Sunshine Convention is the project of Brooklyn’s Jake Whitener. Like Dazy’s James Goodson, he has worked as a music publicist among other behind-the-scenes roles, and like Goodson, he’s so good at churning out ultra-catchy guitar-pop tunes that he was bound to step into the spotlight himself at some point. Over the past three years, starting […]
The Magnetic Fields Announce 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary Tour With Full 1999 Band
In 1999, Stephin Merritt released his magnum opus. Merritt and his Magnetic Fields might’ve considered the triple-disc masterpiece 69 Love Songs to be an experiment in sentimentality and factory-style songwriting, but the songs themselves are so good that they’ve continued to resonate for the past quarter-century. In 2000, Merritt and the Magnetic Fields performed 69 […]
Stream Blu Anxxiety’s Freaky New Synth-Punk Album Morbid Now, Morbid Later
There’s no easy way to categorize the New York band Blu Anxxiety. They come from the DIY punk underground, and they play shows with punk bands, but they aren’t exactly a punk band. Instead, Blu Anxxiety’s sound is a janky, disorienting, aggressive form of synthpop. At various points, Blu Anxxiety’s sound recalls early-’90s rave, lo-fi […]
Liz Phair Shares Previously Unreleased “Miss Lucy” Studio Recording For Exile In Guyville 30th Anniversary Today
It’s anniversary season for Liz Phair. This weekend, her self-titled pop crossover move turns 20, a milestone we already acknowledged with a retrospective. Today, her iconic debut album Exile In Guyville turns 30, and she’s sharing a previously unreleased outtake to celebrate. “Miss Lucy” previously appeared in demo form on the Girly-Sound Tapes, the series […]
Liz Phair Turns 20
When Liz Phair released her 2003 self-titled album 20 years ago this Saturday, many people viewed it as a Shakespearean betrayal of her indie roots. A decade removed from her lo-fi rock opus Exile In Guyville, Phair had gone to the dark side — the Top 40 — and was collaborating with slick writing and […]
Artist Portraits From Oblivion Access Festival 2023
Over the weekend, Stereogum headed to Austin’s Oblivion Access to catch heavy and experimental sets from bands like Godflesh, Chat Pile, Mamaleek, Faust, MSPAINT, and many more. Yellow Swans played their first show in 15 years! A couple got engaged during Drain! Everyone performed in a sauna! In between gigs, we enlisted local photog Jay […]
Jarvis Cocker Shares “Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)” From Asteroid City Soundtrack
The new Wes Anderson movie Asteroid City is headed into wide release this weekend, and its accompanying soundtrack will be out this Friday. It was organized by frequent Anderson collaborator and music supervisor Randall Poster. “Wes and I had so much fun putting the film’s music together. We’ve been doing these soundtracks for almost 30 […]
NYPD Sergeant’s Lawsuit Claims Bosses Plotted To Break Into His Home After He Filed Complaint About Drunk Cops At Electric Zoo
An NYPD sergeant has filed a lawsuit against the department alleging that his bosses plotted to break into his home, forced him to undergo a psychiatric exam, and filed formal charges against him in retaliation for a complaint he filed about officers getting drunk on duty at the EDM festival Electric Zoo on Randall’s Island […]
The Hotelier & Foxing Announce Co-Headlining 10th Anniversary Tour
In 2014, Foxing and the Hotelier headed out on a co-headlining tour in support of their albums The Albatross and Home, Like Noplace There Is, which came out in November 2013 and February 2014, respectively. Ten years and one to two-ish waves of emo later, the bands are doing it again to celebrate the anniversary […]
Taylor Swift Announces More “Eras Tour” International Dates
Taylor Swift is still making her way through the United States on her Eras tour. Last weekend, she was in Pittsburgh, this coming weekend she’ll be in Minneapolis, and this leg wraps up in August in Los Angeles. A couple weeks back, she added shows in Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil to the itinerary — those […]