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Bb Trickz – “Le Le”

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 20:15:49 +0000

Bb Trickz has signed to a major, but her new single sounds indie. “Le Le,” the Spanish rapper’s first release for Columbia in the US, is laced with a casually rolling guitar-based loop. It sounds like a sample, but the track was actually produced by Hudson Mohawke, which was quite the surprise reveal given the…

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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:50:16 +0000

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, updated throughout the week.)

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Watch Kurt Vile Debut New Song “Every Time I Look At You” On The Adam Friedland Show

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 17:29:59 +0000

Busy on the campaign trail promoting new album Philadelphia’s Been Good To Me, Kurt Vile is the latest guest on The Adam Friedland Show, as well as the latest to perform some songs for TAFS Unplugged. Vile did not make a beat on the spot like RZA, but before sitting down with Friedland, he performed…

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Oxis Announces New Album Oxis 9: Hear “Knifefish”

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 17:05:23 +0000

The LA-based electronic pop experimentalist Oxis already graced us with a full-length album in January, and she’s already ready to follow it up. A month ago, Oxis graced us with two great singles, “Grey Mullet” and “Scup.” It turns out those tracks were a preview of Oxis 9, the marine-themed artist’s follow-up to the aforementioned…

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Stream The Field’s First New Project In Eight Years Now You Exist

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:43:19 +0000

The Field is alive! With the sound of music! The artist born Axel Willner hasn’t released much music under any of his aliases since his 2018 Field album Infinite Moment. If Wikipedia is to be trusted, Willner’s only project since then came in 2020, when he and Pelle Lundquist dropped a lengthy compilation on us…

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Bladee Announces New Album Sulfur Surfer: Hear “Blondie”

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:12:45 +0000

If you’ll allow me to channel the spirit of David Letterman for a moment: Bladee, “Blondie.” “Blondie,” Bladee. (Yes, I am choosing to pronounce Bladee as “Bladey,” not as “Blade,” even though Blade is the correct pronunciation. He will always be Bladey to me, and if he didn’t want people to call him Bladey he…

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Nick Hakim – “Real Here Now” & “Water”

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:53:14 +0000

Nick Hakim seems due to really, properly blow up, and a brilliant new album might get him there. The Queens-based musician always pops up in fascinating places — in the past few year’s he’s had credits on albums by Adrianne Lenker, Pink Siifu, Eddie Chacon, Lil Yachty, and Zooey Celeste — and his own catalog…

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Oklou Scores Animated Surfing Movie In Waves

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:23:55 +0000

An Oklou film score makes so much sense. Oklou's Choke Enough, one of last year's very best albums, cast a weirdly magical spell. When I play it in the car, I feel like I'm living in a montage. On top of that, Oklou is enough of a movie head that she's serving as a Critics' Week judge at this week's Cannes Film Festival. A few days ago, Oklou worked with Theodora and SebastiAn to cover the Beatles at the Cannes opening ceremony. She also scored a new film that just debuted at Cannes.

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Ivy Play First Show Since Adam Schlesinger’s Death

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:22:30 +0000

Following the passing of power-pop maestro Adam Schlesinger (also of Fountains Of Wayne) in 2020, his Ivy bandmates members Andy Chase and Dominique Durand collected some of their final recordings with him for Traces Of You. It was released last fall and served as the indie-pop band's first album in 14 years. Ivy also announced a handful of shows and last night they played the first of those at Park West in Chicago.

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Tyler Childers & Senora May – “Planting By The Signs” (S.G. Goodman Cover)

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 15:11:42 +0000

Kentucky alt-country singer-songwriter S.G. Goodman is back today with a deluxe edition of her excellent 2025 album Planting By The Signs. The album title is a reference to farming, so naturally she’s calling the deluxe (Re) Planting By The Signs. Goodman put some fascinating tweaks on the deluxe album routine. There are five bonus tracks,…

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Every Hardcore Show Can Be Somebody’s Transformative Experience

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:50:42 +0000

Let me tell you about my friend Bryan. Great guy. Big music head. He goes and sees live music all the time now. He loves stuff like Silversun Pickups and Tune-Yards and Gogol Bordello. Last year, he and I went and saw David Byrne together. That was a good night. I know Bryan because he's a dad in my neighborhood. Our kids used to carpool together. Bryan works for the government. He throws murder mystery parties at his house sometimes, and those are fun. One time, I went bowling with him and a bunch of other neighborhood dads, and I was embarrassed because I sucked so bad. Bryan didn't grow up going to punk shows or anything, but Bryan loves Drug Church.

