American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson has died. The two-time Grammy winning vocalist, known for her distinctive, smoky contralto, passed away in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi today. She was 70.

It was a bad week for Bad Wolves. A couple of months ago, the LA metal band released "Paint It Red" and announced Sara "Killboy" Skinner as their new singer. Skinner replaced D.L. Laskiewicz, who left ...

Ella Langley's adorably heartbroken country hit "Choosin' Texas" came out in October 2025, and it's by far the biggest chart hit of the 2026 calendar year. The song first reached #1 on the Hot 100 ...

Nobody will ever be allowed to say a single rude word about Samira Winter in my presence. She records dreamy shoegaze as just plain Winter, and she's also Stereogum's newest VJ. Earlier this year, I ...

In 2019, the Spook School broke up. Now, the Scottish indie-pop band is reuniting to release a new record titled Like A Heartbeat. The lead single "Falling" is out today. "We really wanted to make ...

Last December, while shockwaves from Geese’s album Getting Killed rippled through the world, that band’s frontman Cameron Winter played what was apparently a momentous solo show at the storied New ...

Dawn Richard's upcoming album Creole Culture is shaping up to be something special. It's a further exploration into Richard's New Orleans roots, something that she's already dug into on past albums, ...

You're never going to believe this, but another mega-rich music mogul has arrived at the position that the use of generative artificial intelligence in music production is Good, Actually. This time ...

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After a surprising turn into noisy guitar chaos on last year's "Hot Slob," Sylvan Esso announced their new album Ow ∞ last month and shared its Sigur Rós-sampling lead single "Concrete Glen." The song ...

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