Before releasing her debut album Swimming Towards The Sand last fall, Toronto’s Rachel Bobbitt could always be counted on to post some lovely new song to her Bandcamp every few months. Today, she’s done it again. “Where Do You Want To Be?” is an easygoing yet vaguely mournful track that moves at a measured pace.…
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Snag, DIY screamo warriors from Milwaukee, sound like the world collapsing all around you. Their music feels that way, too. It’s all about the anxiety of living in the end times, expressed with vivid and visceral immediacy. After scrambling around in the underground for many years, Snag have hooked up with the Converge-affiliated label Deathwish,…
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When Mitski released her stunning new album Nothing’s About To Happen To Me in February, some fans noticed the lyrics to “Rules” feature the numerical sequence “6-7.” Yes, those numbers arrive when Mitski is literally counting up to 11, but any mention of “6” and “7” together is bound to spark memories of last year’s endlessly popular meme/verbal compulsion, in which “6-7” became a meaningless, all-consuming refrain among young people. Thus, “Rules” has been gaining attention on TikTok in recent weeks, leading up to one concertgoer shouting the phrase indiscriminately during a recent Mitski tour stop.
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Spain’s High Court has acquitted Shakira of tax fraud, ordering the government to reimburse her for a wrongly imposed 2021 fine equalling over $64 million. The ruling is in regards to a case alleging that Shakira had spent more than 183 days in Spain in 2011 — the minimum number of days required to be considered a tax resident of the country — without paying taxes.
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Smirk is the project of Nick Vicario, a Los Angeles musician who’s been making retro-filtered punk rock for quite a while now with albums like 2021’s LP and 2022’s Material. The current live iteration of the band features members of Hotline TNT, Poison Ruin, and Pardoner, but Vicario is Smirk’s sole songwriter. Today he’s announced…
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Detroit experimental hardcore collective the Armed are out on the road opening for Poison The Well and Converge right now. Sunday, the tour rolled into San Francisco, where the Armed were joined by local legend Mike Patton for half of their eight-song set.
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Portland indie-folk mainstay Laura Veirs was Stereogum’s very first Artist To Watch way back in 2004, when the designation did not necessitate an interview, just a couple MP3 downloads and a two-sentence endorsement: “Best indie folk album of the year. Recommended for fans of Mirah, Cat Power, Suzanne Vega.” Veirs has made a whole lot…
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Dennis Locorriere, lead vocalist and guitarist of the offbeat ’70s country rock band Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show, has died at 76. “After a long and courageous battle with kidney disease, [he] passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on May 16th 2026,” reads a statement from his band’s website. “Dennis faced his illness with remarkable strength, dignity, and resilience throughout, and remained deeply cherished by all who knew him. He will be remembered for his warmth, love, and the lasting impact he had on those around him.”
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Earl Sweatshirt beef be damned: There’s a new JPEGMAFIA album coming this Friday. Peggy has been rolling out Experimental Rap with singles like the relatively restrained “babygirl” and the decidedly non-crunchy “War Over Land,” but the latest single harks back to the type of twitchy, choppy, jumbled beats he was making a decade ago on…
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Paul McCartney was the musical guest on the season finale of SNL last night, his fifth time doing so. The former Beatle played “Days We Left Behind” from his upcoming album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, along with his 1973 Wings smash “Band On The Run.”
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