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Clairo Gives Progress Report On “Very Different” Fourth Album

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:27:20 +0000

Clairo is inspired, and it's a beautiful thing. The pop artist is in the thick of making her fourth album, the follow-up to 2024's Charm. In TikTok posts, she vlogged about the music she's working on, while currently on a recording trip, the third of the recording process so far. Across three videos she talked about the importance of documenting inspired moments, considering that there's usually years of waiting for a spark to catch. They're all lovely snippets that will have you feeling hopeful about the creative drudge.

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Ibeyi Announce New Album Offering: Hear “Aset”

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:25:16 +0000

It’s been almost exactly four years since Ibeyi, the duo of French-Cuban twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Diaz, released Spell31, their last album. The two sisters have been living apart from each other in recent years, but they came back together to record the upcoming Offering, their first LP since going independent. Where their past…

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Twin Peaks Reunite For First Show In Six Years

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:13:19 +0000

Last November Band To Watch alums Twin Peaks announced a few 10th anniversary shows for their 2016 album Down In Heaven at Thalia Hall in their hometown of Chicago, which has ballooned into an eight-night run featuring opening sets from a range of locals and friends of the band including Lifeguard, V.V. Lightbody, Post Animal, Finn Wolfhard, and more. Last night, after an opening set from rock 'n' roll peers Ne-Hi, they returned to the stage for their first show in six years.

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Drake Finally Dropped Iceman — And Two Other Albums

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:00:32 +0000

For nearly a year now, Drake has been teasing his unfortunately titled new album Iceman, but things really escalated in April when he hid the release date for the project inside a giant block of ice in Toronto. This led to a melee and, ultimately, the reveal that the album would drop today, May 15.…

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The Strokes Announce Nick Valensi Hiatus, Bring New Single And Lasers To Colbert

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:48:15 +0000

We're one Stroke down. As New York rockers the Strokes prepare to release their new album Reality Awaits and to head out on a huge tour, longtime rhythm guitarist Nick Valensi will take what the band calls a "temporary break." The Strokes mentioned Valensi's hiatus on their Instagram story, and they didn't cite a reason, but they do "look forward to his return." Instead of Valensi, Longwave frontman Steve Schlitz will serve as a temporary Stroke.

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The Story Behind Every Song On Kevin Morby’s Masterful New Album Little Wide Open

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:12:53 +0000

Kevin Morby just released his masterpiece. Little Wide Open, out today, is the folk-rock singer-songwriter's greatest collection of songs to date. The album presents an interconnected batch of reflections: on Morby's Midwestern homeland and the adventures that have carried him far from it, on isolation and connection, on reckless youth and hard-won maturity, on how to navigate this life and what makes it worth living.

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Paul McCartney Reveals He’s A Dragonslayer And Sings “Despacito” In SNL Promos With Will Ferrell

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 01:43:21 +0000

Paul McCartney turned down being in the hot seat for the Netflix roast, but he'll serve as a musical guest on SNL this weekend for the season finale. It'll be Sir Paul's fifth time as musical guest, but he is a longtime friend of creator/showrunner Lorne Michaels and has made several additional cameos over the years. It'll be former cast member Ferrell's sixth time hosting. The promo clip is here now.

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Chrome Hearts Drops Lawsuit Against Neil Young

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 00:43:17 +0000

In 2024, Neil Young began performing with a backing band called the Chrome Hearts. The following year, he released an album with them called Talkin To The Trees. Luxury fashion brand Chrome Hearts was not happy about this, and sued the legendary singer-songwriter and the band last fall. Now, they've dropped the lawsuit.

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Gracie Abrams Announces New Album Daughter From Hell: Hear “Hit The Wall”

Stereogum — Fri, 15 May 2026 00:08:41 +0000

My daughter, who is not from hell as far as I know, was delighted to learn this week of a new Gracie Abrams album called Daughter From Hell. I’m pretty interested in hearing it too. Abrams had some passive-aggressive folk-pop jams on her last Aaron Dessner-produced album, 2024’s The Secret Of Us. She’s back with…

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The Avalanches – “Together” (Feat. Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, & Prentiss)

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 23:42:10 +0000

Since last fall, the Avalanches have been teasing the followup to their 2020 LP We Will Always Love You (which was our Album Of The Week). Anticipation ramped up more recently when the Australian electronic duo launched a new logo and rolled out a retro-futuristic role-playing game tied to a fictional company called Takumi. Now, a…

