1999’s Terror Twilight was Pavement’s final album, and for the 20-plus years since then, fans have held onto a glimmer of hope for new music from the group. Well, it looks like it’s finally happening. In a new interview on… Read More
Lucy Dacus spent 2023 doing Boygenius things, and after laying relatively low in 2024, she’s getting back to the solo grind in 2025. Specifically, she just unveiled her first solo tour in a while. Announcing the tour on Instagram yesterday… Read More
Last year, James Corden departed from The Late Late Show, which meant the end of a segment that had become an institution in the music landscape: “Carpool Karaoke.” Well, surprise: It’s back! Yesterday (December 15), Apple TV shared the special… Read More
Was Blink-182‘s Tom DeLonge right about aliens all along? Well, that’s a questions fans of the “All The Small Things” musician has been asking themselves all well. Yesterday (December 14) weighed in on the recent unusual drone activity plaguing New… Read More
Post Malone is now a chart-topping, award nominated country musician. But the “Guy For That” musician took a step away from his F-1 Trillion sonics to venture into yet another genre. Post Malone made a surprise appearance at Closer To… Read More
Although Bono serves as the front face of U2, all of its band members play an integral role–especially drummer Larry Mullen Jr. Sadly, the “Every Breaking Wave” musician has quietly been filled with one recurring challenge. During an interview with… Read More
One of my favorite albums of 2024 is The Collective, the second solo album from Sonic Youth co-founder and visual artist Kim Gordon. From producer Justin Raisen’s Earth-shattering industrial beats to Gordon’s discordant guitar noise, The Collective is another exceptional… Read More
Welcome to another installment of Ask A Music Critic! And thanks to everyone who has sent me questions. Please keep them coming at [email protected]. Here we are, not even (quite) in mid-December, and I feel like everybody has already posted… Read More
Fred Again.. dropped his latest album, Ten Days, in September, but he still had a couple more things he wanted to put into the world before 2024 ended: Today (December 13), he has shared Two More Days, a two-track release… Read More
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! We’re giving out our annual Indiecasties awards for 2024. Steven and Ian start with a brief conversation about the modern state of Spin magazine and some big-picture thoughts on 2024, and then… Read More