Hanukkah began Sunday night, therefore so did one of the world's greatest holiday traditions, Yo La Tengo's annual eight-night Hanukkah concert residency at New York's Bowery Ballroom. Sunday's surprise openers were Jon Glaser and longtime YLT pals S... more info

Primal Scream have been dropped from an upcoming music festival lineup after facing allegations of antisemitism related to a video played at their most recent concert. The post Primal Scream Dropped From Trentham Festival Following Antisemitism Alleg... more info

We knew it was about to happen, and now, as foretold, it has happened. Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has broken the record for most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The post Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Chr... more info

Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home Sunday, and their son Nick was arrested on suspicion of murder. The tragic turn of events has sparked an outpouring of tributes for Reiner, who... more info

The Walkmen’s Peter Matthew Bauer helped to launch the new supergroup Hyloxolos this year, but he’s also been unveiling new solo material. In October, Bauer followed 2022’s Flowers by dropping the moody psych-pop single “Doom,” with a video... more info

Carl Carlton, the R&B singer best known for 1974's top 10 single "Everlasting Love" and the Grammy-winning 1981 hit "She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)," has died. His son, Carlton Hudgens II, announced his death in a Facebook post Su... more info

“The Orchids” first appeared on post-punk greats Psychic TV’s 1983 album Dreams Less Sweet as a sparse, elegant ballad with a scrappy punk sensibility. It came to me via Califone’s dreamier experimental folk-rock cover from 2005’s Roots And... more info

My Days Of 58, the new Bill Callahan album, will be out a couple months into the new year. The elder-statesman indie singer-songwriter introduced this LP with “The Man I’m Supposed To Be,” and he’s got an even better song for us today. Like s... more info

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December 14th is the late Jane Birkin's birthday. The English-born singer, actress, and fashion icon died in 2023, and this weekend, her adoptive hometown of Paris honored her legacy by renaming the "passerelle des Douanes" to "passerelle Jane Birkin... more info