Last night, Jay-Z reunited with The Roots at their annual festival, Roots Picnic . It was his first festival show in se…

On Friday, IDM legends Boards of Canada released Inferno , their first album in more than 13 years. The same day also m…

So far, Morris Day And The Time, Young MC, Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and the Commodores have all dropped off the …

Bb trickz is tearing it up. Last week, the Spanish musician released her first single on Columbia Records, “Le Le,” pro…

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thur…

Today, we get the first glimpse of Ariana Grande’s forthcoming eighth album petal with the lead single “Hate That I Mad…

Terrible news: The three members of the Japanese action comic punk band Peelander-Z have suffered critical injuries aft…

Melbourne-based Dylan Young is the mind behind Way Dynamic, the latest signee to vaunted American indie label Jagjaguwa…

Downtown Boys are getting ready to release Public Luxury, their first LP since 2017’s Cost Of Living. So far the Provid…

Jesus Is The Path To Heaven is a musical trio led by singer-songwriter Jordan Hoban alongside bandmates Thommy Underhil…

Flea seems to be having a great time right now. Earlier this year, the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist released Honora , …

Cornelius, the eclectic Japanese musician/producer/composer born Keigo Oyamada, has a new album on the way. Refractions…

Last month Julian Casablancas fired off some controversial opinions on SubwayTakes , and now the Strokes frontman will …

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Saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins, one of the most important and influential figures in jazz history, has passed away. R…

How famous can a musician become and still seem like he isn't? How much musical precedent must exist — how many art…

King Crimson’s Robert Fripp, who turned 80 last week, seems to be doing much better after suffering a heart attack last…

In another reality, the follow-up to Green Day's pivotal album American Idiot would have been produced by lauded s…

Thom Yorke was honored at Thursday night's Ivor Novello Awards, taking the podium after an introduction by surprise…

Ryan Porter, a trombonist who became a beloved fixture of the Los Angeles-based West Coast Get Down jazz scene and play…

A couple of months ago, Compton club funkateer Channel Tres flipped the Crystal Waters classic “100% Pure Love” on his …

I’m about to go Pepe Silvia on Olivia Rodrigo; her new single has given me plenty of enough thread to do it, to complet…

In March, Britney Spears was arrested for a DUI . She pleaded guilty to a lesser charge earlier this month, and now a …

Jack Avery, a former member of the now-defunct boy band Why Don't We, was the target of an alleged murder plot by h…

Pop Montreal is ready to bring another assemblage of sophisticated musical artists to the venues of La Métropole. The m…

Shannon Lay hasn't released a new album of originals in five years, since 2021's Geist . But the LA musician ha…

Aleshea Harris initially wrote IS GOD IS as a stage play that premiered in 2018. Since then, it’s been adapted into her…

Spain's High Court has acquitted Shakira of tax fraud, ordering the government to reimburse her for a wrongly impo…

The eventful US portion of Hayley Williams' first-ever solo tour has come to a close. Over the past week, the Par…

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Dennis Locorriere, lead vocalist and guitarist of the offbeat '70s country rock band Dr. Hook And The Medicine Show…

Earl Sweatshirt beef be damned: There’s a new JPEGMAFIA album coming this Friday. Peggy has been rolling out Experiment…

Paul McCartney was the musical guest on the season finale of SNL last night, his fifth time doing so. The former Beatl…

Low ticket sales are killing tours. Recently, it's happened to Post Malone , Zayn , Meghan Trainor , and Pussycat D…

A couple years ago, I watched Suzy Clue open up for Glixen at Brooklyn’s Baby’s All Right. She dominated the room with …

It's Slide Away time. The shoegaze festival curated by Nothing's Nicky Palermo commenced last night at the Broo…

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thur…

My daughter, who is not from hell as far as I know, was delighted to learn this week of a new Gracie Abrams album calle…

Since last fall, the Avalanches have been teasing the followup to their 2020 LP We Will Always Love You (which was our …

Garrett Burke is a Philly-based percussionist and producer who’s spent time on the kit in acts like of Montreal and Mot…

