In 2022, Jake Xerxes Fussell released his fourth album, Good And Green Again. Today, the folk musician is announcing its follow-up, When I’m Called, along with his signing to Fat Possum. The sprawling “Going To Georgia,” which closes out the LP, is out now. “I learned the traditional song ‘Going To Georgia’ from a few […]
Pale Saints Guitarist Graeme Naysmith Dead At 57
Graeme Naysmith, best known as the guitarist for Leeds indie greats Pale Saints, has died. A Facebook post this week from Naysmith’s more recent project the X-Ray Eyes announced that he passed away on April 4. “We’re devastated to say that our guitarist and friend Jock (Graeme) Naysmith died recently. He was a great guitar […]
Pillow Queens – “Heavy Pour”
This Friday, Pillow Queens will release their third album Name Your Sorrow. So far, we’ve heard “Suffer,” “Gone,” and “Like A Lesson,” and today the Irish rock four-piece is offering one final taste with the new single “Heavy Pour.” “It feels like a bit of a bizarre journey or a fever dream,” lead guitarist and […]
Watch Performances And Interviews From Stereogum & Topshelf Records Austin Night Party 2024
Last month, Stereogum threw a marathon party in Austin at Cheer Up Charlie’s with help from our friends at AdHoc. During the day, we partnered with Partisan Records and we already shared performance videos and interviews from those artists. At night, we teamed up with Topshelf Records, and we captured more live performances and interviews […]
Jessica Boudreaux – “Be Somebody Else”
The Portland musician Jessica Boudreaux used to lead the band Summer Cannibals, which broke up last year, as Boudreaux was recovering from breast cancer. These days, Boudreaux is making music for movies like Nimona and TV shows like City On Fire, and she recently opened the Portland recording studio Pet Club. Now, Boudreaux has an […]
Strand Of Oaks – “Party At Monster Lake”
Last month, Strand Of Oaks announced a new album called Miracle Focus and shared the lead single “More You.” Today, Timothy Showalter is releasing “Party At Monster Lake” with a music video filmed in Nijmegen, Netherlands and directed by Ruud Gielen. “When Tim asks to embody having the best time of your life on video. […]
Rare Color Photos Of D-Day: The Beginning Of The End Of World War II
An endless onslaught of machine gun fire rains from above as explosions shake the ground. You have nowhere to go except forward, toward the enemy who is determined to make you another lifeless body on the beach. This was the reality for the first 156,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers that landed on the beaches […]
CBS Apologizes For Cutting Off Billy Joel Concert Special During “Piano Man”
On Sunday night, CBS aired Billy Joel: The 100th – Live At Madison Square Garden, a concert special documenting the 100th night of Joel’s MSG residency, which took place on March 28. Those watching the television broadcast were met with an unwelcome surprise when the show-ending performance of “Piano Man” was cut off unexpectedly and […]
Justin Townes Earle’s Widow Speaks Out Against Jason Isbell’s “Extremely Painful” Song About Him
Jason Isbell was once good friends with his fellow alt-country singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, though they were estranged in the years leading up to Earle’s death in 2020. Isbell memorialized Earle on the song “When We Were Close” from last year’s Weathervanes. The song, which is informed by Isbell and Earle’s shared struggle with addiction, […]
Watch Mac DeMarco Join Lil Yachty For Two Songs At Coachella
Mac DeMarco came out during Lil Yachty’s set at Coachella on Sunday night. They previously linked up on Yachty’s 2023 album Let’s Start Here, on which DeMarco has songwriting credits on two songs, “Drive Me Crazy!” and “Failure.” The former was part of Yachty’s set earlier in the night. DeMarco performed two songs in his […]