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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 playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music,  » Read More

It’s been nearly eight years since the French duo Justice released Woman, their most recent album. Gaspard Augé, one half of Justice, released the solo album Escapades in 2021. As a group, though, Justice’s activities have been pretty limited in the last few years —  » Read More

Redondo Beach’s BeachLife Festival is getting ready for its fifth year, taking place May 3-5. Headliners are Sting, Incubus, and My Morning Jacket. Other noteworthy acts on the roster include DEVO, Dirty Heads, Fleet Foxes, Santigold, Trey Anastasio + Classic TAB, ZZ Top, Courtney Barnett, Margo Price, Seal, Local Natives, Jordana, City And Colour,  » Read More

Remember when Alex G was announced as one of the openers’ for Foo Fighters’ 2024 stadium tour? Remember how weird and surprising that was? Well, what if I told you it was related to an even weirder and more surprising development: Alex Giannascoli, the former king of Bandcamp, has signed to RCA Records.  » Read More

Ambient supergroup? Sure, let’s commit to it: Cowboy Sadness are an ambient supergroup. The trio brings together Peter Silberman (the Antlers), David Moore (Bing & Ruth), and Nicholas Principe (Port St. Willow). Not all of them specialize in ambient music in their main bands, but as the album title Selected Jambient Works Vol.  » Read More

We last checked in on Ontario emo band Arm’s Length with the release of their awesomely fired-up single “Up In Smoke” last summer. Today they return with another one-off. This time it’s a cover of “I Don’t Love You” from My Chemical Romance’s 2006 arena-emo-goth masterpiece Welcome To The Black Parade.  » Read More

Norway’s Vemod specialize in a grand, enveloping, often beautiful form of atmospheric black metal, and they take their time on their music. It’s been more than 11 years since Vemod released Venter På Stormene, their cult-classic debut album. Among those who are plugged into the metal underground,  » Read More

Leeds, England-based four-piece English Teacher have announced their debut album, This Could Be Texas, and shared a new song from it, “Albert Road,” via a music video. They have also announced some UK tour dates.  » Read More

Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list was fueled by lots of notable album announcements.  » Read More