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How indie-pop songwriter Suki Waterhouse almost deleted her viral TikTok hit “Good Looking”

Suki Waterhouse is fresh off her latest EP, Milk Teeth. The artist details starring in Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Daisy Jones & the Six and TikTok virality.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs share first song in 9 years, announce new album 'Cool It Down'

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have shared their first new song in nine years, “Spitting Off The Edge Of The World.” The track arrives ahead of their forthcoming album, Cool It Down, set to release Sept. 30. Additionally, the band have released a music video to accompany the song featuring Perfume Genius. Read more: Yeah Yeah Yeahs […]

Chase Atlantic, Dance Gavin Dance and 8 other things you need to check out this week

Check out The Latest — for all the essential new music, tickets and livestreams you need right now. Clap your hands, say Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fans of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, it’s the news you’ve long been waiting for. Ahead of the promise of new music this fall, the Karen O-led trio have announced plans to […]

Record Store Day 2021 drops include iDKHOW, FFTL, K.Flay and more

Record Store Day 2021 is quickly approaching, and the annual event has finally released its list of exclusive and limited vinyl. I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME, From First To Last, K.Flay, twenty one pilots and Linkin Park are among the lengthy list of RSD selections that includes more than 400 releases for […]

18 alternative songs that were actually nominated for Oscars

There are three types when it comes to songs in feature films: The first is the song that you just know isn’t only going to be nominated for an Academy Award but in all likelihood will win it; the second is the song that’s snubbed by the Academy in a year jam-packed with standard Oscar […]

15 essential post-punk bands who represent the evolution of the genre

Post-punk had to happen. Punk rock opened all this space for people to make exactly the kind of art or culture that the disenfranchised had been imagining in their heads, and maybe had limited means or skills by which to make it. But what if you didn’t want to crank out recharged three-chord rock ’n’ […]

10 women vocalists who brought a unique sound to 2000s alternative

“Not all bands fronted by women sound like Paramore” is beginning to become a pretty popular adage in the alternative music scene. It’s not that drawing a likeness to Hayley Williams isn’t a compliment—it may be one of the highest. But consistent comparisons to the most iconic woman-led group to emerge from the 2000s totally overlook […]

Get ready to do the Time Warp again for a ‘Rocky Horror’ cast reunion

This summer marked 45 years since Tim Curry first graced the world as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Now the musical that earned a cult following for its absurd approach toward social commentary is getting a 2020 twist. In an event benefitting the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Curry will lead a cast reunion […]

See experimental punks Pleasure Venom bring the fury in outdoor session

Pleasure Venom hail from Austin, Texas, with social and sonic attitude to burn. Fronted by vocalist Audrey Campbell, the quartet have created a fascinating amalgam of hard-rock riffing and jagged treble attacks. Those sharp edges are capable of puncturing anybody’s jaded sensibilities or preconceived notions of what constitutes “heavy.”  In their five-year existence, Pleasure Venom […]

Marilyn Manson brings in 50th birthday with Courtney Love, Jonathan Davis, more

Marilyn Manson celebrated turning 50 over the weekend, and he did it in style with some of our favorite musicians. Mason had a big party full of guests such as Courtney Love, Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O, Jonathan Davis, Yoshiki and more. Read more: Halsey debates MCR-inspired look for 2019 The party took place […]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs are "on a bit of hiatus," says Karen O

In a recent interview with NME, Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O revealed that the band are currently “on a bit of hiatus.”  We have to wait to get the urge, get that itch. The time needs to be right and we're OK waiting for that, I think,” she further explained. She later added, however, that when they do get […]

Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) duet on new version of "The Moon Song"

If you caught recent Spike Jonze film Her, you're likely familiar with “The Moon Song,” the Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Jonze penned tracked performed as a touching duet between lead actor Joaquin Phoenix and his digital love interest, voiced by Scarlett Johansson. If you stuck around during the film's credits, then you've also already heard Karen O's […]