Stereogum — There are a lot of horse bands out there right now, but the experimental instrumental psych-rockers Horse Lords don’t really belong to any wave. They exist within their own zone. Horse Lords started in Baltimore back in 2010, rising from the ashes of Teeth Mountain, but three of the four band members are now based… The post Horse Lords – “First Galactic Utopia” appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — Last month, Death Cab For Cutie announced their ANTI- debut, I Built You A Tower. Ben Gibbard and company shared the lead single “Riptides,” and now the band’s back with the much rowdier tune “Punching The Flowers.” “Punching The Flowers’ is a song about stagnation and the feeling of being imprisoned by The Known,” Gibbard… The post Death Cab For Cutie – “Punching The Flowers” appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — After months of saying that she's going all-in on acting, big-deal pop star Ariana Grande just went ahead and announced a new album. For a few weeks, Grande has been teasing a follow-up to 2024's Eternal Sunshine , and now she makes it official. Grande studio album number eight is called petal, and it's coming in July. The post Ariana Grande Announces New Album petal appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — villagerrr, the folksy, slowcore-inspired project led by Columbus musician Mark Allen Scott, have a new album coming out next month called Carousel. They announced the record with the fuzzy lead single “Locket,” and then followed that up with “Swimming,” a twangy ballad embellished with a good dose of pedal steel. Today villagerrr have shared the… The post villagerrr – “Carousel” appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — Over the weekend, Vince Staples returned with "Blackberry Marmalade," an absolute statement of a new single. It's a song about being Black and exploited in America — the sense that white people are trying to use you and kill you, no matter what you do. It's basically a rock song with a chugging guitar riff. Staples co-directed the music video, a gut-clenching image of a mass shooting of Black people, starting with Staples himself. It's filmed from the shooter's point of view. "Blackberry Marmalade" is the lead single from Staples' new album. Today, we find out that the album is called Cry Baby and that it's coming out later this spring. The post Vince Staples Announces New Album Cry Baby appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Magnet Magazine — So many great artists throughout modern music history have had their Muscle Shoals moment, from soul icons Aretha Franklin and Etta James to rock royalty like the Stones and Bob Dylan. Son Little’s Aaron Livingston made the most of his recent opportunity to record at the legendary studio through a special incentive program run by […] The post Five Questions With Son Little appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — Olivia Rodrigo is officially three-for-three on sending her albums' lead singles to the top of the chart. Like "Drivers License" ahead of Sour and "Vampire" before Guts, "Drop Dead," our first taste of Rodrigo's forthcoming you look pretty sad for a girl so in love, has debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100. Because "Good 4 U" also hit #1 (it happens to be featured in our latest Number Ones column), Rodrigo is now up to four career #1 hits. The post Olivia Rodrigo Lands Fourth #1 Hit, Plays Brooklyn Open Mic, Raves About Nine Inch Nails, Has A Clean Conscience appeared first on Stereogum. more info

Stereogum — For a while now, Abel Tesfaye has been saying that he wants to stop releasing music as the Weeknd. Last year, however, he said that he might not be done with the Weeknd after all. And at a show in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night, he offered some idea how a new Weeknd song might sound. The post The Weeknd Debuts New Song In Rio appeared first on Stereogum. more info