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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

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

Nada Surf – “New Propeller”

Nada Surf will share their new album Moon Mirror — the follow-up to 2020’s Never Not Together — in September. The long-running indie rock band announced the record with its lead single “ In Front Of Me Now ,” and today, they’ve shared another highlight called “New Propeller.”

Desire – “Dangerous Drug”

Anytime a Johnny Jewel project announces a new album, you might feel skeptical, and you’d be well-justified. If you were a Chromatics fan, then you were burned plenty of times. Desire, the narcotic space-pop duo of Jewel and singer Megan Louise, released their self-titled debut

Heavy Metal Roundtable

Welcome to the first annual Heavy Metal Roundtable, a symposium of sickness inviting some of heavy metal’s brightest minds to help me, an idiot, dissect a metallic topic.

DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ – “In Silence”

DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ has been putting out a steady stream of songs since her 2023 LP Destiny , among them “ Anything Lost (Can Be Found Again) ,” “ Come Find Out ,” and “ In My Eyes .” She’s said that she’s already working on a new album, and there’s another song from it

Tyler Childers – “Song While You’re Away”

Rootsy country star Tyler Childers released his album Rustlin’ In The Rain last year. Since then, he’s shared stages with the Rolling Stones and Kermit The Frog . Now, Childers has a new song on the soundtrack to the forthcoming summer blockbuster Twisters . That movie has an

Stream Megan Thee Stallion’s Defiant New Album Megan

After extricating herself from a messy and exploitative label situation, Houston rap star Megan Thee Stallion is now a fully independent artist. Earlier this year, she had a #1 hit with the diss track “ Hiss ,” and she’s also built up to her new album Megan with the advance

Clairo – “Nomad”

Clairo’s new album Charm is out in a couple of weeks. She announced her follow-up to 2021’s Sling with the May single “ Sexy To Someone ,” which we named one of the Best Songs Of The Week . Today, she’s shared the album’s opening track “Nomad.”