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The ’90s indie rock reunion news cycle is suddenly getting very busy. Today, we learned that Velocity Girl and Tuscadero are playing together at the Black Cat this December, like it was still 1994. And last night. Das Damen, a New York band that barely made it into the ’90s,  » Read More

Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone (though he no longer runs that publication) and co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (from which he has also stepped aside) has a new book coming out. It’s called The Masters, and it features Wenner’s interviews with seven iconic rock stars: Bono,  » Read More

For better or worse, “Where My Girls At” is not a cover of 702’s iconic R&B hit from 1999. It’s an original rock rager from the party-hardy Montreal combo NOBRO. The song works as sort of a theme song and origin story for a band that only deals in anthems, whose previous single was called “  » Read More

Last weekend, the great Washington, DC fuzz-pop band Velocity Girl got back together and played their first show in 21 years. Velocity Girl made their grand return at the 30th-anniversary celebration for the Black Cat, the venerable DC venue that served as their homebase. Later this year, Velocity Girl will come back and play another show at the Black Cat,  » 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

Four years ago, Denver death metal experimentalists Blood Incantation released their massive opus Hidden History Of The Human Race. The album was an absolute monster, and the underground metal world acknowledged it as such, but it also drew the sometimes-unwelcome attention of people from outside that world —  » Read More

It hath begun. For months, Drake has been teasing a new album called For All The Dogs. Today, he’s shared that album’s first single, and it’s his first-ever collaboration with fellow A-lister SZA. The song is full-on R&B, and it’s called “Slime You Out.”  » Read More

British musician/producer Steven Wilson is releasing a new album, The Harmony Codex, on September 29 via Spinefarm. Now he has shared its second single, “Rock Bottom,” which features Israeli singer Ninet Tayeb and was shared via a music video.  » Read More

British four-piece The Big Moon have shared a new song, “Summer Still Comes,” and have announced some new tour dates, including three in North America.  » Read More