Nov 13, 2024 · A debut album this strong means we can forgive the terrible pun in Been Stellar’s band name. On Scream From New York, NY, the city’s proudest transplants teamed up with …

Dec 2, 2024 · 2nd Grade’s fourth album finds them going full Guided By Voices. In 38 minutes, Scheduled Explosions rips through 23 songs with titles like “Crybaby Semiconductor,” “Ice …

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Dec 18, 2024 · ROSÉ’s solo debut Rosie is a no-nonsense album: the most consistent songwriters in pop bringing their most endearing material. “APT” (short for “apartment”) brings …

Dec 9, 2024 · Earlier this year, the great power-pop veteran Matthew Sweet suffered a debilitating stroke while on tour in Toronto. Sweet had to be flown back to the US in an ambulance …

Nov 27, 2024 · Abel Tesfaye has been taking his sweet time building up to Hurry Up Tomorrow, billed as his final Weeknd album and the completion of the trilogy that also includes 2020’s …

Dec 16, 2024 · REO Speedwagon broke up this year due to “irreconcilable differences” (and were of course included in our annual in memoriam video). It wasn’t Kevin Cronin’s idea. Ahead of …

Dec 20, 2024 · SZA’s long-awaited SOS Deluxe: LANA is finally here, after many delays. It was “bout to drop” in March, and the R&B darling said that SOS Deluxe and Lana were two …

Sep 26, 2023 · Every once in a while, the scary-intense Oscar-nominated movie star Michael Shannon gets together with his Chicago friend Jason Narducy, from the Bob Mould Band and …

Dec 25, 2024 · It’s Christmas and Neil Young is here with a gift. “Silver & Gold” was written in the early ’80s and played on tour a few times in 1984 but a studio recording wasn’t released until it ...