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James Murphy & Questlove Are DJing Phish’s Mexican Resort Festival

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:44:44 +0000

Like many bands with highly dedicated fan bases who can afford to travel, Phish have a resort music festival in Mexico. The 10th anniversary edition of the jam band's annual Riviera Maya getaway is going down Jan. 27-30 of next year. It'll feature four straight nights of Trey Anastasio and the boys faithfully re-creating their studio recordings, plus a comedy program called Here Come The Jokers and some late-night poolside DJ sets.

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Guiding Light Announce Debut Album Fear On My Own Time: Hear “Shackled By Lust”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:56:47 +0000

The Austin combo Guiding Light includes two members of local indiepop rising stars Touch Girl Apple Blossom, but this group jangles a bit differently. Guiding Light's lo-fi self-titled EP was full of twitchy, hyperactive post-punk — the sound of virtuosic Television guitar moving at contorted Minutemen rhythms, topped off by Elise Cook's blunt German bellows and English exclamations on sort of a Kleenex/Liliput wavelength. It was cool.

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Kevin Shields Reunites With Primal Scream In Ireland

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:56:28 +0000

Over the weekend, Primal Scream headlined Ireland's Beyond The Pale festival. For their 12 song set, the band reunited with former member Kevin Shields, who played the first My Bloody Valentine show in seven years last November.

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Sweeping Promises – “Cocoon”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:02:19 +0000

There's a surfeit of post-punk bands these days; it can be hard to stand out. That's not a problem for Sweeping Promises, though. The first You Say I Romanticize single "Shooting Shadows" was a memorable banger, and its followup "Cocoon" is even better.

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Shannon Lay – “Horizons”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:42:29 +0000

Last month, Shannon Lay announced her new album Past The Veil and shared the title track. Now, the LA singer-songwriter is releasing a lush, placid new single called "Horizons."

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Noah Kahan Reacts To Kidz Bop’s Cop-Friendly “The Great Divide” Cover

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:28:12 +0000

Ever since 2001, the smiling young collective known as the Kidz Bop Kids has offered up countless chirpy, family-friendly covers of pop hits. The Kidz Bop Kids have been through god knows how many iterations over the years. Zendaya was a Kidz Bop Kid once! So was Becky G! But even as the group itself has changed, their method has not. Sometimes, the Kidz Bop Kids' lyrically edits of those pop hits can be very funny, as when they took on Chappell Roan's "Good Luck, Babe!" two years ago. Sometimes, though, they can fundamentally change the meaning of a lyric, to the point where the guy who wrote the original song feels like he has to say something.

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Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Is Retiring Its Name After Trademark Dispute

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:15:14 +0000

In the fall of 2020, riding high off the success of her pandemic-era classic Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers launched Saddest Factory Records, a new imprint operating under the umbrella of Dead Oceans, the indie mega-label that puts out Bridgers' own records. She's since applied the Saddest Factory branding to her SiriusXM show. In its half-decade of existence, Saddest Factory has released records by Muna, Claud, Sloppy Jane, and others, and it's built up an identity. It may well hold onto that identity, but it won't be keeping its name.

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Converge Announce Saddest Day 2026 Lineup With Chat Pile, Cave In, Baroness, More

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:53:32 +0000

Converge are getting busy these days. The Boston metalcore institution has been going since 1990, and they have lost no steam, ever. In fact, I'm pretty sure that 2026 is officially their busiest year. They've already released two albums, Love Is Not Enough and Hum Of Hurt, and both of them absolutely kick fucking ass. Today, they announce the lineup for the second edition of Saddest Day, the hometown festival named after the seven-minute epic from their 1995 album Petitioning The Empty Sky.

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16 Underground Announce New EP Without A Trace: Hear “Glimpse Of You”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:23:53 +0000

The ongoing shoegaze revival shows no signs of slowing down, and now we've got a trip-hop revival to go right along with it. 16 Underground, a newish LA band who have to be named at least partially after the Sneaker Pimps' one hit, are part of that. 16 Underground's members mostly come from the punk and hardcore world, but that's not what they're doing with this band. Instead, they're making dizzy, sunny, brightly textured tracks with wispy vocals and breakbeat loops — tracks that sound both extremely '90s and extremely right-now.

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Ebbb – “Side On”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:59:50 +0000

Harmonies, baby! The playful, adventurous London trio Ebbb truly go wild with the harmonies on their new song "Side On." The track combines dazed, beatific Beach Boys-style choral ooohs with headlong jungle breakbeats, a cool juxtaposition that I don't think I've heard before. They're trying things, and those things are working.

