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Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, a founding guitarist for Black Midi who left the band during the making of their 2021 sophomore album Cavalcade, died this month "after a long battle with his mental health," per the band's record label Rough Trade. Now Geordie Greep, Black Midi's co-founder and former frontman, has shared a eulogy for Kwasniewski-Kelvin. The post Geordie Greep Shares Eulogy For Black Midi Co-Founder Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin 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.

In 2019, Vampire Weekend bassist and occasional solo artist Chris Baio got together with Mike Greene, the dance producer better known as Fort Romeau. They formed a duo called C.Y.M. and released a self-titled EP. Last year, C.Y.M. released their debut album, which is also self-titled. Now, Biao and Greene have made a collaborative EP… The post C.Y.M. & Abby Sage Announce New EP My Whole World: Hear The Title Track appeared first on Stereogum.