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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

LCD Soundsystem’s annual holiday season New York residency got off to an early start this year. The Brooklyn leg of the so-called Tri Boro Tour kicked off Thursday night at Brooklyn Steel, where the audience was treated to something never before witnessed at an LCD show. To begin the second encore,  » Read More

Today marks the release of Daft Punk’s drumless edition of Random Access Memories, the Grammy-winning blockbuster that now stands as their last studio album. DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ seems to think that’s pretty funny. On Bandcamp, Sabrina has shared a drum-free version of Destiny,  » Read More

All throughout Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, cities have bent over backward to welcome her to town, but the latest gesture from Rio de Janeiro surpasses all the rest. Thursday, with Swift arriving in town for her run of shows at Estadio Nilton Santos, a Swift-themed T-shirt was projected onto the city’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue,  » Read More

In a New York Times interview earlier this year, the Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner said some terrible and revealing things about the way that he regards women and Black artists. Wenner was promoting his book The Masters, a collection of interviews with famous rockers,  » Read More

Last month, the wildly gifted former Alabama Shakes leader Brittany Howard announced plans to release a new album called WHAT NOW and shared its title track. Howard didn’t have any further details on the LP, the follow-up to her much-loved 2019 solo debut Jaime,  » Read More

At the beginning of this year, the endlessly prolific Detroit rap great Boldy James was severely injured in a car accident; Indiana Jones, his excellent album with the producer RichGains, came out a few days later. Stereogum interviewed Boldy James after his accident,  » Read More

Most music fans who know Jon Brion’s name recognize him as one of the greats. It’s likely you’ve heard the composer, producer, and pop singer-songwriter’s work with Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Elliott Smith, and many others. Perhaps you’re aware he scored prestige art-film classics like Magnolia, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind,  » Read More

You should get excited when you see that title. I shouldn’t even have to type anything here. The title should be all the information that you need. Nevertheless, I’ll use this space and supply some context. New York producer Blockhead is an underground rap veteran who came up collaborating with Aesop Rock more than 25 years ago.  » Read More