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Djo Just Dropped His Second Album Of 2025

Did Djo name his album The Crux because it rhymes with “deluxe”? No one can prove he didn’t! I thought actor-musician Joe Keery acquitted himself well on that April LP, and then I saw Pavements and thought he was amazing as a fictionalized version of himself going method to

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Sink Your Teeth Into Cafuné’s New Album Bite Reality

Cafuné is the Brooklyn-based duo of Sedona Schat and Noah Yoo, who met at NYU a decade ago and have been steadily churning out well-made alternative pop music ever since. Today they’ve got a new album out, Bite Reality , which leans into rock guitars without sacrificing one

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Luh Tyler – “Young Player” (Feat. Larry June)

It’s one of life’s simple joys, like a cool breeze or a hot cup of coffee — or maybe even like a cool breeze and a hot cup of coffee, together : when two very different rappers team up on a track and their styles gel exceptionally well. One instance of the phenomenon arrives

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Frog – “SAX-A-MA-PHONE VAR. XII”

Frog are proving to be a prolific force. Next week, the scrappy New York indie band is following up this year’s 1000 Variations On The Same Song with The Count , their second album of 2025. It’s a concept record centered on the titular character, a mysterious figure who

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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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Little Simz – “Don’t Leave Too Soon”

Earlier this year, London rapper Little Simz released her album Lotus and explained her rift with past collaborator Inflo, from SAULT. Now, she’s starring alongside Cillian Murphy in Steve , Small Things Like These director Tim Mielants’ drama set at a ’90s reform school. We’ve

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Jeff Tweedy – “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter”

Jeff Tweedy’s triple album Twilight Override is imminent. We’ve heard “ One Tiny Flower ,” “ Out In The Dark ,” “ Stray Cats In Spain ,” and “ Enough ,” and today the Wilco frontman is releasing the Velvet Underground-indebted “Lou Reed Was My Babysitter.”

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Luxury Fashion Brand Chrome Hearts Sues Neil Young

For the past year, Neil Young has been touring and recording with a new backing band called Chrome Hearts, a reference to his 1976 Stills-Young band song “Long May You Run.” His new album Talkin To The Trees is credited to Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts, and his current tour

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Anna Of The North – “Waiting For Love”

Norwegian alt-pop mainstay Anna Of The North released the dreamy disco-synthpop single “Give Me Your Love Back” in July. Today she’s returned with “Waiting For Love,” which suggests the first song’s command was not heeded. The new song’s effervescent pulse carries along Anna

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Smashing Pumpkins – “Chrome Jets”

Last year, alt-rock legends Smashing Pumpkins released their album Aghori Mhori Mei without dropping any advance singles ahead of time. Last month, frontman Billy Corgan joined My Chemical Romance onstage in Chicago to play the Pumpkins classic “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.”

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Madison Cunningham – “Wake” (Feat. Fleet Foxes)

Madison Cunningham is making the rounds. Last year the folk-rock singer-songwriter teamed with Andrew Bird on Cunningham Bird , an album-length remake of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks’ Buckingham Nicks (which, incidentally, is finally being reissued next week). She’s on

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Weezer Had Another Fall Festival Cancel On Them

Weezer have already had a couple of huge music-festival moments this year. In April, they played a last-minute Coachella set , using it to announce that they’re making a new movie, even though bassist Scott Steiner’s wife had just been shot by police days before. In August,

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