Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays ...

Jerry Butler, the veteran soul hitmaker who became a local Chicago politician, has passed away. Butler was suffering from ...

The Grammy Award-winning, Kennedy Center Honoree blues guitar legend Buddy Guy has performed with a ton of familiar names ...

JoBoxers played their first show in over 35 years. The British new wavers saw chart success with their 1983 debut album Like ...

Last year, the Scottish musician Dylan Fraser got together with Alaska Reid, a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter who’s ...

J. Cole, the man who got away, has been relatively quiet since he wisely if cornily removed himself from the Drake/Kendrick ...

The English guitarist, songwriter, and song interpreter Jim Ghedi came to folk music through a side door. He grew up playing ...

A few years ago, the producers Ryan Hemsworth and Giraffage joined forces to form a knowingly silly dance duo called Bodysync. After releasing a bunch of stray bangers, including the Dazy collab “Back ...

For many years now, the Bay Area has had one of the biggest and busiest hardcore scenes on the planet. In 2021, just as pandemic restrictions were starting to lift, the Bay Area bands Gulch, Drain, ...

Harrison Whitford is an LA-based songwriter and guitarist. He’s co-written songs with folks like Phoebe Bridgers and Mett Berninger, and he’s played on their records. Eli Hirsch, meanwhile, is a ...

In 2023, the North Carolina indie band Wednesday released Rat Saw God, and it was our favorite album of the year. That record was the culmination of a huge rise for Wednesday. Up until recently, ...

My Transparent Eye played the phenomenal Stereogum-presented Shower Curtain show in Ridgewood, giving a transcendent performance. Today, the duo is back with their third song, “Ghost.” ...