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1. Now Hear This: April 2026

   Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music discovery platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography.  This month, SPIN has […]

2. Bruce Springsteen Preaches Hope, Defiance At Tour Opener

   As expected, Bruce Springsteen came out raging against the American political machine last night...

3. Weezer’s Back ‘Again’ With New Single

   As expected, Weezer has unveiled "Shine Again," the lead single from its as-yet-untitled debut for Reprise/Warner Records.

4. Slayyyter Is the Best When She’s at Her Worst

   Before Slayyyter became the Wor$t Girl in America in 2026, she was just a typical kid named Catherine Grace Garner who grew up in the suburbs of St. Louis surrounded by bunnies. They weren’t the cute, furry kind that kids love to cuddle, but rather 400 sterile porcelain figures, decorated ceramic plates, Easter-centric needlepoint towels, […]

5. Daniel Pemberton Wanted the ‘Project Hail Mary’ Score to Do Something AI Wouldn’t (or Couldn’t) Think Of

   On the wall of film composer Daniel Pemberton’s studio in London is a row of stringed instruments: two electric guitars, an electric bass, dobro, and mandolin. A visitor might wonder if they represented the roots of his music, which has made him a highly regarded creator of wildly diverse movie scores, most recently for the […]

6. The Thundercat Diaries

   “Sometimes it still feels awkward saying it myself, you know, where I’m like, ‘Oh, hi, I’m Thundercat.’” But the name suits him. As a kid, Stephen Lee Bruner’s  mother thought he had an unhealthy obsession with the Marvel Comics ThunderCats media franchise. While he agrees it bordered on ThunderCat mania, he was able to mold a […]

7. Death Cab, Turnstile Booked For Bumbershoot Fest

   Local mainstays Death Cab for Cutie will headline the 2026 edition of Seattle's Bumbershoot Arts & Music Festival alongside Turnstile...

8. Morrissey, Smashing Pumpkins Surf To Darker Waves

   Morrissey and the Smashing Pumpkins will anchor the 2026 installment of the Darker Waves festival.

9. PARTY CRASHER

   There is a built-in irony to naming a song about emotional collapse “LET’S PARTY,” and Ryan Reno knows exactly what he is doing. The title is not a celebration. It is a diagnosis. A portrait of someone going through the motions after a setback, where the hollow routine of keeping up appearances start to look, […]

10. In Caracas, A Vinyl Dealer Flourishes

    “Colombiano ilegal,” the policeman yells at me after asking to empty my bag a second time. It was Friday. I was being put through what I was later told was the “matraqueo de la quincena,” when Venezuelan police stop civilians with any excuse to get money out of them. Finding only a recorder, a blanket, […]