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like seriously, why does everyone act surprised when you point out the bassist did something cool in a song? its always 'oh yeah i guess the bassline is pretty good' like no, its the backbone of half the stuff you listen to. without it the song would just sound empty yeah the guitarist or singer might get the spotlight but without a solid bassline its just... noise. and dont even get me started on how people think its 'easy' to play bass its not. sure, its not as flashy as shredding on a guitar but its not less important. you try keeping a band together when someones off tempo or forgets their part bassists are the unsung heroes here maybe its because they dont do crazy solos or scream into a mic, idk. but next time you listen to a song, actually pay attention to the bass. you might be surprised how much its doing in the background. ...

Kelsey Lu‘s first album in seven years, So Help Me God, is out this Friday, and ahead of its release, they’ve given us a final early taste with the majestic, orchestrated “Cutting Off the Head of a Ghost.” They originally wrote it with Patrick Wimberly for the animated series Arcane, and it features a children’s choir. Watch the video below.

Lu also announced a fall tour, with North American shows in September and October followed by a European run in November. See all dates below.

The NYC show is at Pioneer Works on October 3. Tickets to that and all dates go on sale Friday, June 12 at 10 AM local, with various presales starting Wednesday, June 10 at 10 AM local.


KELSEY LU: 2026 TOUR DATES
Sep 30 26 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry
Oct 3 26 – Brooklyn, NY – Pioneer Works
Oct 4 26 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Oct 6 26 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
Oct 8 26 – Chicago, IL – Outset
Oct 10 26 – Vancouver, BC – Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
Oct 12 26 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Oct 13 26 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
Oct 15 26 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
Oct 16 26 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre
Nov 3 26 – Paris, FR – Foundation Cartier
Nov 4 26 – Paris, FR – Foundation Cartier
Nov 6 26 – Amsterdam, NL – Tolhuistuin
Nov 7 26 – Utrecht, NL – Le Guess Who
Nov 9 26 – Manchester, UK – New Century Locker
Nov 10 26 – London, UK – KOKO
Nov 11 26 – Brussels, BE – Botanique (Museum)
Nov 13 26 – Cologne, DE – CBE
Nov 15 26 – Hamburg, DE – Bahnof Pauli
Nov 16 26 – Berlin, DE – Saalchen
Nov 17 26 – Warsaw, PL – Oczki
Nov 18 26 – Prague, CZ – Meet Factory
Nov 20 26 – Bern, CH – Full Of Lava

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like seriously, i swear the things shrink every generation. i lost one of mine last week and spent an hour tearing apart my apartment only to find it stuck to the bottom of my sock (dont ask). its not even like they sound better for being tiny, they just get more annoying to handle. and dont get me started on the 'tap to control' nonsense — half the time im accidentally pausing my music when i try to adjust them. bigger isnt always better but maybe we could stop at 'still fits in my hand without vanishing into another dimension'? anyone else think this is getting ridiculous or am i just cursed with butterfingers?

Tierra Whack has announced a new mixtape, WHACK’S MUSEUM, due June 19 via Interscope Records. The project follows the release of her new single “WAX PAPER,” which also arrives with an official music video shot in Whack’s native Philadelphia.

The new track is the first offering from WHACK’S MUSEUM. Ahead of the mixtape, Whack used social media to address doubters and invite them to text her with an apology, writing, “I never stopped believing in myself when you stopped believing in me.” The single centers on Whack’s sharp delivery and wordplay as she addresses critics while moving into the next phase of her catalog.


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The “WAX PAPER” video was directed by Child and frames Philadelphia in black and white. Child said the team looked to older hip-hop videos while shaping the clip’s visual approach. “Philadelphia isn’t polished,” Child said. “It’s a living museum held together by grit, community, and memory.” The director added that every frame was meant to reflect “the soul of the culture there.”

Whack’s new mixtape follows her 2024 debut album, WORLD WIDE WHACK. In May 2026, she appeared at Amazon’s Upfront series and discussed Twitch’s social reach during a presentation that also included Oprah Winfrey. In 2024, she made her voice-acting debut in the Invincible VS fighting game, connected to the Amazon Prime Video series Invincible. She also appeared as Adrienne in the Marlon Wayans-led film HIM.

Listen to “WAX PAPER” here.

