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Morrissey Removes “Terrorism” Lyric From New Song “Notre-dame”

At this late date, it feels extremely strange to cover the rollout for a new Morrissey album as if that was a regular thing, but newsworthy stuff just keeps happening with that rollout. Last month, Morrissey announced that he’s found a label, Sire/Warner, willing to release Make-Up Is A Lie, an album that he recorded…

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Bill Orcutt Announces New Album Music In Continuous Motion: Hear Two Tracks

Four years ago, guitar visionary and former Harry Pussy member Bill Orcutt released Music For Four Guitars, an album on which he played all four of the instruments in question, layering them into swarms of piercing melody. He has since assembled the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet, a group of seasoned players (Wendy Eisenberg, Ava Mendoza,…

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Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers) & AURORA Announce Debut Album As TOMORA Come Closer: Hear The Title Track

Tom Rowlands is one half of legendary block-rockers the Chemical Brothers. AURORA is a UK vocalist who’s worked with the Chems a few times. Together, Rowlands and AURORA are now making music under the name TOMORA. See, his name is Tom, and her name is AURORA. If you mash together, you get a word that…

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Kathryn Mohr Announces New Album Carve: Hear “Property”

Just a couple of weeks ago Kathryn Mohr released her dark, brooding debut album Waiting Room, and she already has another one coming soon. Today she’s announced her sophomore LP Carve, which she’s teasing with the lead single “Property.” Mohr spent five years writing Carve, which she recorded over the course of two weeks in…

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I’m With Her Play Colbert, Cover Paul Simon

I’m With Her are awfully busy right now. Last year, the folk trio released their sophomore album Wild And Clear And Blue and appeared on Iron & Wine’s single “Robin’s Egg.” They’ve got another collab on the upcoming Iron & Wine album Hen’s Teeth. On Sunday night, I’m With Her won two Grammy Awards, for Best Folk Album and Best American Roots Performance. Here, look!

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Alex Honnold Shares Tool-Heavy Taipei 101 Playlist, Maynard James Keenan Reacts To His Climb

Last month, famous rock climber Alex Honnold scaled the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taiwan without any ropes or equipment. It was the highest free solo climb of an urban structure in history (1,667 ft) and it was livestreamed on Netflix. It was noted that he was listening to a lot of Tool during the ascent, and now he’s shared the playlist he was streaming.

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Mizery Announce New Self-Titled EP, Share “The Weapon Pt. II”

In the hardcore word, the swagged-out, metallic San Diego band Mizery were omnipresent in the ’10s. They could pop up at any show and whip up some absolute chaos. It’s been nearly a decade since Mizery released Absolute Light, their sole full-length, and they haven’t put out any music since then. In 2023, drummer Cayle…

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Watch Modest Mouse Play “March Into The Sea” And Ugly Casanova’s “Things I Don’t Remember” Live For The First Time

Modest Mouse’s very own cruise, Ice Cream Floats, is setting sail from Miami this Thursday. In preparation, the band is playing a pair of shows this week at the local venue ZeyZey. The first of those transpired Tuesday night, and it began with the first ever live performance of “March Into The Sea” from 2007’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, an album title that will hopefully not apply to Modest Mouse’s floating music festival.

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Jeopardy! Featured Clairo And Lucy Dacus Questions, Ken Jennings’ Take On Tennis’ Farewell Album

It’s always funny when popular or semi-popular musicians appear as clues on Jeopardy!, and it’s even funnier when the contestants get stumped on questions that, at least to the members of the music-nerd community, seem way too easy. Clipse and Snail Mail figured into recent Jeopardy! episodes, and last night’s entry in the 2026 Tournament Of Champions was surprisingly heavy on indie-pop.

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