It’s two hours before doors and the parking lot of San Diego’s preeminent metal club has turned into a makeshift gym. This is hardly a surprise on a night where Brick By Brick is hosting the World War Tour; all five bands on the bill, from SoundCloud rap opener Trippp Jones to headliner Show Me […]
Drive-By Truckers Announce The Dirty South Expanded Reissue With Bonus Tracks And New Vocals
Drive-By Truckers are announcing the reissue of their 2004 classic The Dirty South. Arriving June 16, the reissue — now titled The Complete Dirty South — has been re-sequenced and expanded to 17 songs, including three bonus songs, four remixed, and two with newly updated vocals. Also included is a 32-page book featuring original and […]
Roger Daltrey Explains Economics Behind Why The Who Will Probably Never Tour America Again
The Who recently released their live album The Who With Orchestra: Live At Wembley. Promoting the release in an interview with USA Today, Daltrey said it’s unlikely the band will ever tour North America again. The Who toured North America last year, and according to Daltrey, it was a big economic risk: I don’t know […]
Metallica Announce Marching Band Competition
’80s thrash legends and collegiate marching bands feel like an odd pairing. To the best of my knowledge, for instance, Slayer have never encouraged anyone to figure out a halftime-show arrangement of “South Of Heaven.” But Metallica have long been an ingrained part of college-sports culture, so maybe it makes sense for the band to […]
Stream Fire-Toolz’s Wild New Album I am upset because I see something that is not there.
For years, the Chicago artist Angel Marcloid has been making wild, genre-mangling music under the moniker Fire-Toolz. As of today, that catalog includes new album I am upset because I see something that is not there. The music on this release is as unpredictable as Fire-Toolz fans have come to expect, mashing together harsh techno, […]
The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
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 […]
Stream Ted Leo’s New Heaven’s Off EP
Earlier this year, indie lifer Ted Leo reunited with his old ’90s band Chisel to play a bunch of shows for the first time since 1997. That’s the kind of thing that might put a man in a nostalgic mood, but Ted Leo’s not living in the past. Instead, he’s continuing to pump out new […]
Labrinth – “Never Felt So Alone” (Feat. Billie Eilish)
Late last year, Billie Eilish played a series of hometown shows at the Forum in Los Angeles, and she brought out surprise guests like Phoebe Bridgers, Dave Grohl, and Childish Gambino. One of Eilish’s guests was Labrinth, the British singer and songwriter who’s probably most famous for scoring the HBO show Euphoria. Together, they performed […]
Drake – “Search & Rescue”
On Thursday, Drake announced a new song, “Search & Rescue,” in an Instagram post. “SEARCH & RESCUE OUT AT MIDNIGHT ON ALL PLATFORMS,” Drake wrote alongside a photo of himself and a woman wearing motorcycle helmets. Drake also tagged producers BNYX and Sadpony, who produced Drake’s 21 Savage collab “Jumbotron Shit Poppin,” which appeared on […]
Luscious Jackson’s Vivian Trimble Dead At 59
Vivian Trimble, the keyboardist and co-founder of Luscious Jackson, has died. The band shared the news of Trimble’s death on Facebook, writing in a statement that Trimble had been battling cancer for several years and passed on Tuesday due to a complication she developed on Monday. Trimble was 59. Here is the band’s full statement: […]