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like objectively they were worse in every way — battery died in a day, screens were tiny, you could barely text — but theres something about that little *snap* when you close em that just hits different. every time i see someone pull out a razr or some other ancient brick i get weirdly nostalgic even though i know id hate actually using one again its prob just rose-tinted glasses but idk man, modern phones are so sleek and functional and yet they feel so... soulless? like theyre missing some dumb charm. maybe its because flip phones were the last era before we all became glued to screens 24/7 now its like the phone owns you instead of the other way around. or maybe im just old and cranky.

Charli XCX has announced the Music, Fashion, Film Tour which happens this fall across a few major US cities and Toronto. Underscores will be along for the ride and all dates are listed below.

There are two Brooklyn shows at Barclays Center on September 14 & 15 and tickets for all dates go on sale Friday, June 12 at 10 AM local time.

For this tour, Charli is introducing ‘Angel Tickets’ — “a limited number of $20 tickets, which will be made available in August. Once the purchase window for these tickets opens in August, tickets must be purchased in pairs, with a maximum of two per order. Seats will be assigned together, with locations revealed on the day of show at venue box office pickup. Ticket locations may include limited view, lower and upper levels, as well as GA Floor.”

Charli’s album Music, Fashion, Film will be out July 24 and you can preorder the vinyl in the BV shop.

Underscores’ summer tour hits NYC on Saturday at Terminal 5 (which was moved from Webster Hall). She has canceled her fall headline dates to join Charli’s tour.



Charli XCX – 2026 Tour Dates
Sep 11, 2026 – Philadelphia, PA – Xfinity Mobile Arena
Sep 14, 2026 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Sep 15, 2026 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Sep 21, 2026 – Toronto, ON
Sep 24, 2026 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Sep 28, 2026 – Washington, DC – Capitol One Arena
Oct 02, 2026 – Austin – ACL Fest
Oct 06, 2026 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Oct 09, 2026 – Austin – ACL Fest
Oct 14, 2026 – San Diego, CA – Vejas Arena
Oct 17, 2026 – Los Angeles, CA – KIA Forum
Oct 18, 2026 – Los Angeles, CA – KIA Forum
Oct 21, 2026 – Glendale, AZ – Desert Diamond Arena
Oct 23, 2026 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena

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I can say that most people now are making use of one streaming service or another to watch their favorite movies and TV shows including music too. Netflix and Spotify are my favourite which I've been using for years.

What's your favorite streaming service?

Alex Orange Drink (So So Glos, Bright Eyes‘ live band) and Michael Ian Cummings (Skaters, The Dead Trees) have launched an intimate new show series in NYC. The inaugural “Sunday Sessions” happened at Lower East Side bar VICTORIA! On Sunday (6/7), with Alex, Michael, Maya Luz and Rob Mastrianni all performing. They also welcomed a special guest, Conor Oberst, who was in NYC for Bright Eyes’ Forest Hills Stadium show the night before. He joined Alex on his track “Queen Victoria,” Bright Eyes’ “Victory City” and “Bells and Whistles,” and also did “Cape Canaveral,” “We Are Nowhere and It’s Now,” and “Land Locked Blues,” with Emma Ogier (who sang with the band at Forest Hills) and Harrison Whitford (a collaborator of Conor, Phoebe Bridgers, Matt Berninger and more) each joining them at points.

Alex told us:

We’re starting a Sunday acoustic series at Victoria for songwriters to play deep cuts, try out new material, anything really. Michael Ian Cummings and I have been throwing around this idea for a while, he finally got the ball rolling on it.

Miwi La Lupa is also doing a series at Victoria on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month. Last night was the first of a very DIY impromptu get together. I played some songs off of my album victory lap (#23) which was written and recorded during cancer treatment in ‘23, the first in series of five albums recorded during that time.

Micheal played some songs off his masterful new album Godzilla. The great Maya Luz played beautiful songs and Rob Mastrianni blew minds. Conor joined me for a few songs that we wrote together and then he played a few more along with Harrison Whitford and Emma Ogier. It was very organic, it just kind of happened. It came together an hour before the show. We’re looking forward to having more community get togethers of this kind. People in a room in 3D. Positive energy.

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Porches today shared a new song, “Angel,” that is a tribute to Baby’s All Right owner Billy Jones, who died last July (Jones was also Porches’ manager). Band founder Aaron Maine wrote, “Uploaded a song i wrote for Billy last july to the porches bandcamp. lots of love to everyone missing him today. i feel like he’s with us all the time.”

