Damon Albarn has graced many a stage as a member of both Blur and Gorillaz, but somehow, the Saturday Night Live stage has not been one of them. That'll change on March 7, though, as Gorillaz will be SNL's musical guest that evening. The episode will... more info

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Aww yeah baby, it’s James Blake! He’s back up in this motherfucker, and you better believe he is feeling wistfully romantic! You better stay out of this boy’s way, or he is going to croon angelically right in your fucking face! J Bee Wit The Re... more info

Munich indie veterans the Notwist are back in action these days, and their new album News From Planet Zombie comes out next month. We’ve already heard lead single “X-Ray,” and now they’ve followed it with the new song “Projectors,” a lush... more info

Around the same time that they released their album Deadbeat last year, Tame Impala headed out on a quick North American arena tour. It looked fun, but Kevin Parker and his band only played eight US shows, and they skipped a bunch of cities. Since ... more info

The Pitt, the riveting HBO hospital show, isn’t especially known for its big soundtrack moments. This is not a Grey’s Anatomy situation. The show’s real-time rhythms are stressful and disorienting, to the point where the end of every episode ta... more info

A couple of months ago, we learned that Eaux Claires, the festival founded by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and the National's Aaron Dessner, is returning this year. For years, the festival brought extremely cool one-off lineups to Vernon's Eau Claire, Wi... more info

Chvrches leader Lauren Mayberry released her solo debut Vicious Creature in 2024. More recently, Chvches have been back together and working on new music, and they just covered Robert Palmer’s “Addicted To Love” for the Hulu show Tell Me Lies. ... more info

Last month, War Child Records announced HELP(2), a sequel to the 1995 charity compilation The Help Album that was famously recorded in 24 hours and featured Paul McCartney, Blur, Radiohead, Oasis, and other legendary acts. The lead single was Arctic... more info

"My Girls" has always felt like Animal Collective's biggest hit. Critics loved it; it was Pitchfork's pick for the #1 song of 2009 and finished at #3 on that year's Pazz & Jop critics poll, among other accolades. It was the most accessible song on An... more info