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The New Pornographers were blindsided by an extremely unfortunate turn of events in April when Joe Seiders, who had been the power-pop group's drummer for the past decade, was arrested on charges including possession of child pornography. The band immediately severed ties with Seiders and has mostly stayed off the radar since then, save for some Substack posts from frontman A.C. Newman. Today, Newman has given his first interview since the Seiders debacle, and the New Pornographers have announced plans to get back on the road. The post New Pornographers Announce Tour, Give First Interview Since Ex-Drummer’s Arrest appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

It’s been an extremely busy year for Kneecap, and it’s not over yet. When the Belfast dance-rap trio released their last single “Sayōnara” in September, group member Mo Chara was still facing wildly overstated terrorism charges in London. That case has since been thrown out, and now Kneecap have come back with a new Irish-language… The post Kneecap – “No Comment” (Feat. Sub Focus) appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

Earlier this year, the experimental New York rock band YHWH Nailgun impressed a whole lot of people with their debut album 45 Pounds. Since then, they’ve played a whole lot of festivals and built their name up a bunch more. Now, they’ve shared a very different version of “Weaving,” a track that the New York… The post YHWH Nailgun – “Weaving” (LEYA Cover) appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

The YouTube channel Soft White Underbelly features interviews with "people who are frequently invisible in society—the unhoused, the sex worker, the chronic drug user, the runaway, the gang member, the poor and the sick." A new episode on the channel posted three days ago features Cameron Heacock, former frontman of the Minneapolis nu-metal band American Head Charge. In the 45-minute interview, Heacock's first public appearance in seven years, he discusses his current life: unhoused, living on the streets of Los Angeles, addicted to fentanyl. The post American Head Charge Frontman Resurfaces To Discuss Addiction Struggle With <em>Soft White Underbelly</em> appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

Kai Slater is obsessed with the past. For those of us who share his interests, that's working out splendidly. Slater, a 21-year-old Chicago singer-songwriter, first gained renown as a member of Lifeguard, a trio whose noisy, melodic post-punk songs turn '70s and '80s classics into rocket fuel. He dresses like a mod dandy and publishes a handmade zine titled for NEU!'s krautrock classic "Hallogallo." It's not just that he devours the stylistic palette of the 20th century underground; he's also keeping the flame for its DIY ethos, gritty and grounded in community. The post Album Of The Week: Sharp Pins <em>Balloon Balloon Balloon</em> appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

Oxis only began putting her music out on Bandcamp in 2023, but it’s been a busy couple of years: The maritime-minded producer, who just wrapped up a tour supporting Magdalena Bay, is already about to release her eighth full-length album. The appropriately-titled Oxis 8 arrives in January, and Oxis is announcing the record today with… The post Oxis Announces New Album <em>Oxis 8</em>: Hear “Guili” appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

At the end of this week, Oregon-based singer-songwriters Haley Heynderickx and Max García Conover will release their second collaborative album, What Of Our Nature. The pair shared writing duties for the project, trading off songs from opposite corners of the country (Conover was based in Maine at the time) while taking inspiration from Woody Guthrie… The post Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover – “to each their dot” & “This Morning I Am Born Again” appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

Geese's new album Getting Killed is undoubtedly awesome, but in this economy, you don't become the buzziest band in Brooklyn just by putting out an awesome album. Amid the Getting Killed hype, Cameron Winter and company have also earned a reputation for their covers over the past few months, whether they're doing a Springsteen hit for an Xbox commercial or going viral for a live studio rendition of New Radicals' "You Get What You Give." Geese are playing a pair of proper hometown shows later this week, but first, they took over Manhattan's famed Blue Note Jazz Club last night for an intimate set that featured no Geese songs at all. The post Geese Play Covers-Only Set With Songs By The Stooges, Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd, & More appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

