daine is releasing their highly anticipated debut album In Endless Awe & Agony later this year, but it turns out the hyperpop scene has some drama (who could've guessed?). Electronic duo Bassvictim — who are known to be controversial — started it when Ike Clateman made shadey comments about their collab with daine on an Instagram Live. The post daine Calls Out “Weird AF” Video Of Bassvictim DJ…
The boys are fighting. It all goes back to last month, when Charley Crockett caught heat for dropping Twin Temple off of his shows allegedly due to their Satanic imagery. Jack White recruited the LA duo to open for one of his shows in LA next month, and the country star said yesterday that he lost respect for the White Stripes frontman and claimed that White used to avoid political issues. White…
A Jazz Blessing For The Animal is a pretty title for an album, and it wouldn't work if the music wasn't both weird and beautiful. Luckily, it is! Weyes Blood describes her bandmate Jacob Brunner's music as "somewhere between Terrance McKenna and Gregorian chant. Folk with swagger." Strawberry Hands released the great lead single " Dream Of Water " last month, and now they're sharing "What Plant…
Due to appendicitis, Phoebe Bridgers had to postpone a series of intimate UK shows this week, which were to be her first live performances since last Friday's momentous Lost Weekend release. But before her appendix flared up, she made it to BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in London to record a session. As of now, that session is live. The post Phoebe Bridgers Covers Nirvana In The Live Lounge appeared…
John Errol is a Los Angeles musician making warped, cool indie-pop that draws influences from giants of all genres: Britney Spears, David Bowie, and Nine Inch Nails. His last album was 2021's Inferno , but today he's back with a sinister, intriguing new track called "Float." The post John Errol – “Float” appeared first on Stereogum .
Broken Social Scene just released their first album in nine years, Remember The Humans , this past May. Now, the band's Hannah Georgas is joining forces with fellow Vancouver musician Lyn Heinemann for a new project called So Faint, whose debut album arrives this fall. The lead single, "Fully Slow," is an extremely promising earworm full of yearning. The post Lyn Heinemann & Hannah Georgas…
Did you think they were done? Earlier this year, Mx Lonely unleashed their debut album All Monsters , which exploded with the kind of ominous, alluring shoegaze that populates the reliable Julia's War label. Now, they're already back to announce a new EP called Perfect House . The post Mx Lonely Announce New EP <em>Perfect House</em>: Hear “March 16” (Feat. Caitlin Starr) appeared first on…
Horse Jumper Of Love make a lot of music, and it's all good. This is a fact of life — or rather a fact of slowcore. We chatted with Dimitri Giannopoulos about their latest album, 2024's Disaster Trick , but they've released a bunch of stuff since then, like a Songs: Ohia cover and a Winter collab . Now, the Boston band is announcing a 10th anniversary deluxe edition of their cherished debut album.…
Tyler, The Creator's annual festival, the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival , sold out before it unveiled its lineup. A day before unveiling the festival poster, the Camp Flog Gnaw website teased its lineup with an unscrambling word game that really wasn't very difficult, which means that lineup has already been all over the internet since yesterday. But now, the Camp Flog Gnaw lineup is officially out. The…
Billboard Style's eponymous debut single was love at first sound for us, so we're eager to hear what else the band has on deck. Today, the partnership of Ben Guterl (Forth Wanderers) and Dan Howard (Victoryland) is back with a second single from their debut album Pull Of The Moon . "Meloxicam" is a two-minute delight inspired by Guterl's formerly long-distance romance. "Do you dream at night?…
Frank Beard, the drummer who helmed the kit in ZZ Top for 56 years, has died. Beard was in hospice care when he died Monday at his ranch in Richmond, Texas with his family at his side, a rep confirmed to the Associated Press . He was 77. The post ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard Dead At 77 appeared first on Stereogum .
