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Shut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best Comments

There are several new benefit comps with exclusive recordings raising money for wildfire relief — including Los Angeles Rising , Good Music To Lift Up Los Angeles , Love Los Angeles , and Super Bloom: A Benefit For Fire Relief In Los Angeles — and today Bandcamp is donating its

Primus Reveal New Drummer After Open Auditions

Last fall, Primus’ drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander quit the band , prompting the other members to post an open call for a new drummer. A lot of big names apparently tried out for the gig, like Thomas Pridgen (Fever 333, the Mars Volta) and Nikki Glaspie (the Nth Power, Snarky

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

Night Party – “Confessions” (Feat. Hayley Williams)

Night Party is a relatively new collab between LA producer/songwriter Daniel James and singer Katrina Urton. Their just-dropped debut album All That Fades features contributions from DIIV drummer Ben Newman (who is also Urton’s husband), Deafheaven guitarist Kerry McCoy, and

Vundabar – “I Need You”

Surgery And Pleasure , the latest LP from the sometimes-viral indie rockers Vundabar, will be released exactly one month from today. The boys from Boston have already given us “ Spades ,” “ I Got Cracked ,” and “ Life Is A Movie .” Today they unveil “I Need You,” a six-minute

Roc Marciano & DJ Premier – “Armani Section”

Roc Marciano is one of this century’s most influential rap producers. On albums like Marcberg , the Long Island rapper made his own beats, and he did it by taking the beat out of it. Roc Marci’s beats would crackle and float, and the drums, if they were there at all, would only

Saetia – “Three Faces Past”

Saetia were only a band for a couple of years, and they were total unknowns outside certain segments of the hardcore underground. But in their initial run, Saetia helped shape the genre that would become known as screamo. In 2022, Saetia reunited, playing their first shows in

Dora Jar – “Lucky”

Gracie Abrams fans recently petitioned to get Dora Jar replaced as the opening act for Abrams’ European tour, alleging that the punny-named folk-pop artist’s music was too slow and boring to properly amp them up for the headliner. Dora laughed it off, and Abrams came to her

Tommy Richman – “Actin Up”

Last year, the Virginia singer Tommy Richman came out of absolutely nowhere, scoring big viral hits with the bugged-out earworms “Million Dollar Baby” and “ Devil Is A Lie .” He also pissed off a lot of people by claiming that he’s “ not a hip hop artist ,” and he didn’t

Watch Lola Young Cover Arctic Monkeys’ “I Wanna Be Yours”

I’d never heard of the London alt-popper Lola Young before she appeared on Tyler, The Creator’s Chromakopia late last year, but she’s rapidly becoming a very big deal. Young’s viral hit “Messy” has already been a #1 hit in the UK, and it’s currently racing up the Hot 100. This

Alabama Shakes Announce Reunion Tour Dates

Southern blues-rock stars Alabama Shakes never broke up, but they’ve been on hiatus since 2017. Bandleader Brittany Howard launched her solo career in 2019, and it’s been hugely acclaimed and successful, but now she’s back with her band. In December, Alabama Shakes got back

Froglord – “Herman”

Last night, Stereogum posted back-to-back singles from the bands Frog and Frog Eyes . Today, we are compelled to post another one from the band Froglord. It’s frogs all the way down. I don’t know what’s going on here. Maybe “Frog” is to 2025 what “Wolf” was to 2006. Maybe Scott

How to Get the Most Out of Memphis’ Music Culture

Named after the ancient city in Egypt, Memphis, Tennessee, has a historic reputation as a rowdy, Mississippi River town. It is also well known for the colorful characters that have made indelible imprints on the music scene. Considered to be the place you go to if you really