I’ve been revisiting Cootie Catcher’s Shy At First quite a bit since it came out back in March, and it’s looking like there’s a lot more to come in the near future. Today the Toronto indie-pop band have announced their signing to Carpark Records with a new single called “Gingham Dress.”
Next week, Chicago post-punk experimenters Dendrons will return with their new album Indiana. We’ve already posted their hazy hypnotic single “Tuck Me Under,” and now they’ve shared the tingly, minimal new track “B4.” I like the mathematical precision on this one. It really holds back, and it cuts off when it seems like it’s just about to build to a raging climax. Check it out below.
Jim Carrey hosted Saturday Night Live back in 1996 on an episode that featured Soundgarden as the musical guest. Four years later, the comedian would star in How The Grinch Stole Christmas with child actor Taylor Momsen as Cindy Lou Who; outside of acting, Momsen grew up to front the band the Pretty Reckless, who toured with Soundgarden on what would end up being Chris Cornell’s final tour. All these webs interconnected again last night at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame ceremony, during which Carrey and Momsen reunited for the first time since their Grinch days to induct the grunge legends.
The White Stripes did not reunite for their Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction, and no one expected them to. Since the garage rock band’s official dissolution in 2011, singer/guitarist Jack White has kept busy with a high-profile solo career, the intermittently active Raconteurs and Dead Weather, and his company Third Man. (He’s also got a cellphone now.) But drummer Meg White promptly quit the music industry and has maintained an extremely low profile, making no public appearances or statements. In the duo’s place at the Rock Hall ceremony at LA’s Peacock Theater, Olivia Rodrigo, Feist, and Twenty One Pilots performed.
The other week, it seemed that Henry Rollins was teasing a new record with Ian MacKaye. It turns out he was not. The former Black Flag frontman made a rather misleading blog post, and now he is clarifying exactly what’s going on.
In July, Billy McFarland auctioned off Fyre Festival and sold it for $245,300, complaining that the price was “so low.” In September, he revealed the buyer was none other than LimeWire. Did you think the notorious entrepreneur’s ridiculous ventures would end there? Of course not. He’s launching a new island festival called PHNX 2025, and it’s slated for Dec. 4-Dec. 8 on Diamond Cay in the Caribbean. French Montana has been announced as the headliner.
Vampire Weekend are having fun on their tour, using the encore to launch into a bunch of covers. Last night the beloved indie rockers played Vegas and teased the audience with a brief, jokey rendition of Geese’s “Taxes.”
Bleed me dry. Spit in my eye. Tighten my tie. I don’t know why. I’m that type of guy. Um, Jennifer? aren’t fucking around on their new track “Stunning.” Or maybe that’s exactly what they’re doing. It’s a lecherous banger from an up-and-coming group who aren’t afraid of anything — like titling a song “Old Grimes” — and it’s further evidence of why we named them a Band To Watch back in April.
Into It. Over It. are prepping a new album. Last year they shared Interesting Decisions: Into It. Over It. Songs (2020-2023), and now the emo favorites are “slowly working” on its followup. For now, we get the great preview “Hypernormalisation.”