Rhode Island's Newport Folk Festival is always a triumph, and this year was no exception . Stereogum was there last weekend to experience the greatness IRL, and now we offer a slew of artist portraits by Emilio Herce as well as a few interviews conducted by Stereogum founder
"It starts with a song Michelle and I love by Glen Hansard, a great musician who passed tragically this week," former president wrote
The country singer, who has seen his share of controversy this summer, scrapped all upcoming international dates
When was the last time that you listened to Paul Simon's Graceland ? I revisited it pretty recently, and god, what an album. Just an incredible collection of songs. Graceland was a critical and commercial smash when it came out in 1986. But at the time of its release, the
The Colombian superstar announced the LP, which arrives Aug. 7, during her latest tour stop
Singer-songwriter performed at a Dublin pub hours before his death
16 Underground's band name is a reference to "6 Underground," right? It has to be. The LA group's music directly hearkens back to the '90s trip-hop moment that yielded the Sneaker Pimps' hit. They're good at reviving that sound too, as we heard on the early singles from their
The 6/17/1991 show at Giants Stadium is the subject of the annual ‘Grateful Dead Meet-Up At The Movies’
Post Malone is the latest musical artist to visit Sesame Street . The rapper-turnt-country singer and comedian Michelle Buteau will appear in Storm On Sesame Street , a new special premiering this Monday, Aug. 3 on Netflix and PBS Kids, Billboard reports. The special reportedly
"They Have Names," the new song from the Washington, DC hardcore/screamo band NØ MAN, is extremely heavy in all sorts of way. The heaviest part of the song, spiritually if not musically, is the end. The song itself is a fast, furious rager that bandleader Maha Shami, the
Brooklyn-based Lora Mouna is among the legion of musicians making dreamy rock music, but her new single is not boilerplate zoomer shoegaze. It is, however, among the many new rock songs to flaunt a Deftones influence, albeit with plenty of personality to put her own stamp on
Paul McCartney is an 84-year-old Beatle, and he has won just about every accolade that a musician could possibly win, up to and including knighthood. But up until today, McCartney had never been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, the annual award given to what a jury
They say you learn something new every day, and today I learned that William Shatner has a heavy metal band. My colleague Tom Breihan blogged about this back in February, and it must have completely slipped my radar. Although Shatner hasn't released any music from the project,
Way back in 1991, Guns N' Roses ended Use Your Illusion II with " My World ," a quasi-rap freakout that only lasted a minute and a half before dissolving into sex noises and chaos. The beat kind of sounded like "Army Of Me," but four years before that song came out. Most Guns
A couple years ago, Rachel Chinouriri released her tour de force debut album What A Devastating Turn Of Events . Since then, she's toured with Sabrina Carpenter and Florence + The Machine, released the Little House EP , appeared on Pinkpantheress' remix album Fancy Some More? ,
Last month, post-punk group Do Nothing announced their sophomore album Friend World with the lead single "Stars." It's eerie and a bit corroded, leaning into squirmy electronic blemishes, and sounding nothing like what Do Nothing showcased on 2023's Snake Sideways . Today,
Two months after Billy Corgan interviewed actor Barry Williams on his podcast, the pair reunite at Lollapalooza aftershow at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre
How Charli XCX's new album going to work in a live setting? Charli released the excellent Music, Fashion, Film last week, and it marks an intentional step back from the anthemic force of the whole Brat situation. Her new tracks are inward-looking and idiosyncratic, but they're
We're nearing the end of July and rapidly approaching the dog days of August, which means by now you should have some music attached to your memories of this season. It also means the time has come to vote for that music. The post Vote For The Song Of The Summer 2026 appeared
What was once a failed single from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway has somehow become one of the most beloved Genesis songs, reappearing again and again throughout the years
These days, Tame Impala are doing pop-star shit. When Kevin Parker and friends first released " Dracula " last year, the song initially seemed like a cute Halloween novelty, but it turned out to be an actual crossover hit, the band's first to crack the Hot 100 . The song became
Lollapalooza is officially here. The massive Chicago festival begins today, with headliners Charli XCX, Tate McRae, Lorde, Olivia Dean, John Summit, Jennie, the xx and hometown heroes the Smashing Pumpkins. The latter played a pre-fest show at the Riviera Theatre last night.
Psych-folk legend Linda Perhacs has been located and is safe. Eight months ago, Perhacs was discharged from a residential care facility under the supervision of her legal guardian. Since, friends and longtime collaborators were unable to get in touch with her or her guardian. A
The devilish duo, who were bounced from a country music tour over their satanic imagery, performed their song “Haunt Me”
The country singer’s new album, The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales , is out Friday
The 82-year-old musician’s former manager thanked the community for helping to “amplify this effort by sharing information, reaching out with support, and expressing genuine care for Linda’s well-being”
The singer joined frontman Kevin Parker onstage for Tame Impala’s show at Boston's TD Garden
“I am saddened to hear that BTS has chosen not to participate in the Grammy Awards process this year,” said Grammy CEO Harvey Mason jr.
Lauren Pisciotta, West’s former assistant, accused the artist of drugging and sexually assaulting her at a Sean Combs studio session
Finneas, Cat Power, Rachel Zegler, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Warren Ellis remember the Irish musician who died Wednesday
Julia Holter might win some, but she just lost one. Actually, I don't know if she just lost it. Her new single "My Lost One," the latest from her forthcoming Materia , doesn't specify when it was lost. The song is minimal and dreamy for most of its runtime, marked by Chris
Two years ago, underground OGs David Grubbs and Kramer teamed up with nouveau legend Wendy Eisenberg under the name Squanderers, playing sparse, searching improvisational guitar-bass music with no further accompaniment. The trio released their debut album, If A Body Meet A Body
Late last year, Chicago's V.V. Lightbody shared a very pretty song called " Best Problem " with strings from Macie Stewart. Now, the singer-songwriter is announcing her new album Period Piece to follow 2020's Make A Shrine Or Burn It , and it's her first with herself as the
Last month, we very much liked " Man The Door ," the debut single from Curbside Lambsear, the band made up of members of caroline and the Umlauts. Now, the intriguing duo is announcing their debut EP, Put Rings On All My Fingers To Weigh Down My Hands . The new single, "No
U2 frontman often participated in the Christmas Eve Busk, which Hansard organized in Dublin
The upcoming Special Edition of Rubber Soul has a Lennon demo called “Little Girl” that basically no one knew about
Remembering the street-busking balladeer turned folk-rock star, whose artistic journey never stopped