On Friday, April 19, Taylor Swift fans were treated to a surprise double album as the “Anti-Hero” singer released The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology. Across the 31 tracks, Swift name-drops many artists including Charlie Puth, Stevie Nicks, and even herself. Believed to be a song about her previous relationship with The 1975‘s Matty Healy, she also mentions pop-punk legends The Startling Line in her track, “The Black Dog.” In a recent post, the band reacted to being named on the album. They said, “Dear Taylor, We heard the song, thank you for name checking our band. We feel flattered… Read more »
Seattle-based all-girl pop-rock band THEM is dishing out a new tune for your New Music Friday playlists. THEM—a band name made up of the initials from members’ names Thompson, Hudson, Ellie, and Maia— just released their new track “Confused and Upset,” featuring shimmering vocals, beachy grooves, and bubbly beats. “I’m confused and I’m upset/I can’t seem to get out of my bed/I thought I liked him/Now I don’t/What the heck/Stupid boys don’t give me rest/I’m dizzy/May their actions be suppressed/I don’t need an excuse not to kick it with you,” the band sings in their chorus. Check out the ultra-relatable… Read more »
It’s no secret that Taylor Swift has always had an affinity for the scene. This has been evident through her captivating performance over a decade ago of “That’s What You Get” alongside Paramore, her collaboration “Two Is Better Than One” with Boys Like Girls, and her confession that Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz is one of her favorite lyricists. Taylor may be for the girly pops, but she’s never shied away from winking at elder emos. Read more: 9 Best Taylor Swift Covers From Alternative Stars Now, as Swifties worldwide are, no pun intended, swiftly dissecting every line of her… Read more »
Say Anything is a band that you can’t appropriately compare to any other band. Perhaps you could attempt to use metrics like ticket sales or song charting, but certainly not in any tangible sense of emotion, delivery, or downright weirdness. Say Anything kicked the doors down when they entered the scene with a huge “Fuck You” to any preconceived notion of what a “punk” or “emo” band should be. They didn’t give a shit about being a cog in the music industry machine—in fact, they were pretty loud about their despise for it. They wanted to share their passion for… Read more »
Calling all hotties! Bimbocore royalty Scene Queen has announced the release of her forthcoming debut album, Hot Singles In Your Area. The 15-track album, which features previous releases including “18+,” “Pink Push-Up Bra,” “MILF,” “Finger,” and her recently issued collaboration with 6arelyhuman, “Stuck,” will arrive on June 28 via Hopeless Records. Of her forthcoming album, she shares in a press release, “I wrote an album about growing up in the early 2000s but not exploring my sexuality until my 20s with all the messy and chaotic situations you find yourself in when you’re trying to find yourself and your own… Read more »
Following the release of her latest EP, Headsplit, which Maggie Lindemann dropped earlier this year at the start of International Women’s Month, the dark pop songstress has issued a captivating cover of Paramore’s 2008 single “Decode.” The song, which premiered in October 2008 on Stephenie Meyer’s website, served as the lead original track for the inaugural Twilight film adaptation. Sharing the “Decode” cover on her social platforms, Lindemann writes, “you asked, so you shall receive my decode cover out on youtube now iloveyouuu @paramore” In her cover of “Decode,” Lindemann’s delivery is both powerful and poignant, capturing a similar emotional… Read more »
It seems indicative of U.S. divorce trends that we could reasonably add National Ex-Spouse Day to the calendar between the bookends of April Fool’s Day and 4/20. Lo and behold, April 14 stands as the designated date for reflection on the heels of romantic dissolution. Officially, it’s a day to assuage anger and practice forgiveness—but let’s be real here: that’s about as engaging as a rainy day lecture on the history of watching paint dry. In the interest of feeding our delusion of music being a cure-all, we’ve opted for a decidedly more “teenage angst” approach in celebrating the sanctioned… Read more »
Sweet Pill has released their Starchild EP via Hopeless Records. To accompany the four tracks, the act has included a 12-minute music video, which showcases each song as a different segment of the life of a young, feminine character. In total, their label debut leaves a saccharine taste with a touch of sadness in the mouth. “I don’t usually write self-deprecating lyrics,” vocalist Zayna Youssef explains. “I found myself feeling the fire in my chest when I would belt something straight forward like, ‘I hate her, that girl in the mirror.’ So I just followed it. There is obviously way… Read more »
2024 is destined to belong to LØLØ. After announcing her debut studio album falling for robots and wishing i was one, which will arrive on June 7 via Hopeless Records, she has also dropped her new single, “u & the tin man.” “When I moved to LA, I realized I was definitely not in Kansas anymore,” LØLØ shares of her new single. “I eventually met someone who hit me like a tornado, and left just as viciously. The Wizard Of Oz has always been my favorite movie growing up, so I thought it would be fun to compare my situation… Read more »
The always wonderful Kirby chats with GGR all about Apple TV+’s new series Sugar. Then Sherin & Monique get together for one of their classic chitchats, before revisiting our interviews with the cast of Road House.
