Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg is set to close after nearly two decades. In an internal memo published by Variety, Bowery Presents co-partners Jim Glancy and John Moore confirmed that the owners of 66 North Sixth Street will not renew the venue’s lease at the end of 2026, forcing it to relocate or shut down….
For a very, very long time, A$AP Rocky has been promising a new album called Don’t Be Dumb. His last LP was the divisive Testing, which came out way back in May 2018. After years of teasing, Don’t Be Dumb was originally slated for an August 2024 release date, which was pushed back after the…
Kali Uchis is dipping back into her Orquídeas era. Months after “Muévelo,” a leaked demo from the 2024 album’s studio sessions, began making the rounds online, the Colombian American singer has unveiled the full version. “for my final act of self love this year i will release this song bcoz prior to tonight it was…
Nyxy Nyx, the prolific Philadelphia slowcore crew with the annoying-to-type name, have been cranking out lo-fi DIY releases for many years, but their recent Cult Classics Vol. 1 was their first-ever studio release. It’s one of Stereogum’s top shoegaze albums of the year. Just last week, Nyxy Nyx followed that LP with a new self-titled…
At least one record label is happy to release new Morrissey music. The Smiths’ founder has signed a new contract with Sire Records, reports Rolling Stone, three years after the singer’s previous home, Capitol, shelved a finished album, and five years after BMG officially dropped him—a development Moz blamed on new management and, uh, “diversity.”…
John Keek is an LA-based producer and multi-instrumentalist who’s got a lot of credits on other people’s records, especially those from Dijon, Mk.gee, and that whole crew. Dijon and Mk.gee justifiably get a lot of press, and it’s cool to hear them working on much smaller, quieter releases from their regular collaborators. Last month, for…
Timothée Chalamet took a break from talking table tennis to hop on a “4 Raws” remix with mysterious U.K. rapper EsDeeKid. The move is an extended part of a dull internet conspiracy that maintained Chalamet—who used to rap under the alias Lil Timmy Tim and was once knighted by Lil B—was actually EsDeeKid. You can…
Last week, Timothée Chalamet recently refused to say whether he’s the secret identity of masked UK rapper EsDeeKid. When questioned directly in three separate UK radio interviews, Chalamet merely repeated, “All will be revealed in due time.” All has now been revealed. Contrary to unserious internet rumor, Chalamet and EsDeeKid are not the same person….
A federal judge has overturned the conviction of one of two men found guilty in the murder of Jason Mizell, aka Jam Master Jay, reports Billboard. Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall granted the motion for acquittal of Karl Jordan Jr., who was found guilty in 2024 of killing Mizell, his godfather and the D.J. for legendary…
In 2009, Nick Cave published The Death Of Bunny Munro, a darkly comic novel about a sex-addicted salesman. I read it for work, and I hated it. When The Death Of Bunny Munro first came out, Cave and his frequent collaborator Warren Ellis scored the audiobook. Now, The Death Of Bunny Munro has been adapted…