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Dawn Richard & Durand Bernarr – “baby, can we?”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:44:26 +0000

In recent years, the art-soul explorer Dawn Richard has been venturing further and further into abstract directions, as on Quiet In A World Full Of Noise, her 2024 collaboration with Spencer Zahn. Now, she seems to be switching it up once again. Recently, Richard returned to the public eye when she sued her former boss and collaborator Sean Combs for sexual abuse and testified against him in his criminal trial. In December, she released the slinky, funky single "A Flex." Today, she drops another single that calls back to classic '90s R&B.

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Clutter Announce Debut Album Sugar Rush: Hear “Grease Baby”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:19:11 +0000

This year the fun, high-energy Stockholm rock band Clutter have doled out the singles "C.L.U.T.T.E.R." and "GirlVsHeart." Those will both appear on Sugar Rush, Clutter's debut album. The band announced their LP today and shared a video for "Grease Baby," its third single. It's a tightly wound, hard-hitting post-punk track with an irresistible momentum. No wheels are reinvented here, but baby, they're rolling fast.

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Faith No More Tease 2027 Reunion

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:15:13 +0000

It has been more than a decade since the last time Mike Patton performed with his old band Faith No More. The wild, adventurous alt-metal legends broke up in 1998 and then got back together in 2009, playing huge shows and releasing the well-received 2015 reunion album Sol Invictus. As of right now, the band's most recent live show was a 2016 show at the Troubadour in LA. That was one of two reunion gigs with former frontman Chuck Mosely, who passed away one year later. The last time that they played with Mike Patton was 2015's Aftershock Festival. For a while, it seemed like that would be Patton's last time performing with the band.

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Album Of The Week: Styrofoam Winos Any River

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:51:24 +0000

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Pulp Announce Live Album And Film

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:43:39 +0000

Pulp really pulled it off. Last year, the reunited Britpop legends released More, their first album in a quarter-century, and it absolutely ruled, fully earning its spot within the band's discography. It's not better than Different Class or anything, but it can hang with We Love Life just fine, and it easily outclasses anything that the band did before His 'N' Hers. After the LP's release, Pulp headed out on a victory-lap tour, released a handful of extra songs, and covered ABBA and Johnny Cash. Now, they're announcing a new concert film with the fitting title Pulp: What Do You Do For An Encore, as well as an accompanying live album.

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Ceremony Announce New Album Tell Me Your Dream: Hear “Death Destruction Mayhem”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:33:02 +0000

You can never guess Ceremony's next move. The California punks went full synthpop on 2019's In The Spirit World Now and remained busy with side projects and solo debuts in between tours. But today they're finally announcing their seventh studio album and first in seven years, Tell Me Your Dream.

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Grammys Widen Best New Artist Eligibility

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:25:36 +0000

The 2027 Grammys are still a long ways off, but as always, the Recording Academy is using the offseason to tinker with their signature event. Today they've announced five new categories, bringing the total to 100, as well as rule changes involving voting procedures, Best New Artist eligibility, and more.

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Squirrel Flower Announces New Album Say A Prayer To The Gods Of Getting Going: Hear “Reelin”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:13:52 +0000

It has been too long since Squirrel Flower's last album, 2023's Tomorrow's Fire. Ella Williams has stayed busy via collaborations with Horse Jumper Of Love and Babehoven, in addition to contributions to benefit compilations. Now, the Chicago indie musician is announcing her fourth studio LP Say A Prayer To The Gods Of Getting Going, arriving this summer. The thoughtful ballad "Reelin" serves as the lead single, which is out today.

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Johnny Marr Announces New Album The Age Of Everything: Hear “Spin”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:06:29 +0000

Johnny Marr, the former Smith and all-around vastly influential UK guitar wizard, is always up to something. He's collaborating with Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten, and Kae Tempest. He's telling UPS to find his guitars. He's the target of still more bitchy Morrissey barbs. He's popping up onstage with Franz Ferdinand, The The, Gorillaz, and his old buddies the Pet Shop Boys. Now, he's ready to announce a new album of his own.

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Piu – “Home”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:43:09 +0000

Piu is Vancouver Island-based Priyanka Chakrabarti, whose music presents a thoughtful blend of synths, beats, and field recordings inspired by Indian raga and folk music. She's been promoting her forthcoming album Milao with advance singles including the serenely droning title track and the woozy, beat-driven "Jaare," which reminds me of solo Thom Yorke. Today's new single "Home" builds steadily into a bleary, syncopated electronic epic.

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Eels Announce New Album Cookie Happened: Hear “Cap In Hand”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:41:59 +0000

Earlier this year, our column The Alternative Number ones covered the great 1996 Eels song "Novocaine For The Soul." At least in the US, that was the only big hit that Eels ever made. But band mastermind Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, has kept the project going ever since then, amassing a huge discography of lush, downcast, personal pop music. Everett is the subject of a new Judd Apatow-produced documentary, and now he's got another new album on the way, too.

