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Fat Dog have what is, at this point, a familiar backstory. The South London band cut their teeth playing shows at The Windmill in Brixton, the incubator for many of the UK’s most exciting, autre rock projects nowadays. They play a hard-hitting, technically impressive blur that’s kind of post-punk but as filtered through a kitchen sink of influences —  » Read More

Gouge Away songs can feel like the sonic embodiment of a panic attack. Their 2016 debut , Dies blazes with pulverizing hardcore, Christina Michelle screaming at the top of her lungs about animal cruelty while caustic guitars and hyper-speed drumming conjure a discordant whirlwind of only minute-long blasts. Its follow-up,  » Read More

Last year, Los Angeles musician Andy Schiaffino released their third album as body / negative, everett. They’re about to head out on tour with Midwife (who contributed to some songs on everett) and Vyva Melinkolya, and today body / negative has shared a couple covers,  » Read More

As plenty of people have noted, Justin Timberlake no longer glides effortlessly through the celebrity sphere. Timberlake has been building up to the release of his new solo album Everything I Thought It Was for a while now, and he’s in a vastly different place than he was when he last dropped.  » Read More

Brian Eno contributed some previously unreleased tracks to Eno, the Gary Hustwit-directed documentary about his life and creative process that premiered at Sundance a couple months ago. Eno is scheduled to screen at a bunch of different places in the coming months — see here —  » Read More

Tierra Whack took her sweet time on World Wide Whack. It’s been six years since the Philly rapper and singer released Whack World, the brilliantly colorful and wonderfully weird visual album that burned through 15 songs in 15 minutes. The project introduced Whack as a performer with a startlingly specific point of view,  » Read More

It’s been about three years since the ultra-goth synth-punk duo Cold Cave released their great mini-album Fate In Seven Lessons. Since then, Cold Cave have covered Psychic TV and toured with goth OGs like Depeche Mode and the Cult. Now, they’re back with their first new single in three years.  » Read More

Lately the Nashville musician Brennan Wedl has caught the attention of some very talented people. Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan has been shouting Wedl out on Instagram, and Jordan introduced Wedl’s music to Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield, who had this to say about it on her Substack:  » Read More

Stereogum is at Austin’s Cheer Up Charlies right now presenting performances by Narrow Head, the Armed, Horse Jumper Of Love, and many more great bands — plus we just added sets by Scowl and Glare! The free, all-ages party started at 12:04 PM, right after we spun “Archie, Marry Me,”  » Read More