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Jane Remover Shares Surprise Album As Leroy

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 22:54:58 +0000

It’s a been a little over a year since Jane Remover’s explosive surprise LP Revengeseekerz, which landed at #15 on our list of the best albums of 2025. The prolific hyperpop rapper doesn’t like to stay quiet for too long. In August of last year, she posted a surprise mixtape to SoundCloud and then deleted…

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Gloorp Announces New Album Gloorp Life: Hear “Jeggings”

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 22:34:00 +0000

Garrett Burke is a Philly-based percussionist and producer who’s spent time on the kit in acts like of Montreal and Mothers. In 2023, he launched an experimental electronic project called Gloorp. Today, he’s announcing his third album, Gloorp Life, to follow last year’s Gloorp ‘Em Up. The lead “Jeggings” is out now, and it’s somehow jagged and…

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Chance The Rapper Announces Coloring Book 10th Anniversary Tour

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:00:50 +0000

Coloring Book, the mixtape that launched Chance The Rapper to unforeseen levels of celebrity, turned 10 years old this week. Chance is celebrating that milestone with a 10th anniversary tour this summer and fall. Artist presale for tickets begins Tuesday, May 19 at 10 a.m. local time (register here), followed by general onsale Thursday, May 21 at 10 a.m. local time via ChanceStuff.com. Check out the dates below.

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Clarence Carter Dead At 90

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:44:48 +0000

Clarence Carter, the blind Alabama soul singer and producer who made a string of hits in the '60s and '70s, has passed away. Rolling Stone reports that Carter passed away today after a stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis. Carter was 90.

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Man Arrested In Panama For Cold As Life Vocalist’s Murder After Decades On The Run

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:39:34 +0000

Rodney Barner, who went by the stage name Rawn Beuty, was the original frontman for Cold As Life, the legendarily chaotic and tough Detroit hardcore band. In the late '80s and early '90s, Barner was a larger-than-life presence on the Detroit punk scene. In 1993, he was murdered, shot to death in his sleep at the age of 23. Richard Werstine, Barner's friend and roommate, was arrested for the murder, and he failed to appear for his trial. For decades, Werstine lived as a fugitive, evading authorities. Now, Werstine has finally been taken into custody after being arrested at a dog park in Panama City, Panama.

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The Rolling Stones Talk Tour Plans, Get De-Aged In Their “In The Stars” Video Starring Odessa A’zion

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:37:32 +0000

The Rolling Stones are rolling out their new album Foreign Tongues, but as of now they aren't supporting it with a tour. Last year the band reportedly scrapped plans for 2026 live shows because Keith Richards couldn't commit to touring. According to a new interview, all hope may not be lost for those who hope to see the rock legends onstage again. Speaking to the AP recently, Mick Jagger said, "I would love to tour the album. I absolutely would love to, so I hope to do it as soon as that's possible." Richards was less enthusiastic: "Yeah, yeah, possibly, you know, I mean, at the moment, we're just sort of saying, 'We finished the record, let's do this.'" He added, "Not this year."

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Salem Share Surprise New Album Red Dragon To Coincide With Supreme Drop

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:19:28 +0000

Today Supreme officially drops their spring collection in collaboration with the Michigan witch house duo Salem, which includes a pair of grippy hospital socks. The team-up makes sense — music aside, “hip yet mentally disturbed” is kind of a key component of Salem’s whole thing. Anyway, now Jack Donoghue and John Holland have a whole…

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Split Chain – “Scatterbrain”

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:25:45 +0000

Right now, the world is absolutely awash in heavy shoegaze bands. They aren’t all worth your attention, but Bristol’s Split Chain at least deserve some credit for bringing some vigor and excitement to the task of kind of sounding like the Deftones. Split Chain released their full-length debut motionblur last year, and now they’ve followed…

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Weezer Album Inducted Into The Library Of Congress’ National Recording Registry

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:23:55 +0000

Each year since 2002, the Library Of Congress has selected a handful of recordings to be archived in the National Recording Registry. The criteria are that the recordings "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States," that the recording is at least 10 years old, and that a copy of the recording still exists. That means anything from Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) to Brian Eno's "Microsoft Sound" is theoretically eligible. This year, Weezer are headed to Congress.

