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Kassie Krut, the experimental rock trio who we recently crowned one of the Best New Artists Of 2024, will release their self-titled debut EP this Friday. So far we’ve posted the singles “Reckless” and “Racing Man,” and with just a couple of days left to go before the full EP’s out, they’ve shared another song […]

The Montreal musicians Helena Deland and Ouri both make music on their own, and they sometimes join forces to form the duo Hildegard. Hildegard released their album Jour 1596 earlier this fall, and now they’ve got a new track that comes from the same sessions. “No Other Mind” is a spacey, soft-thrumming psych-folk reverie that […]

Two forward-thinking hip-hop mainstays, the New York collective Surf Gang and the Chicago iconoclast Valee, are teaming up for a new EP. Grey Sky London, out next week, is preceded today by the busily bleary “Why Not.” If you’re familiar with both parties, the prospect of Valee jumping on a beat by Surf Gang leader […]

It’s year-end list season. This week, Stereogum is one of many, many music publications unveiling its lists of 2024’s best albums and songs. Streaming services and social-media platforms are getting in on the year-end action, too. Today, as anyone with a social media account already knows, Spotify sent out its long-awaited Spotify Wrapped data. (For […]

Big Ears Festival — Knoxville’s shapeshifting, multi-dimensional, genre-defying celebration of music and arts — returns March 27-30, 2025 with another iconic gathering of many of the world’s most influential and visionary musical creators. Stereogum wants to offer you the chance to see Beth Gibbons in her first solo appearance ever in North America, be among […]