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Touch & Go Co-Founder Dave Stimson Has Died

Dave Stimson, co-founder of the pioneering '80s hardcore punk zine and record label Touch & Go, has died. Stimson reportedly passed away Wednesday. Touch & Go's Corey Rusk posted the news to the label's Instagram account today along with a tribute to Stimson: The post Touch &

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

Bob Vylan Sue BBC For Defamation

Bob Vylan, the London punk-rap duo whose members go by Bobby Vylan and Bobbie Vylan, were at the center of controversy last summer after leading a " Death to the IDF! " chant at the UK's premier music festival, Glastonbury, in protest of Israel's genocidal war crimes in

Madonna’s Confessions II Is Here

Conventional wisdom suggests the last great Madonna album was 2005's Confessions On A Dance Floor , a disco-opera of sorts created with producer Stuart Price to function like a full DJ set. That's the album that gave us the all-timer Madge single "Hung Up," which our own Scott

Rico Nasty Announces New Album RX: Hear “Cupcake”

Earlier this month, Rico Nasty and Kenneth Blume, who will always be Kenny Beats in our hearts, teamed up for the brisk single " Rituals ." It's so great, we named it one of the best tracks from that week. It feels me with great joy that, officially, Rico Nasty and Blume have