The Alternative Number Ones: Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova”

Poison haven't performed together since their 2022 stadium tour opening for Mötley Crüe, but the hair metal hit-makers had been teasing a big anniversary outing this year tied to the 40th anniversary of debut album Look What the Cat…

Baltimore’s own Powerwasher play post-punk with the quirky playfulness of Devo and a tough post-hardcore edge. It’s the kind of punk that almost feels like funk, rhythmically volatile in a way that makes me think of cartoon explosions.…

As a journalist in a nihilistic 2026 hellscape, trust me when I say this: Abrupt career wakeup calls are usually pretty shitty. So then, I am charmed when Bushy B tells me about the moment his job as a case manager for at-risk youth came…

It’s been almost a year since we last heard from Wings Of Desire, when the synth-powered, fashion-forward London duo dropped their single “A Few More Years.” We’ll be hearing a lot more from them in 2026. A few days back, Chloe Little and…

For all his concern about being exiled from the music industry and/or society, nobody cancels Morrissey more than Morrissey himself. The suavely cantankerous former Smiths frontman, who theoretically is rolling out a new album right now,…

Last night Bruce Springsteen stopped by Asbury Park's Light Of Day WinterFest for an unannounced appearance. (I hesitate to call it a "surprise appearance," because the Boss has popped up at 13 of the previous 25 iterations of the New…

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day across the US, but in Tennessee it's also Dolly Parton Day. The music icon, actor, theme park owner, and philanthropist turns 80 today. In honor of her birthday, Gov. Bill Lee signed a proclamation…

Earlier this week, Bandcamp issued a blanket ban on generative AI and deepfake impersonations. This new measure makes Bandcamp an exception on the streaming landscape, were AI music is becoming more and more inescapable. Most of the…