At its best, rock music doesn’t just make noise — it offers release. On his upcoming single “Save Me, Lady Gaga,” Masque taps into that idea with clarity and conviction, delivering a song that treats music as survival, expression, and self-acceptance all at once. Masque, a gay rock artist from Hawaii, has been quietly building […]
Every year since 2009, the impressively consistent Sondre Lerche has premiered a just-recorded contemporary cover song on Stereogum around Christmastime. (The first one was a take on Animal Collective’s “Bluish.”) Last year the Norwegian musician did a Ryuichi Sakamoto-inspired interpretation of Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!,” and today, he’s shared his cover for 2025: Lady […]
New Year’s Day also marks Public Domain Day, when the copyrights for thousands of published works expire, allowing anyone to freely record, perform, or interpolate them. This time around that means musical compositions (music and lyrics, not recordings) copyrighted in 1930, and the list includes classics like “Georgia On My Mind” (music: Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics: […]