Music

Mitski is back. Her new album, Nothing’s About to Happen to Me, is out February 27 via Dead Oceans. Directed by Noel Paul, the music video for lead single “Where’s My Phone?” draws inspiration from Shirley Jackson’s novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle. Mitski plays a recluse whose gothic manor is set upon

The Cribs have shared an EP of the early Gordon Raphael sessions for their new album ‘Selling A Vibe’. The Wakefield indie trio released their ninth studio album last week (January 9) via Sonic Blew/PIAS, with the final record having been produced by ex-Chairlift member Patrick Wimberley (Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, Lil Yachty). As Ryan Jarman told NME last year, though, the initial sessions for the album took place

Between the launch of his surprisingly viable acting career and the birth of three children, A$AP Rocky has found plenty of time since 2018’s Testing to pretend his follow-up, Don’t Be Dumb, was just around the corner. The campaign kicked up a gear last month when he unveiled the record’s visual universe, with Tim Burton

Aphex Twin is currently drawing more monthly YouTube listeners than Taylor Swift, according to official streaming numbers. The Cornwall experimental producer is currently clocking a total of 448million monthly listeners on YouTube’s streaming service YouTube Music as of today (January 17), well out-performing pop superstar Swift, who is currently sitting on 399million monthly listeners. The numbers on

Moby has tiptoed into the studio for a new, mostly ambient album, Future Quiet. Out February 20, the follow-up to his similarly minimalist Ambient 23 takes cues from Cocteau Twins and This Mortal Coil, the producer says. Leading the record is a rework of his 1995 song “When It’s Cold I’d Like to Die” featuring

GWAR has released a surprising cover of Chappell Roan‘s hit ‘Pink Pony Club’. The costumed metal band are the latest guests on The A.V. Club’s latest season of A.V. Undercover, where they stopped by Chelsea Studios in New York City to transform the 2023 hit into a thrash metal song. “‘Pink Pony Club’ is about

Charli XCX has shared a new song from Wuthering Heights, her soundtrack and accompaniment to the Emerald Fennel movie of the same name. Listen to it below ahead of the film and album’s dual release on February 13. Charli’s recent singles “Chains of Love” and the John Cale-assisted “House” will appear on the album which

A teenager has been sentenced for planning a bomb attack on an Oasis concert. McKenzie Morgan, an 18-year-old, from Cwmbran, Torfaen, has been sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders’ institute after pleading guilty to possession of an al-Qaeda training manual. Prosecutor Corinne Bramwell said Morgan was infatuated and inspired by the fatal attack

I wasn’t expecting the year to start off with Gwar’s take on “Pink Pony Club” yet here we are. The blood-spewing metal band recently performed Chappell Roan’s mega-hit for A.V. Club series A.V. Undercover. (Gwar has a history of irreverent covers like this; in 2024, they played an equally committed version of “I’m Just Ken”

An AI artist currently has three songs in Spotify’s Viral 50 playlist, and one of them has caught the attention of Selena Gomez. Sienna Rose is an AI-generated music creator with 2.7million monthly Spotify listeners, with a biography that describes her as “an anonymous neo-soul singer whose music blends the elegance of classic soul with the vulnerability of modern R&B”. Three of

Harry Styles has announced his first new album in four years, Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally., which is out March 6 via Columbia. The former One Direction singer hasn’t shared any new music from the LP just yet, but he did unveil the album artwork. Check it out below. Kiss All the Time. Disco,

Nigel Farage has been tricked into paying tribute to the late, disgraced Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins. The leader of Reform UK issued a 30-second Cameo video on Thursday (January 15) in which he was duped into making a personal tribute to Watkins, the convicted child sex offender who was killed in Wakefield Prison in October. In the video, Farage

Elucid has revealed his next solo project. The Sebb Bash-produced I Guess U Had to Be There—out March 13 via Rhymesayers and Secretly Distribution—is the rapper’s first solo album since his 2024 effort REVELATOR. The announcement arrives with the video for opening track “First Light,” featuring Dallas-based experimental artist Mattie. Watch it below. I Guess

Robyn has said she hated Elon Musk “way before it was cool”. The Swedish popstar made the remarks while appearing on the Las Culturistas podcast, where she participated in their hot-take segment “I Don’t Think So Honey”. Speaking about Musk, Robyn commented: “I always hated him, way before it was cool to hate him… because there was

West Coast hip-hop enters a powerful new chapter in 2025 with the release of Unc & Neff, a collaborative EP from OG Cuicide (Compton, CA) and Dre Hill (Bakersfield, CA). Released under ONTRAC Music in partnership with Empire Distribution, the project represents more than music it is a cultural statement built on unity, mentorship, authenticity,

Blackpink are celebrating the end of their six-month Deadline World Tour with the announcement of Deadline, the group’s long-rumored third mini album. It arrives February 27 via YG and Interscope. Deadline is the first release from the K-pop superstars since 2022’s Born Pink. Since then, each Blackpink member has released their own solo album, starting

Paul McCartney has shared the trailer and release date for his forthcoming documentary Man On The Run. The documentary will focus on McCartney’s life post-Beatles, where he formed the band Wings alongside wife Linda. The film is set to be released on February 27 on Prime Video via Amazon MGM Studios. In the trailer, McCartney

Charlotte Cornfield has signed to Merge Records, the Toronto singer-songwriter announced on Tuesday, January 13. Hurts Like Hell, her sixth album and first on the label, arrives March 27. Check out the artwork and Scott Jacobson-directed video for the title track—which features vocals by Big Thief’s Buck Meek—below. In addition to Meek, Cornfield recruited Feist,