We're getting a lot of 2026 festival lineups today. Daytona Beach's Welcome To Rockville fest isn't the best of them, but it's almost certainly the biggest. Welcome To Rockville might be the king of what's known in certain circles as the racetrack festivals -- the ones with lineups built on metal and on the kind of stuff that gets played on active-rock radio. These festivals are big, and they bring in tons of acts. Next year's Welcome To Rockville will come to the Daytona International Speedway May 7-10, and it'll feature a lineup that includes stadium-sized headliners My Chemical Romance, Guns N' Roses, the Foo Fighters, and Bring Me The Horizon. The post Welcome To Rockville Unveils 2026 Lineup With My Chemical Romance, Guns N’ Roses, Foo Fighters, More appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

Plus Five Finger Death Punch, Godsmack, Breaking Benjamin and a ton more. The post Welcome To Rockville 2026 Announces Full Lineup Feat. FOO FIGHTERS, GUNS N' ROSES, BRING ME THE HORIZON & More appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Next year's Kilby Block Party lineup is here. The Salt Lake City music festival is stacked with Lorde, the xx, and Turnstile headlining from May 15 to 17 at the Utah State Fairpark. The post Kilby Block Party Announces 2026 Lineup appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

See? There IS money in metal! The post SLIPKNOT Sells Their Entire Catalog To HarbourView Equity Partners For (Probably) A Lot Of Money appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

If you've ever wanted to see Buckethead shredding below the surface of the Earth, great news! The post BUCKETHEAD Streams "Welcome To Bucketheadland" Live From The Caverns appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

This is going to be incredible. The post EMPEROR & BLOOD INCANTATION Announce 2026 North American Tour appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Kicking off in March. The post THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Announces U.S. Tour With FOUR YEAR STRONG, SPLIT CHAIN & I PROMISED THE WORLD appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

The most brutal tour of the year? It's gotta be up there. The post LAMB OF GOD Announces North American Tour With KUBLAI KHAN TX, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY & SANGUISUGABOGG appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking 2005-2006 Carnival of Sins tour and the 45th anniversary of the band. The post MÖTLEY CRÜE, TESLA & EXTREME Announce Massive North American Tour appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

The show is happening on December 6 at Monument 031 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The post DARK TRANQUILLITY, THE CROWN & THE HALO EFFECT To Play A Show In Memory Of TOMAS LINDBERG appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Their private music will be very public. The post DEFTONES Announces Australian, South American & U.K. Dates For 2026 appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

As it should be. The post CHRIS BARNES On New SIX FEET UNDER: "It's Pure 100% REAL Death Metal" appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Gay Meat: Not necessarily a band name you want to go around recommending to people willy-nilly, but music worth recommending nonetheless. Ex-Museum Mouth frontman Karl Kuehn has been releasing catchy, pensive, emo-leaning indie rock under the moniker for a while, and now he’s got a new label home at Skeletal Lightning, who are releasing Gay… The post Gay Meat – “Love For Fun” appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

Geologist and Deakin — aka one-half of Animal Collective — did the original soundtrack to Jetty, Sam Fleischner’s new documentary about the reconstruction of New York City’s Rockaway Beach following Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The LP will be available to purchase on vinyl in April, but you can stream it now. Fleischner has directed music… The post Animal Collective Share <em>Jetty</em> Documentary Soundtrack appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

Hey, here's something cool! Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman are two musical entities who make perfect sense together. Lenderman was part of the studio band on Waxahatchee's excellent 2024 album Tigers Blood, and the two of them sang the gorgeous duet "Right Back To It" together. Just a few weeks ago, we got the surprise self-titled album from Snocaps, Katie Crutchfield's new band with her sister Allison, which also includes Lenderman and Brad Cook. Snocaps have a few shows coming up. And next year, Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman will head out on a proper tour together. The post Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman Announce Co-Headlining Tour appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article

After quite a long time of talking about it, Converge is set to release new material on November 19. The post CONVERGE Set To Release New Material This Week appeared first on Metal Injection. View the full article

Billy Hart doesn't like the term jazz. Throughout his recently published autobiography, Oceans Of Time, he uses the phrase "America's classical music." And, I mean, if anybody's earned the right to define their music on their own terms, it's Billy Hart. The post Billy Hart, Moving In All Directions At Once appeared first on Stereogum. View the full article