Colin Stetson, Greg Fox, and Trevor Dunn are all big deals in the world of avant-garde music. Stetson is known for his ominous baritone-sax drones and for his disquieting scores for films like Hereditary and The Menu. Martha Stewart is not a fan. Drummer Greg Fox has been in bands like Liturgy and Zs. Bassist…

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Was it ever cool to like Elon Musk? It’s hard to remember now. He’s obviously an absolute fucking pariah right now, and most people presumably feel absolute fucking revulsion whenever his stupid fucking face appears on their feeds. But it wasn’t that long ago that Musk had enough cultural capital to, say, host Saturday Night Live. That should’ve never happened, and a great many people thought it was fucking stupid even then, but it still happened. Someone thought he was cool. Swedish pop queen Robyn has been ahead of the curve on a lot of things, and she would like you to know that hatred of Elon Musk was one of them.

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Last year, the Philadelphia hardcore punk band Commitment quietly formed and dropped a demo. There are some familiar faces in this group. Frontwoman Tati Salazar makes indie-pop as Le Siren, and she’s never been in a punk band before. Soul Glo frontman Pierce Jordan plays drums in Commitment, and the guitarist is Jake Smith, from…

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We’re getting mighty close to EXPO, the new album from the arty English indie band Ulrika Spacek. Early singles “Build A Box Then Break It” and “Square Root Of None” piqued our interest, and I’m finding today’s new offering “Picto” irresistibly jittery. The track is buoyed by nonstop percolation but manages to steer through a…

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Over the past couple of years, we’ve witnessed the ascent of Fcukers, a New York City duo who make indulgent, party-primed electronic dance music. In 2024 they shared their debut EP Baggy$$ and caught the attention of Kenny Beats, who appears to be going by his government name Kenneth Blume now. Over the course of a…

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Ever since embarking on an extensive, triumphant reunion tour from 2022 to 2024, slacker indie legends Pavement have scaled back band activities significantly without actually breaking up. Last May the band played Colbert to promote the movie Pavements, and they did three shows last fall in Texas and Mexico, but that was the full extent of their live operation in 2025. This year, they’re keeping it chill but ramping things back up slightly.

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Glasgow post-punkers Life Without Buildings did not last long. The band made one excellent album, 2002’s Any Other City, and then broke up shortly thereafter. They’ve never reunited, even as plenty of other bands have named them as an influence and Any Other City has grown to cult-classic status. But now, after nearly a quarter century, they’re getting back together for a one-off gig.

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Last winter, the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa put on an all-star tribute concert marking the 50th anniversary of Dylan’s Blood On The Tracks. Elvis Costello, Sharon Van Etten, Lucinda Williams, Adam Granduciel and many more were on hand at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa to pay homage to Dylan’s 1975 breakup-album masterpiece. In November, the center revealed plans for a similar event celebrating the 60th(!) anniversary of 1966’s raucous and expansive double album Blonde On Blonde was in the works for Feb. 20 at the same venue. Today, we learn the lineup.

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Last month California’s Draag announced their upcoming EP Miracle Drug with its ripper of a title track, which we named one of the Best Songs Of The Week. Today the off-kilter indie rockers are following that up with another good one called “NSPS.” “NSPS” is a hypnotic slow-burner that builds off seemingly endless loops of…

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Cootie Catcher, one of the Best New Artists Of 2025, are starting 2026 off strong with a new album called Something We All Got that’s coming out in February. The Toronto indie pop band announced the record with lead single “Straight Drop,” and today they’re back with another preview, “Puzzle Pop.” Per Cootie Catcher singer/guitarist…

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