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Victoria Monét released her excellent album Jaguar II in August. Thursday, she brought a big ensemble of performers to The Tonight Show for a rousing performance of album highlight “On My Mama.” Backed by a live band and a team of dancers, the longtime songwriting professional proved she is fully capable of stepping into the spotlight,  » Read More

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

Later this year, the veteran super-producer Trevor Horn will release his new all-star covers album Echoes – Ancient & Modern. Horn has teamed up with a bunch of famous singers, most of whom are past collaborators, to cover a bunch of big songs, some of which were originally produced by Horn.  » Read More

Pop-punk is the new classic rock. I guess this is growing up.  » Read More

In September 1993, the first episode of Late Night With Conan O’Brien aired on NBC. Eight days later, Nirvana released the feverish, conflicted masterpiece In Utero, their third and final album. In Utero just celebrated its 30th anniversary with a box-set reissue,  » Read More

Way back in 2016, when Lil Wayne’s drawn-out legal battle with Cash Money Records prevented him from releasing his long-awaited album Tha Carter V, Wayne’s old collaborator 2 Chainz did him a solid. 2 Chainz, a Wayne ally since the “Duffle Boy Boy” days, teamed up with Wayne to release the collaborative album ColleGrove.  » Read More

Britney Spears’ hotly anticipated memoir The Woman In Me is out next week. Britney promoted it as a chance for her to reveal secrets, and three days ago the world learned about one of them, as news broke that in the book Britney discusses having an abortion after becoming pregnant by Justin Timberlake.  » Read More

The title isn’t exactly a troll-move. Power Pop, the new EP from the Houston hardcore band Strange Joy, admittedly does not sound like Big Star or the Raspberries. Instead, though, the title feels more like it’s meant to make you ask what exactly you mean when you use the words “power”  » Read More

Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2023. This week Andy Von Pip, Austin Saalman, Caleb Campbell, Marc Abbott, Matt the Raven, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 12 this week.  » Read More