The Clearwater Swimmers announced their Radio Flyer EP with the tremendous lead single “Landline.” Today’s new track, “Engine”? Also tremendous. The New England/New York band (an unholy alliance, per some) continue to be masters of twinkling slow-burn indie rock on this, which bandleader Sumner Bright bills as a companion to the prior single: The sister…
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Galcher Lustwerk’s deep house is smooth as marble. The Cleveland native — born Chris Sherron — began saxophone lessons in elementary school, then came to DAW techniques as a teenager. As a student at Rhode Island School of Design, he became ingrained in the city’s noisy DIY scene. He paid his dues in the White Material collective with DJ Richard and Young Male. The 2012 originals mix for Blowing Up the Workshop, 100% Galcher, thrust him out of obscurity, yielding a deal with Ghostly International and an Azealia Banks co-sign.
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The xx have been working on the follow-up to 2017’s I See You since 2023, while still pursuing their various solo ventures. But other than some impromptu onstage reunions during Jamie xx solo gigs, they haven’t played a proper show together since the summer of 2018. We knew that was about to change — the band is on the lineup for 2026 mega-fests like Coachella, Kilby Block Party, and Primavera Sound — and now we know exactly when they’ll make their grand return.
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Did you ever get so mad that you punched a wall hard enough to do serious damage to your fist and/or the wall? I have. It’s the worst. In the seconds after that, you come down to earth real quick. You’re still mad about the thing that you were mad about, but your situation is…
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The 2026 BRIT Awards, the UK’s equivalent to the Grammys, will take place this Saturday at Manchester’s Co-op Live, but they’ve already revealed one winner. PinkPantheress, the wildly influential singer, songwriter, and producer and Alysa Liu inspiration will be honored as Producer Of The Year. We’re again reminded that she is not the weakest link.
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The prolific old-school country artist Charley Crockett already has 15 studio albums to his name, and he’s about to add one more to that total. Less than a year ago, Crockett released Dollar A Day, the second LP in his Shooter Jennings-produced Sagebrush Trilogy. This spring, he’ll finish out that trilogy with the release of a 20-track opus called Age Of The Ram. On his Substack, Crockett has written a whole explainer about the concept behind this LP:
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Heather The Jerk is Heather Sawyer, a Madison-based garage rocker and member of bands like the Hussy and Proud Parents. MRR described her late 2024 cassette Not Very Motorcycle as bedroom pop-punk, which at least gets you in the ballpark for new tape Scroll If You Love Devil. The tracklist compiles 10 short, sweet, scrappy…
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On Friday, Philadelphia shoegaze institution Nothing will release their new album A Short History Of Decay, which pushed the band’s sound in a bunch of different directions. This time around, frontman Nicky Palermo has put together a lineup that includes Cloakroom’s Doyle Martin and Cam Smith, Best Coast’s Bobb Bruno, and Manslaughter 777’s Zachary Jones.…
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Guatemalan-born, Montreal-based Santiago Castillo releases indie-electronic music under the name Hockitay. New single “over/over” is our first preview of a forthcoming EP. In a recent interview with The Line Of Best Fit, he says this tune is designed for winter, so if you’re snowed in on the East Coast today, you might want to queue…
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Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu has been making history. On Thursday (Feb. 19) the 20-year-old won America’s first gold medal in the Winter Olympics’ women’s free skating event since 2002. And she’s got a second gold for the team event. In interviews, she’s been expressing her love for PinkPantheress, and tonight she skated to the Zara Larsson remix of “Stateside” at the Olympic figure skating Exhibition Gala at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.
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