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Kyle Gass has been one half of the comedy rock duo Tenacious D with Jack Black for decades, but the band's future seemed to be in doubt in 2024 when Gass cracked a joke about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. The post Kyle Gass Details Fallout With Jack Black Over Trump Assassination Joke, But Tenacious D Is Not Done appeared first on Stereogum.

In 1976, Brian Wilson returned to the Beach Boys after a period of prolonged absence, even joining the group’s touring lineup for the first time since 1964. With Wilson back in his sonic-mastermind role, the Beach Boys released the cult-favorite 1977 album The Beach Boys Love You, and they planned to follow it with a… The post After Almost 50 Years, The Beach Boys Are Finally Releasing Adult/Child appeared first on Stereogum.

Next week, the '80s pop giant Phil Collins will turn 75. In the past few years, there's been some talk about new music from Collins, who hasn't released any original songs since he did the soundtrack for the Disney film Brother Bear in 2003. In a MOJO interview last year, however, Collins said that he's been having health issues that have prevented him from making music: "I keep thinking I should go downstairs to the studio and see what happens. But I'm not hungry for it anymore. The thing is, I've been sick. I mean, very sick." Now, Collins has more to say about his health and about the possibility that he's not done yet. The post Phil Collins Details Health Struggles, Contemplates First New Music In Decades appeared first on Stereogum.

In the late 1940s, a young woman named Connie Converse moved to New York City with aspirations to become a professional singer-songwriter. When that didn’t work out as she’d hoped, she moved to Ann Arbor, MI and took up a job as managing editor of an academic journal. Burned out and deeply unfulfilled, Converse disappeared… The post Connie Converse’s How Sad, How Lovely Getting Third Man Reissue: Hear Previously Unreleased “House” appeared first on Stereogum.

Winston Hightower has a new album on the way. The Columbus lo-fi institution will release 100 Acre Wood in April on K’s Perennial imprint. That’s the same label that gave us Sharp Pins, but Hightower’s version of lo-fi is not so obviously Beatles-y. Local forebears Times New Viking’s scrappy, melodic art punk is a reference… The post Winston Hightower Announces New Album 100 Acre Wood: Hear “Lay Low” appeared first on Stereogum.