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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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Billy Strings Brought Bluegrass Brilliance To Colbert

Billy Strings never really stops touring, so the fact that he visited The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Thursday night was no surprise. I was a little bit surprised to see he was there to promote Highway Prayers , an album that came out more than a year ago, but I then I

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Eem Triplin – “If I Wanted To”

This year, the energetic young Pennsylvania rapper/producer Eem Triplin released his debut album Melody Of A Memory and his Come Undone EP, became a XXL Freshman, and did a Stereogum interview. That’s a lot of activity, but the year isn’t over yet. Today, Triplin releases a new

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Sam Fender – “I’m Always On Stage”

UK rocker Sam Fender is an extremely big deal in his homeland. Last month, he won the Mercury Prize for People Watching, the album that he released earlier this year. The day after his big win, Fender released his Elton John duet “Talk To You.” It’s the lead single from his

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Esther Rose – “That’s My DJ” & “Heather”

Esther Rose released her album Want back in May, and as is often the case, there were songs left over. Two of them see release today, and they have fabulous backstories. First up, a slow-burn folk-rock tune called “That’s My DJ,” about which Rose writes: When I moved to Santa

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Rico Nasty – “Pepper” (Prod. Kenneth Blume)

Any time you hear Rico Nasty trill the word “Kennyyyyyyy” on a song’s intro, you know you’re about to hear some shit. Rico and producer Kenneth Blume have both made a whole lot of music with a whole lot of people, but one might argue that the two of them made their best music

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Common Holly – “Amour, Amour” (Michel Legrand Cover)

Brigitte Naggar returned this year with Anything glass, her first Common Holly album since 2019. Today the self-professed “sincere-core” artist has delivered a stripped-down cover of “Amour, Amour,” a Michel Legrand song from the 1970 film Peau d’Âne. This song has been in my

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Tems Drops Surprise New EP Love Is A Kingdom

The Nigerian star Tems finally only just released her official debut album Born In The Wild last year, but she’s already racked up a ton of accomplishments. She’s got a couple of Grammys, an Oscar nomination, and a #1 Hot 100 hit on her résumé. In the past few months, she’s

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Robyn Is Playing Brooklyn On New Year’s Eve

Robyn is in album mode : previewing a new LP at Paris Fashion Week, debuting a video for lead single "Dopamine," performing her first concert in six years. She'll be doing another gig soon, and it sounds like a party. Today the Swedish alt-pop legend announced a New Year's Eve

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Overmono – “Paradise Runner”

In 2023, the UK dance duo Overmono made it into our Album Of The Week column with their full-length debut Good Lies. Overmono, the team of brothers Tom and Ed Russell, haven’t released another LP since then, but they’ve done one-off collaborations with people like Fred again..

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Lolina – “gg”

If you’re an extraordinarily affluent teen from New York City’s upper east side growing up in the 2010s, there’s only one phrase that’s more harrowing than an AMEX being declined: “That’s one secret I’ll never tell.” Today, the tagline from the teen drama Gossip Girl lives on

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Alice Glass – “MERCY KILL”

The queen of electronic pandemonium returns. Last we heard from harrowing electro-hardcore musician Alice Glass was the one-off single “CATCH AND RELEASE” from earlier this year. It was a track that sounded closer to her Crystal Castles days with darting, overly caffeinated

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