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45 years ago today, Buzzcocks released A Different Kind Of Tension. No need to live in a dream. Read our review of the essential early-years Buzzcocks collection: The post Buzzcocks Released “A Different Kind Of Tension” 45 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine.  » Read More

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An Post, Ireland’s postal service, is putting some of the country’s most beloved music legends on a new series of stamps. The Iconic Irish Voices series features stamps with portraits of four musical artists, all of whom have died over the past couple years. Singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor is on one, as is Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.  » Read More

Sixpence None The Richer are Brat. Or, uh, their new single from reunion EP Rosemary Hill is “Julia.” Is it so Julia? No, not really. It feels like a bridge too far to nudge the Christian indie-pop band responsible for ultra-quaint love song “Kiss Me”  » Read More

When I showed up at Ohio University in rural southeast Ohio back in 2002, I was obsessed with Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. So of course the first band I fell in love with on campus was Southeast Engine, an indie roots rock band who counted Wilco as a foundational influence.  » Read More

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything from Arca, but she’s back today with “Chama,” a new collaboration with the Dominican MC Tokischa. In the recent past, Tokischa has collaborated with artists like Rosalía and Sexyy Red, and now she’s riding over a stutter-glitch Arca club beat on the new single “Chama.”  » Read More

Last year, the rootsy Arizona-born singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun released Proof Of Life, maybe the only album in history to feature guest-spots from Noah Kahan and Maxo Kream. Next month, she’ll follow that one with a new self-produced LP called Observations From A Crowded Room. She’s just released two new singles,  » Read More

Mastodon have new competition in rock-band-branded pickled foodstuffs market. Cults have announced their own line of pickled onions created in partnership with Grillo’s Pickles. The band’s Madeline Follin writes the following on Instagram:  » 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