“Angel” is a spare piano ballad and Aaron sings, “i guess now you’re an angel / but you always have been / and the only difference / is that now you’re in heaven.” You can listen to the song below.

Porches released a new mixtape in May, MASK, and are on tour this month. There’s also NYC rooftop show on July 2 (address TBA), and they play Just Like Heaven fest in August. All dates are listed below.

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PORCHES – 2026 TOUR DATES
Jun 20, 2026 – Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
Jun 21, 2026 – Portland, ME – SPACE
Jun 26, 2026 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
Jun 27, 2026 – Indianapolis, IN – HI-FI
Jul 2, 2026 – Brooklyn, NY – [untitled] Rooftop (address TBA)
Aug 22, 2026 – Pasadena, CA – Brookside at the Rose Bowl

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Show Me The Body release their fourth album, Alone Together, next month, and they’ve announced a tour supporting it. They’ll be on the road in North America in September and October, with Whispers, Jivebomb, and Holder each joining them, varying by date, and Lip Critic also on the last two shows of the run. See all dates below.

The NYC show wraps up the tour, on October 15 at Webster Hall. The ticket page specifies that it’s a “NO BARRICADE SHOW,” and it’s with Lip Critic and Jivebomb. Tickets to that and all dates go on sale Friday, June 12 at 10 AM local, with various presales starting Wednesday, June 10 at 10 AM local.

Lip Critic released their new album Theft World last month, and they’re on their “Theft Destiny Tour” through the end of July, which wraps up with a Brooklyn show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 16 with fantasy of a broken heart and Public Circuit.








SHOW ME THE BODY: 2026 TOUR DATES
Jun 19, 2026 Letnia Scena Progresji Warszawa
Jun 20, 2026 Pink Whale Bratislava, Bratislava Region
Jun 21, 2026 TOO, Via 24 Maggio 51 Piacenza, Italy
Jun 23, 2026 Im Wizemann Halle Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Jun 24, 2026 Le Transbordeur Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Jun 25, 2026 Exil Zürich, Zurich
Jun 26, 2026 Abyss Festival Hauteville, Switzerland
Jun 27, 2026 Kesselhaus Berlin, Berlin
Aug 13, 2026 Vodafone Paredes de Coura Coura, Portugal
Aug 15, 2026 Bike Jesus Prague, Prague
Aug 16, 2026 Metastadt Open Air Vienna, Austria *
Aug 17, 2026 Turbina Budapest
Aug 19, 2026 Kesselhaus Wiesbaden, Hessen #
Aug 20, 2026 Sputnikhalle Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia #
Aug 21, 2026 Doornroosje Nijmegen, Netherlands #
Aug 23, 2026 Outbreak Fest London, England
Aug 25, 2026 Amager Bio Copenhagen, DK #
Aug 26, 2026 Slaktkyrkan Stockholm, Stockholm County #
Aug 27, 2026 Rockefeller Music Hall Oslo, Norway #
Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026 ZAP Outdoorz High View, WV
Sep 15, 2026 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA %^
Sep 16, 2026 East End United Basement Toronto, ON %^
Sep 17, 2026 Tangent Gallery Detroit, MI %^
Sep 18, 2026 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH %^
Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026 Riot Fest Chicago, IL
Sep 20, 2026 Fine Line Minneapolis, MN %^
Sep 22, 2026 Idle Free Kansas City, MO %@
Sep 23, 2026 Gothic Theatre Denver, CO %@
Sep 25, 2026 Grey Witch Las Vegas, NV %@
Sep 27, 2026 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR %@
Sep 28, 2026 El Corazón Seattle, WA %@
Sep 30, 2026 August Hall San Francisco, CA %@
Oct 1, 2026 Strummer’s Fresno, CA %@
Oct 3, 2026 The Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA %@
Oct 4, 2026 Nile Theater Mesa, AZ %@
Oct 7, 2026 Mohawk Austin, TX %@
Oct 9, 2026 WorkPlay Theatre Birmingham, AL %@
Oct 10, 2026 Terminal West Atlanta, GA %@
Oct 11, 2026 The Broadberry Richmond, VA %@
Oct 12, 2026 Black Cat Washington, DC %@
Oct 14, 2026 Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA !@
Oct 15, 2026 Webster Hall New York, NY !@

* with Deftones
# with Deafheaven
% with Whispers
^ with Holder
@ with Jivebomb
! With Lip Critic

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