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You could look at this post in one of a few ways. Maybe the 1975 frontman Matty Healy is fucking around with sidequests instead of getting back to making music with his band. Or maybe he’s gearing up to release more music with the 1975, so he’s doing more stuff that’ll put him in the public eye. And here’s yet another possibility: He’s just living his life, and some of the things that he does will inevitably end up on music blogs like this you. You decide!

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On Sunday night, the 37th season of The Simpsons came to an end with a two-part double-episode season finale. The first of the episodes found Marge going to Philadelphia to enter Santa’s Little Helper into the National Dog Show, and it had appearances from famous Philly voices Questlove, Boyz II Men, and Quinta Brunson, as well as Noah Wylie, Katherine LaNasa, and Taylor Dearden from The Pitt. The second episode (“Homer? A Cracker Bro?”) was about Homer and Kirk Van Houten starting a crumbless cracker company together, and it featured the grand Simpsons return of former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe.

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Up until recently, Local H’s breakout sophomore album As Good As Dead was extremely hard to come by on vinyl, going for upwards of $200 on secondary markets. This year marks As Good As Dead‘s 30th anniversary, so it’s primed for a reissue; earlier this month, the Long Island-based boutique record label Enjoy The Ride announced that they were doing just that. Local H, however, say they had no idea that Enjoy The Ride had plans to reissue As Good As Dead.

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Tim Very, the drummer for Manchester Orchestra, has died. The Atlanta, GA indie rock band announced the news on social media today. No cause of death has been provided. Very was 42.

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A little over a year ago, Central Cee’s Can’t Rush Greatness was our Album Of The Week. Since then, he’s collaborated with Drake, Sexyy Red, and more. Now the UK drill rapper is announcing an EP titled All Roads Lead Home, and two singles arrived this week. “Iceman Freestyle” arrived on Thursday (Feb. 12), and it…

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After Casey Wasserman’s ties to Ghislaine Maxwell were revealed in the latest batch of the Epstein Files, musicians on Wasserman Group’s roster have been reckoning. Chappell Roan, Wednesday, Water From Your Eyes, Weyes Blood, Orville Peck, and more have departed from the talent agency, whereas others, such as Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, have threatened to leave if the CEO and founder doesn’t step down. Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Casey Wasserman is putting the company up for sale.

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MJ Lenderman debuted two new songs in an Athens, GA performance Wednesday, and he plays a third new one in a video from The Adam Friedland Show that dropped today.

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Indie rock singer-songwriter and generational icon Alex G composed the score for Jane Schoenbrun’s first two movies, We’re All Going To The World’s Fair (2021) and I Saw The TV Glow (2024). As of today, we know he scored the third one too — with a noteworthy partner this time.

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