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Lily Seabird Announces New Album Lightspheres On Their Way: “Election Day”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:36:13 +0000

It was evident from Lily Seabird's March song "Demon In Me" that something special was coming from the Burlington singer-songwriter. Considering she hails from the same scene that nurtured great acts like Greg Freeman and Robber Robber, expectations are high. She exceeds them on today's new single "Election Day," which comes with the news of her new album Lightspheres On Their Way.

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John Vanderslice Announces New Album Focus: Hear “From The Life Of The Marionettes”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:31:40 +0000

John Vanderslice has a long and storied career in the realm of indie rock, but on recent releases like d E A T h ~ b U g and CRYSTALS 3.0 he's been branching out into experimental electronic music. Google Earth, his band with James Riotto, blurs together those two pastimes. But on new album Focus, he's back in indie singer-songwriter mode. As he puts it on Instagram today, "I'm actually singing here, this is my first song-forward record in a looooooooong time!!!!"

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Wu-Tang Clan Once Again Celebrate The New York Knicks On Fallon

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:14:09 +0000

It's still so beatuful that this happened — all of it, every bit. On Saturday night, the city of New York exploded into collective euphoria when the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs to win their first NBA Championship in 53 years, thanks to a heroic 45-point performance from future Hall Of Famer Jalen Brunson. You don't have to be a Knick fan to love that. You just have to love watching collective joy in action — video after video of fans flooding the streets, hanging from streetlights, hugging strangers, blaring Jadakiss. It's been many, many years since I lived in NYC, and I never claimed the Knicks, but I was elated.

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Dev Hynes Announces The Invite Soundtrack: Hear “Contentious Environment”

Stereogum — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:00:58 +0000

One of the biggest hits of Sundance was The Invite, an anxious so-called comedy about a dinner party gone awry directed by Olivia Wilde, with a cast led by Wilde, Seth Rogen, Edward Norton, and Penélope Cruz and a script by Will McCormack and Rashida Jones. That film was acquired by A24, and it's coming out next month. Sooner than that, we'll get to hear its original score, composed by the great Devonté Hynes.

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Emily Robb & The ER Band – “All Around The Street Corners”

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 21:10:35 +0000

Philly guitar deity Emily Robb expanded into a wide range of sounds for January's score to The Space Between Attack And Decay, including full-band rock 'n' roll. She keeps that train rolling on her single today. The ragged and hypnotic "All Around The Street Corners" finds her backed by the ER Band: Dustin Burrows on guitar and organ, Daniel Provenzano on bass, and Richie Charles on drums. If you enjoy the sound of a band locking in on the root note and getting real filthy, you will probably dig this.

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Smashing Pumpkins To Play America250, Congress-Established Counterpart To Trump’s Freedom 250

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:31:33 +0000

Donald Trump's Freedom 250 concert series has been a disaster. Scheduled performers like Martina McBride, Young MC, the Commodores, Bret Michaels, and Morris Day & The Time dropped off the lineup, with Trump and country singer Lee Greenwood replacing them. Now, a new event celebrating America's 250th anniversary has entered the conversation. America250, a nonprofit group established by Congress a decade ago, will be hosting a concert in Los Angeles on July 4 with performances from the Smashing Pumpkins and Chris Stapleton.

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Olivia Rodrigo Needs A Yacht Rock Playlist

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:06:50 +0000

Zane Lowe's interview with Olivia Rodrigo just dropped. He talked to her about things like how supportive her parents are, how her upbringing spawned her work ethic, and '80s new wave sadness. Lowe also got the scoop that Rodrigo is not the biggest yacht rock fan despite referencing the genre in the second verse of "u + me = <3," the fifth track off you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love.

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Boy George Launches AI Company To Help Artists Reclaim Their Hits

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:55:55 +0000

Boy George has not always towed the progressive party line, whether he's poo-pooing pronouns or telling Chappell Roan to cheer up. Now he's breaking another taboo by messing around with AI, albeit for reasons intended to benefit artists like himself.

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Jordan Patterson – “Cinderella”

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:38:03 +0000

On Friday, LA-based songwriter Jordan Patterson will release her new EP Songs From A Valley Girl. It's the follow-up to her debut album The Hermit, which came out last fall, but it will be her first release for Secretly Canadian. Today, she's shared a new single "Cinderella," which was produced with Dijon-collaborating duo Mulherin.

