Kai Slater, of the Chicago rock trio Lifeguard, has announced a new album from his bedroom pop project Sharp Pins: Balloon Balloon Balloon is out November 21 (via K/Perennial). Below, watch director Grace Bader Conrad’s colorful music video for lead single “(I Wanna) Be Your Girl.” Slater worked on his new album between January and…
Iceage frontperson Elias Rønnenfelt has announced his second solo album, following last year’s Heavy Glory. Speak Daggers arrives October 17, via Escho, and features reggae all-timers the Congos and Copenhagen artists Erika de Casier and Fine. Watch the Fousheé-directed video for new single “USA Baby,” which samples Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba’s “Miri,” below. Rønnenfelt…
The 16-year-old who helped prepare a failed terrorist attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, Austria, last year has been convicted in Germany, reports the BBC. Mohamed A, a Syrian national living in Germany who was 14 at the time of the planned attack, made a full confession to the charges. He was given…
Bright Eyes are back with a new EP that serves as a soft accompaniment to last year’s Five Dice, All Threes. Kids Table EP is out September 26 via Dead Oceans. The indie-rock band has also shared the new song “Dyslexic Palindrome” featuring Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra, who joined Bright Eyes on…
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Geese have shared a new song. “100 Horses” is the third single from the New York band’s forthcoming album Getting Killed, following “Trinidad”—which was leaked by frontman Cameron Winter last month before being officially released—and “Taxes.” Listen to the new song below. Getting Killed is out September 26 via Partisan. Geese’s North American tour kicks…
Mavis Staples has announced a new album. Produced by Brad Cook, Sad and Beautiful World combines original material with covers of songs by Tom Waits, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Frank Ocean, Curtis Mayfield, and Leonard Cohen, among others. In June, Staples shared her rendition of Ocean’s “Godspeed,” and, today, she’s shared her take on…
Numero Group has announced a new live album from Hüsker Dü. 1985: The Miracle Year is a 4xLP box set that captures the Minneapolis punk band onstage at First Avenue during its fiery SST era. It’s out November 7, but several selections have already been released online. Below, listen to excerpts from a November show…
Apple Music is rolling out a new tool that allows you to import playlists from other streaming services. After beta-testing in Australia and New Zealand, the tool is now available in the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, and Mexico. The tool, announced by Apple and spotted by MacRumors, is accessed through a…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced that they are engaged to be married. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨,” the superstar musician and professional football player wrote in their joint Instagram post. Swift and Kelce began dating in 2023 after the Kansas City Chiefs tight end publicly expressed his interest…
