Slayyyter’s music is vile, explicit, and a threat to common decency. Since her early days as a salon receptionist, the artist formerly known as Catherine Garner has channeled her unbridled id with a head-spinning boldness that would be probable cause for exorcism in most God-fearing countries. Over beats as blunt, chromatic, and gleefully stupid as … Read more
A couple of years ago, Flea had an idea. The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist was turning 60 and taking stock of what he wanted to do with the rest of his life. He made a deal with himself: During RHCP’s two-year-long stadium tour, he’d practice playing the trumpet—an instrument he’d learned as a kid … Read more
In the lead-up to her 2012 opus, Visions, Claire Boucher went on record to profess her love for Mariah Carey and managed to spawn months of indie blog discourse. The next year, Stereogum’s Chris DeVille coined “the monogenre” to describe how the mass adoption of subscription-based music streaming had collapsed the long-held critical value system … Read more
In a recent interview, Kim Gordon said it was hard to talk about anything with subtlety anymore. The gray areas are disappearing; everything’s black and white. Her third solo album, PLAY ME, takes that conclusion at face value. Its surfaces are declarative, its jokes land at the speed of recognition, its politics arrive pre-interpreted. It … Read more
Lola Young has opened up about her addiction struggles after collapsing on stage. The British singer has previously spoken about her addiction issues, but matters reached a breaking point on 27 September 2025 when she collapsed during a performance at the All Things Go Festival in New York City. A week after the incident, Lola … Read more
There’s nothing like a cramped bus ride or a long solo car trip to get your thoughts spiraling. The members of Toronto twee-pop quartet cootie catcher are well aware: The songs on Something We All Got, the band’s first studio-quality album, feature protagonists who doze off on the subway, hitch rides on bikes, and even … Read more
A Geese song manages to be both tight and sprawling the same way a lecturing physicist might reference astrology—a quantum conundrum that reaches towards the outer limits of the expected. Between their melodies, inevitable as a heart attack, the four New York musicians carve out room for the unexpected to unfurl. Geese’s live set at … Read more
Nearly four years after BLACKPINK’s second album, Born Pink, and following the varied solo ventures of its members—Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé—the K-pop girl group returns with DEADLINE. The five-song EP takes its name from their most recent world tour which, per label YG Entertainment, signaled “an irreversible final moment.” Loyal Blinks were left to … Read more
This level of self-interrogation is unusual for Callahan—what once might have been suggested poetically is now stated plainly, though with some slightly goofy humor—and it’s disarming at first to hear such diaristic writing from him. “As time wore on I found myself increasingly turning to my guitar instead of other people in times of loneliness … Read more
Mumford & Sons have achieved massive success, but they’re still desperate for respect. They’ve drawn from classic literature, sung with Bob Dylan, and reinvented their sound multiple times, and none of it seems to matter; as an old viral video once revealed, they will always be the band that sang the word “heart” 65 times … Read more