Happy 80th birthday to the Stick man and the Knicks

Rico Nasty and Kenneth Blume, the producer formerly known as Kenny Beats, have been making blown-out, energetic rap anthems together for almost a decade now, and their latest collaboration is one of Stereogum’s 5 Best Songs Of The Week. 🦖 stereogum.com/2501573/rico...

The 50 Best Albums Of 2026 So Far. What’d we miss? 👉 stereogum.com/2500311/the-...

Cast additions to ‘Stranger Than Heaven’ were revealed at Summer Game Fest yesterday. The inclusion of an iconic dead rapper as a character was done “without the use of AI,” SEGA stressed.

At The Songs That Shaped Us, a centuries-spanning celebration of American music, @brucespringsteen.net performed covers with Public Enemy, Sheryl Crow, Public Enemy, Jon Bon Jovi, Dropkick Murphys, and more stereogum.com/2501613/bruc...

In addition to performing “Mint Car” for the first time in a decade, the Cure broke out some other live rarities at Primavera Sound. They played "alt-end” for the first time since 2018 while "2 Late" and "Wrong Number" made appearances for the first time since 2019. stereogum.com/2501608/the-...

Tupac Shakur cast in new Yakuza game

@thecure.com’s Primavera Sound show, their first concert since 2024, included songs they hadn’t played in many years. Watch the full set 👇

Paris Hilton’s debut single “Stars Are Blind” — a #1 hit in Hungary, Scotland, and Slovakia — was released 20 years ago today

Dig into Osees' new surprise album stereogum.com/2501593/osee...

Check out retro-pop auteur Debbii Dawson's irresistibly bouncy new track "Kool Aid"

Watch Mastodon play their Brent Hinds tribute "Your Ghost Again" live for the first time

Rico Nasty says dinosaurs never existed

Hear Freddie Gibbs' 'You Only Die 1nce' deluxe edition, featuring a bunch of new tracks

Off Contact announce new album 'Can You?' — hear "Heart And Mind"

Check out Skrillex's new surprise album 'SOMA'

Back in orchestral mode, Floating Points announces new ballet-score album 'Mere Mortals'; hear "Her Gift"

Doja Cat, Massive Attack, and Mac DeMarco issued statements after their Primavera Sound sets were canceled due to extreme weather, and Oklou called on the festival to offer better working conditions for artists. Primavera Sound will be offering refunds for Thursday. stereogum.com/2501410/doja...

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I heard she’s looking to get back into country music?

Don't hold your lighter up for the gentle new songwriting comedy 'Power Ballad'

Fuming Mouth announce new album 'The Ringing Bell'; hear "A Blaze Of Nihilism"

Hear @TierraWhack's grimy new rap track "Wax Paper" stereogum.com/2501535/tier...

Laura Marling drops surprise Raffi covers album 'Laura Sings Raffi'

2hollis retracts his explicit comment about Vocaloid pop star Hatsune Miku after learning her age

Bob Dylan kicked off his summer tour with a 59-year-old deep cut he'd never played before

"I wanted it to feel like December in London," Nia Archives says of new single "Vertical"

Portland's Change Life announce self-titled debut album on @meritoriorec.bsky.social; check out two cool tracks stereogum.com/2501479/chan...

Stream @deathcabforcutie.bsky.social's new album 'I Built You A Tower' and read our in-depth interview with the band:

Hear Berlin duo Brutalismus 3000's haunting and heavy new song "Gore Louvre"

Tinashe's new single makes it "Too Easy" to want to shake your booty

Hear Madonna's new single "Love Sensation" and watch her play a giant Grindr pop-up show in Times Square

After headlining MSG last night, Phoebe Bridgers has announced her 2026 arena tour, "The Lost Tour." It will be phone-free. North American shows with Alex G, Europe with Isaac Wood. Check out the dates and ticket info:

Slippers' stupendous new indiepop album 'Slippers 08' is out today. Stream it and read why it's our Album Of The Week:

Earl Sweatshirt postpones tour with MIKE, guests on new albums by Navy Blue and Harrison

Florida Georgia Line staged a surprise reunion at CMA Fest in Nashville last night, introduced by legendary boxing announcer Michael Buffer

Primavera Sound sets from Doja Cat, Massive Attack, Alex G, and more were canceled due to weather

Trump replacing failed '90s nostalgia fest with himself and Lee Greenwood

Steve Lacy's new album 'Oh Yeah?' is coming out the same day as his Internet bandmate Syd's new album 'Beard.' Hear "The Feeling," Lacy's latest single:

Taylor Swift has released her 'Toy Story 5' song. She wrote "I Knew It, I Knew You" with Jack Antonoff, whose Bleachers bandmates perform on the track. It's billed as a return to Swift's country roots and was inspired by the storyline of the movie's cowgirl character Jessie.

This week, ‘Six Feet Under’ turns 25 and Death Cab For Cutie release ‘I Built You A Tower.’ Seems like a good time to revisit Claire and her friends’ AMT trip. #tbt

Hear Tasha's tremendous new single "Quick!" stereogum.com/2501357/tash...

Check out Bedouine's extremely winsome single and music video "One Thing Right"

Hear Smirk's heavy new single "Abide"

Unreleased Prince songs collected on new album 'Timeless'

In 2023, Drop Nineteens released ‘Hard Light,’ their first new album in 29 years, and it sounds like we won’t have to wait as long for the next one. Winter supported the band at their California reunion shows, and at Total Bummer she reconnected with Greg Ackell to discuss a classic ‘Delaware’ song.

I had a long, fascinating chat with Ben, Nick, and Jason from Death Cab about their return to the indie ranks, their hard-hitting new LP, coping with divorce during their anniversary tour, thinking like a superfan, being "the dads of indie rock" at festivals, why they'll never do a cruise, and more

Livestream Primavera Sound 2026 right here for free

Hear Flying Lotus bring back his rap alter-ego Captain Murphy on "Mudhole," his new song for the action epic 'The Furious'

Clairo/SZA collab incoming?