You should know about Ink & Dagger. Ink & Dagger were special. The Philadelphia band didn’t last long, but they seemed like some ancient mythological thing even when they were still around. Ink & Dagger’s sound was dark, discordant hardcore. Early in the band’s history, they dressed up as vampires, playing in the dark and wearing white makeup and fake …

“Dozer,” the new single from UK trio Plantoid — drummer Louis Bradshaw, vocalist/guitarist Chloe Spence and lead guitarist Tom Coyne — opens with bright bursts of guitar, a steadily strutting drumbeat, and icy high-pitched vocals. But it ends in a different galaxy. It’s an ostensibly post-punk introduction that takes us on labyrinthine alien adventure. In 2025, “Dozer” is proof that …

Denver’s Destiny Bond make fast, mean, anthemic hardcore punk, and their sophomore album The Love is coming out in a few weeks. I thought lead single “Peace As A Punchline” was an absolute ripper. Today, Destiny Bond follow that one with two more, “Out Loud” and “Mind To The Mirror.” Both songs are short, hard, and direct. Both of them …

The latest music video from LA-based indie-pop singer-songwriter Jordana threads an interesting needle. In the Alex LaLiberte-directed clip, she plays a news personality type who visits a local hype house to learn the latest dances from a team of influencers. In the process, Jordana manages to make fun of TikTok dances as an institution while introducing a few moves that …

I was at last week’s Turnstile show in Richmond, the one where a sheriff’s deputy apparently pepper sprayed some kid in the face. I didn’t get pepper-sprayed, though. I didn’t even see it happening. That’s probably because I started heading for the merch tables as Turnstile were finishing their last song. I really, really wanted to get a Speed football …

Some songs make a fool out of time. Such is the case of “50s song,” the debut single from newly formed UK trio Dorothy, which calls back to a bygone era while also feeling otherworldly. While there’s a romantic, doo-woppy air to “50s song,” there’s also intergalactic synths, man-made rocket(?) wave(?) noises, and a grunginess that unfolds as the song …

Many years ago, when I was living in Chicago, I was at a child’s backyard birthday party, and I was bored as fuck. That shit was ass. It seemed like the people at the house next door were having a way better time. I kept looking over the fence and being like, “Damn, everyone over there looks cooler than everyone …

Earlier this year, Mei Semones unveiled her debut album Animaru and became a Stereogum Artist To Watch. The eclectic Brooklyn artist is back today with a new song called “Itsumo.”

The cosmic Boston indie rockers Horse Jumper Of Love released their fantastic album Disaster Trick last year. Since then, they’ve collaborated with Winter and covered Jason Molina, and now they’re getting ready to drop a deluxe edition of Disaster Trick. It’ll include bonus tracks like “The Idiot” and “The Car Knows The Way,” the two-pack that came out earlier this …

North Carolina electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso are back today with a new single, but you won’t be able to listen to it on Spotify. “WDID” is Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn’s first original music since 2022, and it’s also the first song of theirs to be released on the label they founded a few years ago, Psychic Hotline. And now …