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Benny The Butcher – “Summer ’26”

Sometimes the cure for what ails you is one of the world's hardest emcees going in over soulful boom-bop production. Benny The Butcher is here to supply just that. The Griselda great just dropped "Summer '26," the third in his annual series . Harry Fraud provides la música,

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Hilary Duff Dazzles Madison Square Garden

“This is just a magical moment for me,” Hilary Duff told a sold-out Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. “It’s the third time on tour I’ve gotten to say ‘I’m home,’” she said. Duff’s Lucky Me world tour has included stops in Houston, the singer-actor’s hometown, Los

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The Easy Eight – “19.15.19”

It's still not totally clear why Charlie Manning Walker decided to end his great Chubby And The Gang project and then immediately start a new band called the Easy Eight, but that's what he did. The Easy Eight, formerly EZ8, is Walker's new band, and it's also got members of UK

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Photay – “Land Of Make Believe” (Chuck Mangione Cover)

It's been a minute since we checked in on Photay, aka LA-based electronic musician Evan Shornstein. In fact, last time we posted about him , he was Woodstock-based electronic musician Evan Shornstein. But we're locking back in on the Photay frequency today. It's time to pull up

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Westside Cowboy – “Dobro”

Slowly but surely, the release date of Westside Cowboy's highly anticipated debut album It Goes On is approaching. Its two singles — " Kick Stones (The Boys) " and " Pin Up Boys " — both earned spots on our list of the best songs of the week . Now, the Manchester indie rockers

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DIIV – “The Fountain” (Prod. A. G. Cook)

DIIV surprised us with this one. For one thing, we aren't used to such a quick turnaround from Z. Cole Smith and friends. They tend to take a fairly long time between albums, but the masterful Frog In Boiling Water came out just over two years ago, so the recent teasers for a

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Guns N’ Roses Bring Out Chris Stapleton In Toronto

Hey, here's a random-ass combination! Right now, Guns N' Roses are on one of their many global stadium tours. On Wednesday night, they hit Toronto's Rogers Stadium. In the process, they crossed paths with big-voiced country star Chris Stapleton, who will headline a show at the

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Two Shell – “Closer To The Sound”

Two Shell use AI. They admitted it. For a while, there have been rumors about the pranksterish London dance duo and their reliance on generative AI to make so much music, and they confirmed it earlier this summer. In a Resident Advisor interview, one of the duo's two masked,

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Steve Earle & Los Lobos – “Volver A Celaya”

Steve Earle and Los Lobos are both roots-music institutions who have been leaving their respective marks on the world since at least the '80s, and they've got a lot of shared history. Over the years, Earle and Los Lobos have toured together, and they've shared god knows how

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Here’s Your Song Of The Summer 2026

You did it! You participated in the democratic process! Now that you've all cast your ballots and we've counted them, we at Stereogum are happy to reveal the results of our annual Song Of The Summer readers' poll. Below, check out the top 10 vote-getters, revealed, quite

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