They’re so loose because they’re so tight. When Geese take the stage, they don’t re-create their recordings. It barely even feels like they’re performing songs with a defined structure — more like summoning a familiar sequence of chords and lyrics from the ether, whipping
Unfortunately, Ken Carson failed to impress us with last year's More Chaos , but the Opium artist has a chance to redeem himself with Xperiment , his new album he's announcing today. And we don't have to wait too long; it arrives in just two weeks. The post Ken Carson
Justin Cary, bassist for the Texan alt-pop band Sixpence None The Richer, has passed away. Cary suffered a stroke last week. Earlier this week, bandmate Leigh Nash shared the news on Instagram, as well as a link to a GoFundMe page to raise money for Cary and his wife Linda.
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
Cary joined the band in 1997, when they released their self-titled breakthrough album featuring the smash single “Kiss Me"
Tierra Whack can really, really rap. The Philadelphia artist is a super-inventive visual stylist with a ton of bright art-pop ideas, so it can be easy to overlook the fact that she's got bars. It'll be a lot harder once you hear her new record Whack's Museum . When she
You know what you're getting with Desire. Together, Montreal vocalist singer Megan Louise and former Chromatics leader Johnny Jewel make shimmery, whispery, glamorous synthpop. They've been doing it ever since their self-titled debut came out in 2009. Desire haven't exactly
Heavy Thrill , recorded at Johnny Cash's cabin, follows the North Carolina native as he launches his own label, prepares to become a parent, and grapples with anxiety
Released on Juneteenth, Outlaws’ Almanac is a righteous gathering of contemporary and repurposed folk-roots freedom songs
If you're under 30, then the Alchemist has been making heady deep-concentration rap beats for longer than you've been alive. He's a one-man institution, and he continues to do incredible work in his own personal lane. Last year, he teamed up with Armand Hammer on Mercy , his
The Compton-raised rapper engages in Olympic-level self-examination on his fourth studio album
The singer and filmmaker tells us about making a lesbian love story, putting music on the back burner, and the freedom of an unknown future
A new Channel Tres single called "Black Techno Guy" is sort of like a new JPEGMAFIA album called Experimental Rap . Those are the dumbest and most obvious terms that we could use to describe these artists, but maybe those artists want to own those terms. On "Black Techno Guy,"
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Kaitlin Butts, Madeline Edwards, Avery Anna, and more are all on the road with the "Choosin' Texas" superstar
About halfway through his new album Project X , there's a moment on the "Dummy" intro where the reliably hard Memphis rap great Key Glock chants the famous intro drop from Tay Keith, the Memphis rap producer who was found dead yesterday . Tay Keith's passing is a sudden shock,
It's such a great feeling to hit play on a Bandcamp record from a band you've never heard of and to know, within 30 seconds, that you're hearing something good . This morning, I got that feeling right away from the new two-song single by the Richmond, Virginia band Canaries. As
Last summer John Robinson and Leela Hoehn went to see the impressive young Chicago noise-rock trio Lifeguard at the Masquerade in Atlanta. It was an incredible show, but the bracing quality of the band’s performance left Robinson feeling bummed. If these kids are this young and
Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience , out Aug. 7, includes his collaboration with Taj Mahal of the Son House classic "Death Letter Blues"
On her new single "Is It Love," Tyla asks a pressing question: "Is it love if you don't cry, cry, cry?" The latest offering from her forthcoming sophomore album A-Pop , which is out July 24, has the South African pop star wanting her lover to show some emotion to prove
Syd's new album Beard , the follow-up to 2022's Broken Heart's Club , is coming out next month. We've already heard the lead single " Callin " featuring Blu June, and today we get another glimpse of the project via the album closer "2 Many Days." The post Syd – “2 Many Days”
Beautiful things can be born out of unfavorable moments. Last year, FKA Twigs had visa issues that resulted in her canceling Eusexua shows , including a Coachella set . A couple of days ago, Twigs posted on social media about how she first handled the news. Initially, she
The Strokes' rollout for new album Reality Awaits has not gone smoothly. Some fans have revolted against Julian Casablancas' use of Auto-Tune on " Going Shopping " and " Falling Out Of Love ," to the point that guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. felt compelled to go on the record