The combination of Molly Hamilton’s mystically cooed melodies and Robert Earl Thomas’ subtly virtuosic riffs has been h…

Did you know Lizzo has a new album called Bitch coming out soon? We did, because it's our job to know that sort of…

Britpop-era London rock band Gene have not played a show in the United States since 2002, but that's about to chang…

Lightning Bug started as singer-songwriter Audrey Kang’s solo project. Then, it became a full band. Now, it’s back to b…

I don't know if you knew this, but Elton John is not Canadian. In fact, he is very not Canadian. He's as Briti…

Friday, the Club 2 Club Festival returned to New York for a second consecutive year. Founded in Turin in 2002, the musi…

Awards-show-friendly British pop star RAYE released her preposterous (complimentary) album This Music May Contain Hope …

The Beastie Boys and FBI Director Kash Patel have both been in the news lately — the Beasties because of Mike D's s…

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The Lambs are fighting. Well, maybe not fighting, but there is a big mix-up happening. Lamb, '90s trip-hop duo Andy…

Samsung is having a rough week. First, Charli tossed one of their beloved TVs out the window in her " Rock Music &…

Concertgoers throwing stuff at performers is an ongoing problem. Usually, it's a water bottle, a phone, a vape, or …

The Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum held their 2026 Grammy Hall Of Fame Gala at Los Angeles' Beverly Hilton…

Next month marks six years since Phoebe Bridgers' seminal sophomore album, Punisher . Since then, the singer-songwr…

Rolling Loud's flagship Florida festival has relocated from Miami to Orlando. All this weekend, some of the biggest…

The inevitable documentary about the Oasis reunion is coming this fall. Though Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is…

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thur…

Big Fat Head have been kicking around my state for quite some time now. The group got started nearly a decade ago in At…

COUCOU CHLOE started off the year with “Venom.” Now, the London-based artist has returned with “Candyland,” a hype-heav…

Last year, Sorry’s Marco Pini joined forces with Felix Bayley-Higgins, Beth Boswell-Knight, and Pedro Takahashi to form…

This week Carole King , Diane Warren , and the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt — all of whom appear on the New Yo…

We liked “Wants For Everyone” and “Fool In Your Room” — the first two singles from Slippers’ upcoming debut album Slipp…

Last month, Kevin Barnes announced a new of Montreal album called aethermead and unleashed “When,” an infectious, inten…

The Rolling Stones officially announced their new album Foreign Tongues and shared its lead single "In The Stars&…

Dead Kennedys founder Jello Biafra, born Eric Reed Boucher, suffered a hemorrhagic stroke two months ago, reportedly br…

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The Pussycat Dolls' comeback is not going as planned. First, there was drama about Jessica Sutta and Carmit Bachar…

Petey Pablo's Timbaland-produced 2001 anthem "Raise Up" is almost certainly the greatest song ever writte…

It’s not every day we get to hear new music from Marnie Stern. Today might not even be that day unless you pay up. Ster…

The Iron Blossom Festival has been happening in Richmond, Virginia for the past few years, but it's never had a li…

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Sugar are back. Last fall, Bob Mould announced that his short-lived post-Hüsker Dü band were gearing up for a big reuni…

Olivia Rodrigo made her third appearance on Saturday Night Live tonight, pulling double duty in her hosting debut. (Re…

Roberto Carlos Lange is always up to something fascinating. Since releasing his The Last Sound On Earth EP last fall, t…

Jacky Cadiou plays bass in the extremely sick French oi band Syndrome 81, and he’s also the man behind the solo project…

Madonna has been ramping up to Confessions II, the sequel to her Stuart Price-produced 2005 club classic Confessions On…

Earlier this month, Netflix released the fourth season of Love On The Spectrum , the reality television show about adul…

Dairy Queen is a useful scene-setting device. Like John Mellencamp name-checking the Tastee-Freez, songwriters have bee…

If you steal PinkPantheress' style, she might pop up at your place of work and look you right in your gigantic fake…