The culty British singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock has had a long, fascinating career. He led the Soft Boys, the influential UK psych-punk band. He filmed a concert film with Jonathan Demme and then acted in a few other Demme movies. He served as a key inspiration for bands like R.E.M., who covered his song “Arms Of Love.” A...

Jeremy Earl, leader of the psychedelic indie-folk band Woods, has been running his Woodsist label for a long time. Every year, he brings a bunch of likeminded bands together for the Woodsist Festival, a bucolic affair that always looks extremely pleasant. This year, the Woodsist Fest will return to New York’s Hudson Valley, and the lin...

Last month, the influential Swedish quasi-rap cult figures Yung Lean and Bladee surprise-released a really good collaborative album called Psykos. Apparently, Bladee has just been living in the studio lately. Today, he’s followed Psykos, as well as his 2022 solo album Spiderr, with a brand new surprise mixtape called Cold Visions.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Pearl Jam’s third album, Vitalogy — aka the most significant release in the grunge survivors’ long discography. And that’s not just because it remains the only Pearl Jam album where you’ll find an accordion lullaby about insects butting up against psychedelic mantr...

Because of its connection to A24’s theatrical reissue of the Stop Making Sense concert film last year, the new compilation Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute To Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense feels like it has been rolling out forever. Two singles from the album have emerged so far, Paramore’s version of &am...