In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones, and it’s for subscribers only. Thank you to everyone who’s helping to keep Stereogum afloat. […]
Tkay Maidza – “Ring-A-Ling”
Tkay Maidza has announced a new album, Sweet Justice, coming in November. The follow-up to her 2016 self-titled debut (plus a couple of Last Year Was Weird EPs) features the Flume-produced “Silent Assassin,” which dropped earlier in July, plus additional production from Stint and Kaytranada. Today, Tkay is sharing the new single “Ring-A-Ling,” which also […]
Steve Miller Band Share Previously Unreleased Songs From The Joker 50th Anniversary Box Set
TRACKLIST: LP1 SIDE ONESteve Miller Commentary 1Children of the Future (Live)Brave New World (Live)Dear Mary (Live)Space Cowboy (Live)Ginger Man (Live)Nothing Lasts (Live) LP1 SIDE TWOSteve Miller Commentary 2Sugar Babe (Early Version)Sugar Babe (Live)Sugar Babe (Album Version)Mary Lou (Early Version)Mary Lou (Album Version) LP2 SIDE ONESteve Miller Commentary 3Hat (Live – Pre Shu Ba Da Du […]
Bethany Cosentino – “Natural Disaster”
Best Coast announced an indefinite hiatus a couple of months ago, and now bandleader Bethany Cosentino is getting ready to release Natural Disaster, her first-ever solo album. The LP comes out later this week, and we’ve already posted Cosentino’s early songs “It’s Fine” and “For A Moment.” Now, just a few days before the record […]
Gay Meat – “Lychee Ice”
Last fall, North Carolina indie-emo performer Gay Meat (also known as Museum Mouth leader Karl Kuehn) released his poignant debut EP, Bed Of Every. Since then, it appears Kuehn has relocated to Chicago and recorded some new music. Today, he’s back with a bouncy-fun jaunt called “Lychee Ice,” which also an accompanying music video. “Yes, […]
Jack White Calls Out “Attention Seeking Fake Tulsi Gabbard”
A couple weeks ago, Jack White called out a bunch of celebrities for hanging out with Donald Trump at a UFC Fight, which got the conservative grifters in a tizzy. Among them is Tulsi Gabbard, the former Hawaii representative who left the Democratic Party last year and has since settled into her position as a […]
Blur – “The Rabbi” & “The Swan”
Blur — the Britpop legends, one-off jock jam purveyors, and thing the guy from Gorillaz did before Gorillaz — released their relatively chill reunion album The Ballad Of Darren on Friday. Today they’ve dropped a deluxe edition featuring two extra tracks. One of those songs, “The Rabbi,” does something like Blur’s version of chooglin’, moving […]
Ryan Gosling’s Matchbox Twenty Cover From Barbie Released, Pavement Acknowledge Movie’s Stephen Malkmus Joke
The Barbie movie is officially out, and it does live up to the hype. The numbers support that: According to Variety, Barbie is the number one movie in the US, bringing in $22.2 million on Thursday and $48.2 million on Friday, totaling $70.5 million. It’s the the biggest opening day of the year, beating out […]
Watch Braxe + Falcon & Panda Bear Perform “Step By Step” Live For The First Time
In March of 2022, French house DJs Alan Braxe and DJ Falcon (cousins Alain and Stéphane Quême) teamed up and called their new project Braxe + Falcon. At the time of their collab announcement, they released the song “Step By Step” featuring vocals from Panda Bear, which made it into our Best Songs Of The […]
FIDLAR – “Nookie” (Limp Bizkit Cover)
Every once in a while, we are forced to confront the terrifying possibility of a full-on Limp Bizkit revival. It happened, at least to some extent, with the band’s performance at Lollapalooza a few years ago. There was also the moment when Black Midi covered “Break Stuff” in 2019. And now we’ve got Southern California […]