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Rostam Cancels Shows Over Logistical Issues

Rostam will release his long-awaited album American Stories two weeks from today, and he's heading out on tour this month to support it. That tour itinerary unfortunately just got thinner; several shows have been scrapped due to logistical issues. The post Rostam Cancels Shows

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Junior Varsity’s New EP Is Ready

Last year we named the LA alt-pop group Junior Varsity a Band To Watch. They’ve since pared down to a duo, with singer Brooke Danaher no longer listed as a band member and singer-songwriter-producers Greg Aram and Zach Michel remaining. Last month they released a single called

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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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Floating Points – “Falling To Earth”

Floating Points made another long-ass song with another orchestra. Even if the late Pharoah Sanders isn’t involved, that”s something that you need to hear. The veteran UK producer Floating Points has done a lot of things in his career, but the one that stands above all others,

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Kelsey Lu – “Better Than That” (Feat. Sampha)

Kelsey Lu is gearing up to release her long-awaited sophomore album So Help Me God on June 12. She’s already released some stunning singles including “Running To Pain” and “Portrait Of A Lady On Fire.” Yesterday, she shared another track “Better Than That,” which features

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Hannah Cohen – “Golden Chain”

“The song just spilled out of me in an afternoon; it’s for the ethers now.” So says Hannah Cohen regarding “Golden Chain,” her first new song since last year’s Earthstar Mountain. It’s a minimal, almost spectral song that blurs together folk and retro pop in a way that reminds

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ashnymph – “47”

A few days ago London-via-East Yorkshire producer ashnymph, whose real name is Will Wiffen, released his debut EP Childhood and announced the track “47” as a single. It’s very good and trippy and weird, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, therefore I must blog

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Bruce Hornsby Plays Fallon As His Debut Album Turns 40

Bruce Hornsby & The Range released their debut album The Way It Is on April 24, 1986. Big record. The Way It Is went triple platinum, and its title track reached #1 and got sampled on a million rap songs. Hornsby won the Best New Artist Grammy, and then he went on to a long and

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Storefront Church – “Still Lying”

In recent months, LA-based Lukas Frank’s releases as Storefront Church have been limited to covers of songs by Sisters Of Mercy and Leonard Cohen. Now, he’s given us his first new original tune since 2024’s somewhat slept-on Ink & Oil. (Everybody who’s missing Grizzly Bear

Peter Gabriel – “Won’t Stand Down”

Peter Gabriel has an usual but quite simple release plan for his forthcoming o/i : Every time there's a full moon, he's releasing one new song from the album. Gabriel is the kind of iconic figure who can command the attention to turn every new song release into an event, so he

Halifax Venue Cancels Sun Kil Moon Show After Backlash

Mark Kozelek, who performs as Sun Kil Moon and previously led the Red House Painters, faced sexual misconduct allegations from at least 10 women in investigative reports published at Pitchfork in 2020 and 2021 . Kozelek has consistently denied the allegations against him, and

JPEGMAFIA & Earl Sweatshirt Trade Shots On Instagram

Just yesterday, JPEGMAFIA announced his new album Experimental Rap . Already, his rollout campaign has become contentious, seemingly by design. Peggy recently did a Pigeons & Planes interview, and the whole thing isn't up online yet. But in an advance clip, Peggy explains why

Olivia Rodrigo Kills Ashley Padilla In Her SNL Promos

This weekend, Olivia Rodrigo is slated to pull a double duty on SNL to celebrate her upcoming record, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love , which is out in June. In a promo yesterday, the singer parodied The Devil Wears Prada . In tonight's, she kills SNL cast member