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The global dance music scene has never been richer in diversity and innovation than it has been over the last five years. And it is against this backdrop that Asch Pintura, a dynamic talent from New York, has gained a footing and position of prominence in London's pulsating electronic ...Continue reading  » Read More

Taylor Swift announced this week that the end of her massively popular Eras Tour was filmed for a concert movie that will screen in theaters starting Oct. 13. A sequel to The Exorcist called The Exorcist: Believer was scheduled for release that day, but studios Universal and Blumhouse bumped up the release to Oct.  » Read More

Here’s an extremely Ohio post for you: Within the hour I’ll be driving from Columbus to Dayton for the first of the Guided By Voices 40th anniversary shows. I wouldn’t be surprised if longtime Breeders drummer Jim MacPherson — who joined the band circa 1993’s Last Splash and has been back with the Deal sisters since the classic-era lineup reunited in 2012 — is also going to the show.  » Read […]

This week we interviewed Marnie Stern, Mean Mistreater, and Speedy Ortiz and we reviewed new and old albums by Jeff Rosenstock, Slowdive, Metric, Ariana Grande, and the 1975. Those articles are all available to any visitor to this website, but as you know, This Week’s Best Comments is Members Only. Those of you who are VIP Members will also notice that starting today OpenWeb’s ad unit in the recommended comments […]

Last year, Roc Marciano and the Alchemist released a really great collaborative album called The Elephant Man’s Bones. Roc Marci did the rapping, and Alchemist made the beats. The end result sounded exactly like what you would expect, which is a very good thing. Since then, Roc Marciano has produced Jay Worthy’s album Nothing Bigger Than The Program,  » Read More

Electric Zoo, the longstanding New York festival centered on electronic dance music, was all set to kick off its annual Labor Day weekend festivities at Randall’s Island Park today. But hours before the gates were to open, the fest has canceled its first day, citing supply chain issues that prevented workers from assembling the main stage in time.  » 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

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the Hecks, a Chicago band who makes warped, woozy, maximalist new wave. The Hecks released their album My Star in 2019, and they’ve been quiet since then. Today, however, the Hecks are back with a new two-song single.  » Read More

The twin brothers Daniel and Danny Chavis started their band the Veldt in Raleigh in 1986, and they’ve been making soul-inflected shoegaze ever since. For a little while, they relocated to New York and changed their name to Apollo Heights, but they’ve been the Veldt for most of that time. They’re still at it;  » Read More