like Cartoon Vampires. Today, the band follows that LP with a new one-off single that has nothing whatsoever to do with cartoon vampires, even though it’s almost Halloween and everything. Their latest track is called “Angel.” If anything, angels are the opposite of cartoon vampires. They’re …

Last year, Public Enemy hypeman extraordinaire Flavor Flav took it upon himself to sponsor the US Women’s Water Polo team on their way to the Paris Olympics. It worked! Flav became the team’s official hypeman, and the team — well, they didn’t win the gold. They came in fourth, which seems like the worst possible outcome for an Olympic hopeful. …

Joe Budden is raising questions about the Golden Globes’ newly introduced “Best Podcast” category, calling out what he sees as a lack of transparency and inclusion in the eligibility process.…

Almost exactly 19 years ago, heavy-hearted Scottish indie rockers the Twilight Sad became a Stereogum Band To Watch. All these years later, the Twilight Sad are still going. These days, they’re probably best-known as the permanent opening act for the Cure. Anytime the Cure announce a new tour, you can be pretty sure that the Twilight Sad will join them. …

Mute Swan have shared stages with Wednesday, Horse Jumper Of Love, and other great, fuzzy acts, and now the Tucson shoegazers are the newest signees to Hit The North/Wooden Tooth. Along with the announcement, they’re releasing a new song aptly titled “Hypnosis Tapes.”

It finally happened. Last night, the mercurial R&B great Miguel released Coas, his first album in eight years. Now, he’s getting ready to take it on tour. Early next year, Miguel’s genuinely electrifying live show is coming to venues across North America and Europe. Pop experimentalist Jean Dawson is opening the North American shows, with Channel Tres jumping on just …

DoorDash has announced a nationwide Emergency Food Response to address food insecurity as the nation faces a potential shutdown of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which could impact more…

Here’s something funny: Brian “Geologist” Weitz is the only Animal Collective member who has never released a solo album. Geologist has been plenty busy outside of the main band, especially lately. Earlier this year, Geologist and Doug Shaw, aka D.S., released their collaborative LP A Shaw Deal, so that’s kind of a solo album. Also, Geologist is a member of …

Ratboys! The cherished Chicago indie rockers are back today with the announcement of Singin’ To An Empty Chair, the followup to 2023’s critically acclaimed The Window. The new single “Anywhere” is a banger inspired by the guitarist’s anxiously attached dog.

On Monday night, James Corden was the main guest on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show. They did a bit where they went back and forth singing showtunes. Can you imagine? Let’s not imagine. Let’s just keep it moving. Life is hard enough as it is. And anyway, the poor unfortunate souls in last night’s Tonight Show studio audience at least got …