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Last we heard from Jamila Woods, the Chicago singer was releasing the album Water Made Us last fall. This afternoon, Woods has dropped a brand-new song called “Teach Me,” which was produced by oddCouple (aka Zach Henderson) and was born out of a prompt from the University Of Illinois-Chicago’s climate justice-minded Portal Project.  » Read More

One of my favorite recommendations since former Pitchfork news director Evan Minsker launched his punk newsletter see/saw is Billiam, a prolific, pop-slanted DIY auteur from Melbourne. His latest and greatest, Animation Cel, is out today, as Minsker points out. Over the course of 16 fuzzed-out tracks that remind me of Devo crossed with Guided By Voices (or maybe that’s just the Ohioan in me talking),  » 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

A third suspect has been arrested in connection with a plot to “kill as many people as possible” outside a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna. Wednesday Austrian authorities arrested a 19-year-old who had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and a 17-year-old who had materials from the organization in his home.  » Read More

The Drake/Kendrick Lamar feud was this year’s biggest rap event thus far, and it was a cause for a whole lot of excitement among many fans. But certain rap elders have expressed their disapproval of the whole spectacle. Questlove, for instance, posted that it was “wrestling match level mudslinging”  » Read More

Los Angeles alt-rock overlords Jane’s Addiction famously broke up in 1991, just in time for them to completely miss the alternative boom that they helped usher in. Over the years, there have been many Jane’s Addiction reunions and a couple of albums, but the classic four-piece lineup hasn’t managed to stay together for long enough to release another record.  » Read More

Later this month, Wings Of Desire will unveil their new EP Shut Up & Listen. The UK duo has shared “OUTTAMYMIND” and “Forgive & Forget,” and now they’re offering one last taste with the celestial single “Some Old Place I Used To Know.”  » Read More

Pretend It’s Okay arrives a year after the Los Angeles musician’s death at the age of 31  » Read More

Stream new releases from Ravyn Lenae, Mavi, Latto, Oso Oso, Beabadoobee, Polo G, Asake, Osees, Peter Cat Recording Co., Google Earth, and Belong  » Read More