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
Singing along to a favorite song is always a good time, but the upcoming virtual reality application Realize Music: Sing will take it to a whole new plane. The app, the debut venture of Realize Music, is set to launch… Read More
Apologies to Jon Bon Jovi, Jack Antonoff, and Uproxx cover star Charlie Puth, but Bruce Springsteen is the musician that comes to mind when you think of New Jersey. There’s a clear home-state pride surrounding The Boss when it comes… Read More
Magdalena Bay‘s Imaginal Disk is widely being hailed as one of the best albums of 2024. It’s on our list! In 2025, the duo — consisting of Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin — will tour the North America to continue… Read More
What if Green Day sounded more like Oasis? What if both of those bands’ arena-worthy songs were condensed into two-minute bursts of serrated guitar riffs and drum-machine tinkering? What if those bands were actually just one person? You’d get something… Read More
For some music festivals, the destination is a major addition to the appeal. Iceland Airwaves comes to mind, and here’s another example: Electric Castle, which takes place at Banffy Castle in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania (a historical and cultural region in Romania).… Read More
The last time Julien Baker collaborated with other musicians (or geniuses, as it were), she was nominated for a bunch of Grammys. Baker hasn’t officially released any music with Torres, but the pair are rumored to be working on a… Read More
Foo Fighters are one of the biggest touring bands of the past few decades. At the moment, though, they don’t have any upcoming tour dates listed on their website. Apparently, the group actually had a tour planned for the summer… Read More