Music-Playing Lollipop Debuts At CES

Music-Playing Lollipop Debuts At CES

Look, it’s harder and harder for musicians to make a living at what they do. You have to be more and more creative to figure out ways to turn music into money. But how about this: A lollipop that costs nine dollars and plays a song in your head while you eat it? Boom. Problem…

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Joe Glass Releases New Album ‘Snakewards’: Listen

Joe Glass Releases New Album ‘Snakewards’: Listen

Chicago musician Joe Glass is part of Kai Slater’s Sharp Pins, and he just released his own lo-fi power-pop album on the Lifeguard member’s label Hallogallo Tapes. The album boasts the excellent title Snakewards, and it’s seeing physical release on cassette, which feels like the right format for this kind of music. On Instagram, Glass…

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‘Jeopardy!’ Snail Mail Lookalike Discusses Her Döppelganger

‘Jeopardy!’ Snail Mail Lookalike Discusses Her Döppelganger

No, that was not Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan competing in this week’s Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard quarterfinals. That would be Stella Trout, a software engineer from Texas, though the contestant did acknowledge her pretty uncanny resemblance to the indie rocker during yesterday’s episode. For context, Trout had a two-episode run during Jeopardy!‘s regular-season games last June….

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Heavenly Announce First Album in 30 Years

Heavenly Announce First Album in 30 Years

Indie-pop quintet Heavenly will pair their already-announced 2026 tour with a new album, their first since 1996’s Operation Heavenly. The band—original members Amelia Fletcher, Cathy Rogers, Peter Momtchiloff, and Rob Pursey, plus new drummer Ian Button— recorded Highway to Heavenly with producer Toby Burroughs. It will be released on February 27 via Fletcher and Pursey’s…

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DJ Seinfeld Shares New Single “Plush”: Listen

DJ Seinfeld Shares New Single “Plush”: Listen

DJ Seinfeld just came steaming into 2026. The Swedish DJ/producer and lo-fi house leading light has given official release to “Plush,” a single that’s been part of his live sets for a while now. Streaked with an array of synth hooks and a wispy vocal melody, the track’s main attraction is an intensely energized four-on-the-floor…

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