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There was a lot of teasing of reunion announcements this week. After clues at Reading and Leeds festivals, on Tuesday morning Oasis confirmed news of their first shows in 16 years, and they might even include Bonehead. The big reunion led to a lot of memes and Noel Gallagher’s unplanned first interview about it when a fan’s kids interrogated him in a Stone Island store.  » Read More

It Thing are a sick garage-rocking melodic punk band from Melbourne who, as see/saw point out, have a new EP out today. Spirit Level covers a fair amount of ground over four tracks; vocalist Charlotte Gigi lets loose resounding wails on the opening ’60s pop pastiche “Persian Rug,”  » 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

This new Doechii tape is for real.  » Read More

John Legend’s Sufjan Stevens-produced kids album My Favorite Dream is out today. The project features nine original songs by Legend, three Fisher-Price covers, and three bonus tracks. Some have expressed confusion over why a figure like Stevens, who has built a long-running career out of high-concept indie-pop, would team up with a schlocky (my words,  » Read More

Fresh off the brattiest summer known to humankind, Charli XCX has been cast to appear in Gregg Araki’s forthcoming feature I Want Your Sex, which also stars Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza), confirmed via Variety. No word on what Charli’s role will be yet,  » Read More

Stevie Wonder is back today with his first new music since 2020. As you may be able to glean from the title, “Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart” is a heartfelt inspirational ballad about the potential for generalized healing in the United States. He gets to make good use of his harmonica skills on this one,  » Read More

For the second year in a row, the organizer of the psych-centric California festival have had to cancel their show. This year’s Desert Daze was set to go down 10/10-13 in Lake Perris. Now, it won’t happen. Citing “rising production costs and the current volatile festival market,” the show’s organizers announced the cancellation this afternoon.  » Read More

LL Cool J would like to remind the world that he’s a rap legend, not just a network-procedural star and occasional awards-show host. Next week, LL will release The FORCE, his first new album in 11 years. Fellow Queens rap legend Q-Tip serves as the LP’s executive producer,  » Read More