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Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best Comments

Were you expecting a list of this week’s best comments? That’s on you because we are of course still having a tech problem that prevents me from pulling the data. But it really is close to being fixed. A developer named Tim told me so today! As soon as that happens we will have

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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

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Dead & Company, Pearl Jam Pay Tribute To Bill Walton

Bill Walton, the legendary basketball player and sportscaster, died of cancer this week at age 71. Walton, a California native, was widely beloved for his freewheeling West Coast approach to life, a lifestyle that included a passionate dedication to the Grateful Dead.

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LCD Soundsystem Announce LA Residency This Fall

It’s become a beloved tradition: Each holiday season, LCD Soundsystem play a bunch of shows in New York City, their hometown. It started out as a residency at Brooklyn Steel then expanded to other boroughs last year . The band has also camped out in certain cities on tour,

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DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ – “Deep Down”

Last year, mysterious mastermind DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ released Destiny , her sprawling, endless, gorgeous marathon of nostalgia-zooted comfort-bubble dance music. If you heard it, there’s a very good chance that you loved it. Since then, the prolific DJ Sabrina has been

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The Streets – “No Better Than Chance”

Last year, Mike Skinner resurrected his long-dormant project the Streets and released The Darker The Shadow, The Brighter The Light , the first proper new Streets album in 12 years. Today, twenty years and two weeks after the release of the Streets’ landmark A Grand Don’t Come

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Lucta – “Incubus” & “Non Esisto”

The Italian punk band Lucta haven’t put out anything since dropping their demo Black Magic Punk way back in 2018, but they’re finally ready to release an official debut album. Eterna Lotta is coming next month via London’s great Static Shock label, and Lucta have shared two

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Normani – “Candy Paint”

Normani, the former Fifth Harmony member and extremely good dancer, has been trying to get an album-release rollout off the ground for many years, and it looks like it’s finally happening. Her solo debut Dopamine is supposedly coming in a few weeks, and she’s already released

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Kehlani – “Next 2 U”

Kehlani returned this spring with “ After Hours ,” framed as the lead single from a forthcoming LP. She’s since announced the album, Crash , and today she’s offering up another track. “Next 2 U” has a big, booming beat with a lot of open space between its electronic blasts,

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We’ve Got A File On You: Neil Finn

We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.

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Nicki Minaj Won’t Come Back To Amsterdam

Last week, Nicki Minaj livestreamed herself getting arrested in Amsterdam . Police claimed that she was trying to take weed on a plane, and Nicki, who tweeted through the whole episode, said that the weed belonged to her security guard and blamed jealous ex-employees. After a

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Jessie Reyez – “Shut Up” (Feat. Big Sean)

Last year, Jessie Reyez collaborated with a few artists, including Miguel for “ Jeans ” and Sam Smith and Cat Burns for “ Perfect .” Today, the Toronto singer-songwriter teamed up with Big Sean for “Shut Up,” out now on FMLY / Island Records.

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