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Telehealth – “Yassify Me”

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:05:27 +0000

All throughout their new album Green World Image, Seattle post-punks Telehealth pull off a brilliant pastiche of B-52s-style party-time new wave, weaving their oblong neon punk-funk grooves full of extremely topical lyrics about the plight of living in our degraded modern culture. There’s more than a little Devo in their sound and their worldview. You…

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The Pines Of Rome Announce New Album When You Are As Full As The Moon: Hear “Kali’s Tongue”

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 14:02:32 +0000

Heavy-hearted indie rock trio the Pines Of Rome started in Providence, Rhode Island in the late ’90s. They released a couple of albums and played shows with like-minded acts like Songs: Ohia, Silkworm, and Bonnie “Prince” Billy before breaking up in the early ’00s. During the pandemic, the former bandmates got back in touch and…

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Parent Teacher Announce New Album Tricks For Meds: Hear “Narcissists” & “Timeline Rabies”

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:53:47 +0000

Parent Teacher is the musical endeavor of NYC-based Richard Spitzer. A few weeks back, he announced his new album Tricks For Meds with the release of exceptionally titled lead single “Timeline Rabies.” Today he’s got another new track, “Narcissists,” which allows me a fresh opportunity to extend an endorsement. Tricks For Meds is a great…

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16 Horsepower Reunite For First Show In 22 Years

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 13:33:31 +0000

In the '90s and '00s, the Denver-based band 16 Horsepower perfected their own grandly gothic form of country-rock. They were obsessed with religion and apocalypse, and frontman David Eugene Edwards had a leathery gravitas — like a version of Nick Cave who was actually American, rather than just one that was obsessed with American iconography. 16 Horsepower broke up in 2005, and Edwards kept going with his side project Wovenhand. Next week, he'll release Mercurial Silence, his second solo album. But now, 16 Horsepower are back together, playing shows.

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Madonna, Shakira, & BTS Will Headline The First World Cup Final Halftime Show

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:55:44 +0000

Soccer games don't typically have halftime shows, but FIFA isn't the kind of organization that'll let a marketing opportunity go to waste. This year, the World Cup is coming to the United States, which promises to be a clusterfuck of gigantic proportions, especially given our current government's enthusiastic willingness to ban travelers from wherever. But anyone who makes it through our fascistic customs process and splurges for the insanely expensive World Cup Final tickets will get a performance from a bunch of global superstars.

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proun – “Coloring Pages”

Stereogum — Thu, 14 May 2026 00:18:22 +0000

Last month, Austin’s proun announced their debut album Maybe Luck and released the compelling lead single “Miracles.” The indie rock band is back today with another arresting track that leans into a sweeping, emo-folk sound, and it’s called “Coloring Pages.” “‘Coloring Pages’ is one of the most collaborative parts of the record,” says leader Jamie…

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Billie Eilish Approves Of Phones At Concerts: “I Would Film Every Single Minute”

Stereogum — Wed, 13 May 2026 23:33:07 +0000

Billie Eilish has been promoting her new 3D concert film and starting lots of discourse. First there was vegan discourse (a classic), and now we're back to the evergreen subject of phones at concerts, which is also topical considering Phoebe Bridgers' current no-phones shows.

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Long Odds Announce New Album The Dry Land: Hear “Faorah”

Stereogum — Wed, 13 May 2026 22:49:41 +0000

You may have heard the extremely exciting news that Times New Viking are back, but that doesn’t mean Adam Elliott is shutting down his post-TNV band Long Odds. In fact, that crew has a new LP in the queue. The Dry Land, the follow-up to 2022’s Fine Thread, is dropping in July. Long Odds knocked…

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Cold Cave Announces First Han Solo Outing

Stereogum — Wed, 13 May 2026 22:45:56 +0000

Wesley Eisold is always getting into interesting situations, like suing WWE. Last night, the Cold Cave/American Nightmare leader hung out with Harrison Ford/Han Solo at the actor's Glenmorangie launch/Tony Hawk's birthday party, along with photographer Atiba Jefferson's usual crew: Tim Robinson, Blake Anderson, and Sam Richardson. Eisold also just announced his first solo performances.

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Paycheque – “Temporary Love”

Stereogum — Wed, 13 May 2026 20:44:29 +0000

I liked “Generic Actress,” the lead single from Paycheque’s self-titled debut album, and I like new single “Temporary Love” even more. Here, the LA duo is doing a funky, lo-fi take on a dead-eyed ’80s pop fantasy, like Chromatics crossed with Men I Trust. It’s magnificent, and I can imagine it bringing me refreshment in…

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