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
World News wowed us with last year’s single “Wrapped In Gold.” Today the South London quartet, who specialize in nervy, moody ’80s-meets-’10s guitar-pop, have another nice track out for our enjoyment. “Back To Hong Kong” is a tight and jangly stunner that simultaneously evokes Dire Straits and R.E.M., » Read More
Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain died 30 years ago today. To mark the occasion, his daughter Frances Bean Cobain posted a heartfelt meditation on grief and the father she never really got to know. It’s a lovely message, accompanied from photos of Cobain with Frances Bean and from his own childhood. I encourage you to read it below. » Read More
We haven’t heard from Artist To Watch Amber Mark since the release of her long-awaited debut album Three Dimensions Deep in 2022. “Comin’ Around Again” is a piano-powered slow-rolling soul-pop track that reminds me of something Mariah Carey might have sung in the mid-’90s. “Boy, I ain’t got high hopes/ But damn, » Read More
The new compilation Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration Of Tom Petty will feature covers of Petty’s catalog by an all-star cast of artists from across the Americana spectrum: Dolly Parton, George Strait, Steve Earle, Willie and Lukas Nelson, Marty Stuart, Luke Combs, Chris Stapleton, Wynonna Judd, Carly Pearce, Lady A, » Read More
The new Black Keys album Ohio Players is out today, which means we get to hear “Paper Crown,” their song with Beck and Juicy J. They also made a video for Noel Gallagher co-write “On The Game” checking in on Derrick Tuggle, the star of their 2011 “Lonely Boy” » Read More