Many years ago, the Drive-By Truckers and the Hold Steady went out on a co-headlining tour, and that was cool as hell. It was my first time at Terminal 5, the universally despised Manhattan venue, and I still had a good time. Now, Drive-By Truckers leader Patterson Hood and Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn are getting ready to head out …

Big-deal UK dance producer Fred again.. is a prolific collaborator, and he’s been on a serious run lately. A couple of months ago, Fred again.. and UK grime star Skepta released the collaborative EP Skepta .. Fred. After that, Fred has teamed up with Amy And The Sniffers’ Amy Taylor on the banger “you’re a star,” and he made the …

We haven’t gotten a proper album from Sugar World since their 2022 debut, but the Los Angeles band has kept up a steady stream of music in the intervening years. Now they’re ready to roll out LP2.

Tyla’s new one is airy yet intense, icy yet burning hot. On “Chanel,” the South African singer matches Ian Kirkpatrick and P2J’s popping, skittering beat with a hypnotic hook: “You say you love me? Put me in Chanel.” Even if designer fashion brands aren’t your love language, you might find the track’s energy contagious.

On this date in 1995, Queens-bred rap legends Onyx dropped their second full-length album, All We Got Iz Us, through Rush Associated Labels and Jam Master Jay’s JMJ Records imprint. The… The post Today In Hip Hop History: Onyx’s Second LP ‘All We Got Iz Us’ Turns 30 Years Old! appeared first on .

The UK soul-pop singer-songwriter Celeste got a whole lot attention from the music industry when she was just starting out. In 2020, she won the BBC’s Sound Of 2020 poll and the Rising Star Award at the Brits. Her 2021 debut album Not Your Muse was a #1 hit in the UK, and it got a Mercury Prize nomination. Celeste …

Jennifer Walton has a distinguished pedigree in the realm of forward-thinking popular music. The London musician has drummed for the hyperpop bubblegum rockers Kero Kero Bonito and made music with the avant-garde rapper and producer aya, among other connections. On her debut album Daughters, Walton steps into the spotlight, and she makes the most of it.

Next Friday is Halloween, and it’s also the release date for the new Florence + The Machine album Everybody Scream. That should be fun! We’ve already heard the title track and “One Of The Greats,” and now Florence Welch has announced plans to hit arenas across North America next spring. If you’ve never seen Florence live, it’s a true spectacle. …

Imogen Heap has magic brewing. Today, she’s released a new song called “I AM___,” which actually is a mega single combining the songs “What Have You Done To Me?,” “Noise,” and latest track “Aftercare” in a continuous piece, which is how it was originally meant to be heard. The song also comes with a 13:33-minute experimental music video by London-based …

Florence Road are only getting better. The quartet from Wicklow, Ireland released their debut mixtape this past June and have continued their streak with a some one-off singles. Today, they’ve released a new song called “Miss,” which begins acoustic and tender but builds into searing rock catharsis. It sounds like their strongest release yet.