The ultra-creative LA rapper P.E.A.C.E., a member of the hugely influential LA group Freestyle Fellowship, has passed away. Freestyle Fellowship revealed the news on Instagram yesterday: “You had a great heart and you were authentic. One of West coast Hiphop royal treasures. You will be surely missed my friend.” No cause of death has been reported.

Perhaps you’ve heard that there’s a new Rosalía album coming soon. Last week the Catalan art-pop artist announced that her new album LUX, the follow-up to 2022’s Motomami, would be arriving on November 7. An album rollout that short doesn’t usually necessitate any advance singles, but we’re getting one nonetheless: “Berghain,” which features Björk and Yves Tumor, is out now.

Jack DeJohnette, the widely praised jazz drummer best known for his work on Miles Davis’ fusion records, has died. A press representative for ECM Records confirmed the news to the Guardian, while DeJohnette’s personal assistant added that he died from congestive heart failure. He was 83.

American Football’s debut LP turned 25 last year, and the celebratory festivities just keep on coming. Last night, Vans threw a party at 704 W. High Street in Urbana, Illinois — aka the American Football House — with the band’s own Mike Kinsella, Nate Kinsella, and Steve Lamos, plus a bunch of their musical and skateboarding friends. And, of course, …

The emo trio Jejune started at Boston’s Berklee College Of Music in the late ’90s, and they relocated to San Diego and released two charged, twinkly records in the late ’90s before breaking up in 2000. I don’t hear their name mentioned too often these days, but they were definitely a big part of that early emo wave. Earlier this …

The 2025 drumpocalypse has claimed its latest victim. The latest to join the wave of prominent rock bands who have parted ways with their drummers this year — illustrious ranks that include Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails (who traded drummers) as well as the Who, Guns N’ Roses, and Bob Dylan’s band — is the Philadelphia electronic jam band …

We got one here! At the end of the week, Florence + The Machine will release the new album Everybody Scream. We’ve already posted the title track and “One Of The Greats,” as well as the dates for Florence’s North American arena tour next year. Now, with the album about to come out, Welch has shared “Sympathy Magic,” an absolute …

On Friday, Lily Allen released West End Girl, an album that’s largely and obviously inspired by her breakup with her estranged husband, the Stranger Things star David Harbour. The album came out without much advance warning and didn’t have any proper singles, but the song that’s seemingly captured the most attention is “Madeleine,” a song about finding out that your …

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music.