Last month, Charley Crockett faced backlash after Twin Temple, an LA doo-wop duo slated to open for two of his shows, were dropped from the bill. Alexandra and Zachary James claimed their Satanic imagery was the reason for it, and Jack White invited them to open for him. The country legend reacted with a lengthy statement that began, "I won't conform and I'm not sorry." Now, he's back with another…
Last month, Jake Xerxes Fussell announced his new album The Old Beloved Path . He shared the lead single " Rock Island Line ," which was his take on the American traditional. Today, the folk singer-songwriter is back with "Boney" and "Boll Weevil." The post Jake Xerxes Fussell – “Boney” & “Boll Weevil” appeared first on Stereogum .
This nominations for this year's VMAs are here. The awards show is next month, and Madonna is in the lead with 11 nods. The most interesting category, though, is Best New Artist. There've been many emerging musicians within the past year, and apparently one of them is Will Ferrell's son. The post Will Ferrell’s Son Is Nominated For Best New Artist At The VMAs appeared first on Stereogum .
Naming your band How Strange It Is must be some kind of indie-rock sleeper cell activation, but the Portland combo is playing it coy by not naming their debut album To Be Anything At All . Instead, the record is called There Is No Evil , and judging by how successfully lead single " Slime " applied a shoegaze exterior to plucky Shins-meets-AnCo pop-rock, it's going to be worth hearing. We get…
Surely you remember Bimbo, the sibling duo who recently signed to the illustrious indie institution Exploding In Sound and caught our attention with the announcement of their debut album The Bimbonacci Sequence , whose title has earned many compliments from Stereogum commenters (and other people, probably). Of course that would mean nothing if the lead single, " Chewing Glass ," was bad, but lucky…
Beethoven's "Für Elise" is one of the most famous pieces of piano music in the world, and now it is also the title of a Blondshell song, though without the diacritic. The new single is the latest preview of her third album Violin , arriving next month. The post Blondshell – “Fur Elise” appeared first on Stereogum .
Brennan Wedl's eponymous debut arrives in just a few days. So far the Nashville singer-songwriter has shared the alluring previews " Pretty Little Fantasy ," " Let's Be Models ," and " Two Dollar Pistol ," and today she's releasing the tarot-inspired ballad "High Priestess." The post Brennan Wedl – “High Priestess” appeared first on Stereogum .
Imagine that you're in a relationship and your partner's pet name for you is "Pigwig." How would that ever work? How would you have a future with this person? I truly don't believe it would matter that the nickname had a cute backstory or an emotional resonance. I'd have to get out of that situation immediately . I'd be like, "This person does not respect me." I don't think that's what I'm…
Not so youthful anymore, are they? It's been four years since Gang Of Youths, the earnest and anthemic Australian rock band, released their deeply personal masterpiece angel in realtime . But they've been posting teasers from the studio, they recently returned to the stage with a residency at no less a venue than the Sydney Opera House, and now a whole new Gang Of Youths song is finally here. The…
Usually performers have to worry about fans in the audience throwing projectiles at them — just earlier this month, Billy Strings was the latest victim , getting hit in the head with an object rumored to be a lighter. However, sometimes it's your own bandmates that get you. Last night in Springfield, IL, Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas swung the mic stand right into his bandmate Paul Doucette's head.…
Maybe it's news to you that Columbia House was still operational in 2026. It was news to me, but that news is immediately invalidated by newer news: After 71 years, the longstanding mail-order media club is shutting down next month, as the YouTube channel Channel 33 RPM and website Cord Cutters News point out. The post Columbia House Is Finally Shutting Down appeared first on Stereogum .
Joe Rogan has discovered Turnstile. The podcaster has somehow made it through the past few years without hearing about the biggest hardcore band in the world, but he finally learned about them during the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience . The post Joe Rogan: “What Is Turnstile?” appeared first on Stereogum .
