At this year’s Grammys, Killer Mike swept the rap awards. That night, he won three trophies, including Best Rap Album, during the non-televised pre-show. Shortly after accepting those awards, Mike was arrested and led away in handcuffs, reportedly after shoving a security guard. (He was charged with a misdemeanor and released without bail.) Last night, […]
Watch Will Smith’s New Song Debut, Taraji P. Henson’s “Not Like Us” Parody, The All-Star Usher Tribute, & BET Awards Highlights
This year’s BET Awards aired live last night from Los Angeles’ Peacock Theatre. SZA, Victoria Monét, and Tyla won big awards, but nobody watches the BET Awards for the actual awards. The performances are the main draw, and this year had some big, elaborate ones. The most attention-grabbing of them came from Will Smith, currently […]
The Number Ones: Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk!” (Feat. Bruno Mars)
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. In 2014, Bruno Mars played the […]
SZA Is A Sexy Alien Insect In “Storytime” Video Preview
SZA likes to take her time working on new projects. After she initially said the deluxe version of her sophomore album SOS would be titled Lana, she explained earlier this year that they’ll be separate releases; Lana won’t be coming out for a while, but the deluxe SOS is coming “asap.” We still don’t know when either of […]
The “Hawk Tuah” Girl Joined Zach Bryan In Nashville
I’ve been seeing the phrase “Hawk Tuah girl” floating around online for a couple of days now, but to be completely transparent, I hadn’t fully familiarized myself with the viral meme until today. And I bet a lot of other formerly clueless people are also Googling her today, now that she’s made a guest appearance […]
Watch Goose Cover “No Rain” With Blind Melon’s Rogers Stevens
A few months ago, Goose was joined by Vampire Weekend for a 30+ minute version of “Cape Cod.” On Friday, the jam band played at Philadelphia’s Mann Center of the Performing Arts and it was their largest headlining performance to date. It included a special guest appearance from Rogers Stevens of Blind Melon for a […]
Miami Beach Discontinues Diddy Day
In 2016, The Miami Beach Commission declared October 13 as “Sean Diddy Combs Day” to celebrate the hip-hop mogul. However, following a string of sexual assault allegations that began in November of last year, the proclamation is being revoked. Last month, Combs was hit with a seventh lawsuit and a video of him assaulting Cassie […]
Nada Surf – “New Propeller”
Nada Surf will share their new album Moon Mirror — the follow-up to 2020’s Never Not Together — in September. The long-running indie rock band announced the record with its lead single “In Front Of Me Now,” and today, they’ve shared another highlight called “New Propeller.” With a whole lot of chatter about “new normals” […]
The Wild Honey Pie & Stereogum’s Next Pizza Party Is With Porches
Earlier this year Stereogum partnered with the Wild Honey Pie for a series of intimate pizza party concerts in the Catskills. So far we’ve presented shows by Caroline Rose, Jelani Aryeh, and just this past weekend, Voxtrot. On July 25, we’ll return to upstate New York with a solo performance by Porches‘ Aaron Maine. The […]
Watch Rina Sawayama Join NewJeans For “Bad Friend” At Tokyo Dome
Last week, South Korean pop phenoms NewJeans released “Supernatural,” the Pharrell-produced single where they sing in a combination of Korean, English, and Japanese. The song is a big hit in Japan, and NewJeans are on tour over there right now. Last night, they played their second consecutive night at the massive Tokyo Dome, and their […]