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Amanda Seyfried Reveals Viral Dulcimer Performance Stemmed From A Shelved Joni Mitchell Movie

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:23:25 +0000

Last year, Amanda Seyfried went viral for her brief cover of Joni Mitchell's "California" on the dulcimer, which left Jimmy Fallon, his audience, and the entire internet stunned. Now, we finally have answers about it. In a new GQ interview, the actress revealed that she had been preparing for a biopic about the legendary singer-songwriter that ultimately never materialized.

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Cold Court – “Cola”

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:03:42 +0000

Philadelphia glitch masters Cold Court are back with the new single "Cola." It's their final single, following "Burn" and "Backslang," from their forthcoming EP \ (^_^) / that's out this Friday. "Cola," which was the last song that Mini Serrano and Jojo Lavina-Maldonado worked on for the project, has some shrill, shredded piano woven in there and some thick-necked synth work that recalls Justice. It's vivid on the level of an abstract impressionist painting.

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Zorn Announce New EP Return To Castle Death: Hear “Black Dog March”

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:50:43 +0000

We all have busy lives, and it's way too easy to get caught up in the day-to-day grind and to forget to do something really important. For instance: It's been way too long since we've all been to Castle Death. We need to get back there. We need to return. Thankfully, Zorn will take us there on a brand new record entitled Return To Castle Death.

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Sha Ray & DJ Haram Announce New Album Critical Thot: Hear Two Songs

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:17:30 +0000

If they handed out awards for album-title wordplay, Bay Area rapper Sha Ray and NY-based producer DJ Haram would have to clear off some shelf space. Later this week, the two of them will release their collaborative LP Critical Thot, which has the best title I've seen in a minute. The two new tracks that they've shared are good, too.

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Nyxy Nyx – “Pea Brain” (Demo)

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:42:17 +0000

Last year, the prolific but mercurial Philadelphia underground veterans Nyxy Nyx released Cult Classics, Vol. 1, their first-ever studio album, as well as a self-titled record. This year they've shared the stray lo-fi tracks "Devil Hands" and "Concerning Evil Spirits," and now they've got another one.

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Father Dionysios Tabakis, Greek Orthodox Priest Behind Acclaimed Drone Metal Album, Readies First Live Show

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:24:26 +0000

When I see the words "Greek metal," the first act I think of is Rotting Christ, the great Athens black metal band that's been making sacrilegious, lightly Satanic music sound ancient and tribal for decades. But now, a very different metal warrior has emerged from the nation of Greece: Father Dionysios Tabakis, a 53-year-old Greek Orthodox priest who makes devotional microtonal drone music at home and who has never played a live show. Earlier this year, he released his debut album Paradise Metal, a strange and expansive record that has become a bit of an internet sensation.

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Mallory Hawk – “Caretaker”

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:39:15 +0000

Philadelphia-based indie rocker Mallory Hawk used to lead the Brooklyn punk band Customer, and she's played in groups like Trace Mountains and M(h)aol. Later this summer, Hawk will release Chinook, her first solo album, and it's a record worth getting excited about. We've already posted her early single "Felicity" and "Revolver." Today, she shares "Caretaker," a new song that doesn't sound much like either of those ones. It doesn't sound anything like the Caretaker, either.

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Dee Palmer, Jethro Tull Arranger And Keyboardist, Dead At 88

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:38:40 +0000

Dee Palmer, the composer, arranger, and keyboardist best know for her tenure in Jethro Tull, has died. According to a note from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Palmer passed away at home in Shropshire supported by family members after a long illness. She was 88.

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Watch Mike D Perform Two Songs On Jools Holland

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:18:22 +0000

Later this summer, Mike D will become the first Beastie Boy to release a solo album. Fifteen years after the Beasties dropped Hot Sauce Committee Part Two, their final album, Mike will hit us with Thank You, the new LP that he recorded under the name Mike D 5D. Even before he started dropping singles, Mike D went viral for performing Beasties classics with Very Nice Person, the band led by his sons Skyler and Davis Diamond. They've been playing smaller shows for the past month or so. Over the weekend, Mike and his sons made their TV debut on the BBC institution Later... With Jools Holland.

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No Joy & Fire-Toolz Announce New EP Big Life, Big Leaf: Hear The Title Track

Stereogum — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:54:07 +0000

Montreal musician Jasamine White-Gluz has been making beautiful, lilting music with her No Joy project for well over a decade now, and she continues to take it to new heights. Last year, No Joy released Bugland, the excellent album that she co-produced with Angel Marcloid, the Chicago musician who makes gleefully experimental music under the name Fire-Toolz. Last month, Fire-Toolz released Lavender Networks, her own stunner of an album. Now, No Joy and Fire-Toolz have once again joined forces for a new three-song EP.

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