These Petey USA songs continue to impress. Peter Martin, who has carved out a niche as a TikTok comedian/content creator, is also a musical artist with a distinctive point of view and a knack for gargantuan hooks. I've enjoyed pretty much everything I've heard from the guy, and now he's got a whole new project out. The post Petey USA’s <em>oooo</em> Is Well Worth A Spin appeared first on Stereogum…
In a few short weeks, Texan metallic hardcore heavyweights Judiciary will return with their new EP Stalagmite Angels . We've already posted the extremely fucking sick lead single " Wall Of Skulls ," and now they've got a new banger called "Death Knell." It's an all-out thrasher with some gigantic riffs and a percussive breakdown that puts me in that old Sepultura mood. You probably don't want to…
Way back in 2014, when she was just coming off of the success of her mega-hit " Call Me Maybe " and working on her critically beloved album E·MO·TION , Carly Rae Jepsen made her Broadway debut, playing the lead role in the musical Cinderella . More than a decade later, Jepsen is coming back to Broadway, but not as an actor. This time around, she's getting together with Girls auteur Lena Dunham and…
On Friday, John Ross' consistently great indie rock project Wild Pink will release the new album Still Coming Down . Ross recorded it in Asheville with producer Alex Farrar, and it's got contributions from people like MJ Lenderman, Hand Habits' Meg Duffy, and a bunch of people from the Wednesday/Lenderman axis. It fucking rules. You should be excited about it. The day that the album comes out,…
Canadian treasure Andy Shauf made the leap to ANTI- and enjoyed a big breakthrough a decade ago with The Party , a concept album full of songs written from the perspective of different people at the same gathering. The Saskatchewan singer-songwriter is celebrating that 10-year milestone this fall with a deluxe reissue featuring previously unreleased tracks. The Party (10th Anniversary Edition) is…
The headline up above? It's a lie. The pit is always for you. It's for everyone. One of the cool things about a hardcore show is that there is absolutely no barrier to participation. (I mean that both metaphorically and, usually, literally. If you see a stage barrier, you might not be at a hardcore show.) Anyone sufficiently motivated by music and/or bloodlust can get in there and fuck something…
Back in 1971, when he was just coming off the release of his solo debut Cold Spring Harbor, the 22-year-old Billy Joel gave a college radio interview on Long Island. A recording of that interview was recently rediscovered, and now it's about to become an animated AI film project, made by the song of a guy who worked with Billy Joel early on and who has been effectively erased from the Billy Joel…
Fontaines D.C. are slowly coming back into the fold, ratcheting up the hype along the way. Last weekend they unveiled some new songs at their first show in nearly a year, and now the Dublin rockers have confirmed their fifth album, Dopamine Chamber , is coming soon via XL Recordings. The news follows their headline performance at La Route du Rock in Fort-de-Saint-Père, France, last night, where…
Last night, indie pop event Glas-Goes Pop played host to a near-reunion of Felt, with three members of the influential jangle-pop band taking to the stage together for the first time in decades. They performed last night in Glasgow, Scotland at the indie pop music festival Glas-Goes Pop, which was hosted at Glasgow University Union. The post Felt Members Reunite As Feel For First Show In 37 Years…
A good stoner movie always needs a good soundtrack. And the new Dylan Meyer film The Wrong Girls , which hit theaters Friday, appears to have the soundtrack to match. Not only did garage and psych-rock connoisseur Ty Segall score the film, but Mannequin Pussy also have a scene, while tunes by Sheer Mag and Tacocat feature as well. The post <em>The Wrong Girls</em> Has A Ty Segall Score, A…
Last night, at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, Noah Kahan fans were greeted with a big surprise — and this time it was not shit or piss . Kahan brought out friend and "generational GOAT" Chappell Roan to sing her song "California" from her breakthrough debut album The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess . The post Noah Kahan Brings Out Chappell Roan For “California” In California appeared first…
New York's Raavi are back with their first new music since 2024's The Upside EP. On Friday (Aug. 14), the indie-pop band returned with the sprawling, gorgeous tune "second thoughts," which is the first taste of something new coming soon. It's a relaxed, meditative track, with Raavi Sita's hypnotic vocals as the centerpiece as she sings of jealousy, wine, and skinny dipping, before the guitars…
Courtney Love has been teasing a new solo album since 2020. It would serve as the followup to 2010's Nobody's Daughter , which was billed as a Hole record despite Love being the only member of the band involved. When she first mentioned the LP, she said it was "the longest record that's ever been written in the history of rock, so it better fuckin' be good, no filler." Then, in 2024, she shared…
Earlier this week, Frankie Valli made headlines when his brother Bobby said the 92-year-old doo-wop legend was retiring. But it looks like Frankie's career is continuing after all. The post Frankie Valli Denies He’s Retiring, Brother Bobby Apologizes For False Alarm appeared first on Stereogum .
