London’s Windmill scene needs to slow down. It feels like every damn day we learn about another exciting new band that comes out of this one club. Nobody can keep up! The latest band in that post-punk wave is Cusk, a gothy-grungy young duo who played their first show a few years ago. Naturally, that…

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Tony Wilson, bassist and co-founder of the hitmaking British soul/funk band Hot Chocolate, has passed away. According to the BBC, Wilson died at home in Trinidad last Friday, and his family shared the news on Facebook. No cause of death has been reported. Wilson was 89.

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With new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love approaching and lead single “Drop Dead” atop the charts, Olivia Rodrigo will pull double duty on Saturday Night Live this weekend, hosting the show for the first time and returning as musical guest for a third go-round following appearances in 2021 and 2023. We’ve reached the part of the week where promos for the show are starting to appear. In a new one today, Rodrigo stars in the Anne Hathaway role in a timely parody of The Devil Wears Prada.

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Last fall, Shane Lavers shared the Chanel Beads song “The Coward Forgets His Nightmare,” one Stereogum’s 5 Best Songs Of The Week. It turns out the track comes from the highly anticipated followup to the experimental pop artist’s 2024 debut Your Day Will Come, which is being announced today. Amusingly, it is also called Your…

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We’re just two days away from Kacey Musgraves’ new album Middle Of Nowhere, and the promo campaign is in high gear. Today, she’s announced a North American arena tour and weighed in on “Horses & Divorces,” her new collaboration with former foe Miranda Lambert.

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Last year, the whole Stereogum staff went out to Barcelona for the Primavera Sound Festival, and we had a time of it. That festival goes all night, and I’d barely slept when we went to the first day of the fest. I was so tired. After a triumphant Charli XCX headlining set, we all decided…

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Norwegian noise rockers Hammok recently announced their new album When Does This Place Become Our Scene, due out this June. Its lead single “The Scene” is a promising one, as is today’s follow-up “Tap Water,” a song vocalist/guitarist Tobias Osland explains is about “self sabotage and reaching out for an exchange of energy.” “Tap Water”…

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Liam Gallagher has never lacked for opinions about anything, least of all his Britpop peers. That trend continued Sunday as the Oasis frontman logged into Twitter to sound off on Suede and Manic Street Preachers, who announced a co-headlining UK tour last week.

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It’s been less than half a year since Kalia Vandever released Another View, but today the trombonist and composer is back with news of another album, their first for International Anthem. Mana is scheduled for release in June, and it represents a change for Vandever in more than just record label. It marks the first…

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Hew are announcing their debut LP today, but they’re no rookies. The Houston emo band features Lindsay Minton (vocals/guitar) and Mercy Harper (bass VI), both from the longstanding combo Football, etc., here joined by Amador “Moe” Lerma (drums) and Kris Hoffman (bass). Their first album, Your Version, is coming in July on Tiny Engines, and…

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