Slipknot have finally confirmed turntablist #0 is out of the band after 28 years. Two weeks ago, TMZ reported that the metal group’s original DJ, Sid Wilson, was notified that he’d been "permanently kicked out." Now the pink slip appears official. The post Slipknot Confirm Sid Wilson Fired After 28 Years appeared first on Stereogum .
New Orleans duo Twisted Teens have become one of the breakout underground rock bands of the year thanks to two albums' worth of ragged, energetic, extremely catchy Southern-fried punk rock. They recently announced they'll have a third LP out this year to go along with Blame The Clown and Florida Water Blues , a breakup album they've compared to Blood On The Tracks . I have no idea if "toe" will be…
Last year, Paco Cathcart released their first album under their name after over 50 albums as the Cradle. But now the singer-songwriter is back to using the moniker to announce a new LP called Get Yourself A Man & Other Love Songs , arriving this fall. The post The Cradle Announce New Album <em>Get Yourself A Man & Other Love Songs</em>: Hear “Human Nature” appeared first on Stereogum .
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to subscribers on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.) The…
The Dayton/Columbus quartet Smug Brothers plays a scrappy, classicist form of indie rock that shows plenty of influence from local heroes like Guided By Voices, who once counted Smugs drummer Don Thrasher among their ranks. Next month, they'll follow up last year's very fun Stuck On Beta with a new LP called Pinhole To Vortex , and they started rolling it out today. The post Smug Brothers Announce…
The LA-based singer-songwriter Anna St. Louis has long been a fixture of the greater Woodsist universe, a loose coalition of rootsy, artsy underground acts centered on the upstate New York psych-folk band Woods. Jarvis Taveniere is a core member of Woods who has collaborated with lots of great artists over the years. So it's exciting but not especially surprising that the two of them have teamed…
As of this summer, it has been 40 years since Eric B. and Rakim released their debut single "Eric B. Is President." That's the song that introduced Rakim to the world, and his hard-nosed but quietly tricky style instantly made him one of history's greatest rappers and put him in top-dive discussions for eternity. After a very long absence and a whole lot of nostalgia-circuit touring, Rakim…
Radiohead returned to the stage in late 2025 for the first time in seven years, playing 20 shows broken up into a series of four-night residencies in major European cities. During the promo campaign for his new solo album Blue Morpho , Ed O'Brien mentioned Radiohead's tentative plans to repeat this method of touring going forward, potentially doing 20 shows a year, visiting a different continent…
Hey, Ghostemane's back! The Florida SoundCloud-rap renegade emerged about a decade ago, and I was pretty fascinated with the ways that he incorporated, metal, hardcore, goth, and industrial into what he was doing, even before he got his rap name tattooed across his forehead. Ghostemane was once in a group with Lil Peep, and he's got collaborations with people like $uicideboy$, Clams Casino , and…
Channel Tres, Compton native and maker of funky-ass club-pop, was putting out records and playing great live shows for years before he finally released his full-length debut. That album, Head Rush , finally came out in 2024, and it had guests like Thundercat, Toro y Moi, and Ty Dolla $ign. This year, Tres appeared on new records from Thundercat and Dahi , and he's been putting out his own singles…
Mari Rubio stays busy. The avant-garde musician is always juggling a million musical projects, including partnerships with claire rousay and Wendy Eisenberg (as Whait) and Lynn Avery (as Pink Must), the sprawling ensemble Water Damage, and her own robust solo catalog as more eaze. She's about to add to that discography. The post more eaze Announces New Album <em>valley and structure</em>: Hear…
