In August, Ratboys shared The Window, which was our Album Of The Week. It also landed the Chicago indie rock quartet on our list of the Best Albums of 2023. Today, they brought the title track, “Morning Zoo,” and “It’s Alive” to CBS Saturday Sessions for their national television debut. Watch the performance below.
Hair, Leather, And Rock And Roll: What Bad-Boy Legends Look Like Today
Rock gods of the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s attracted millions of screaming fans. Even today those loyal will still line up to see a performance. It wasn’t just the music that attracted them. It was also the musicians’ bad-boy personas and good looks. Did rockin’ out so hard night after night affect their looks? Consider […]
Stream Fleshwater’s New Sounds Of Grieving EP
Fleshwater are closing out the year with a new EP. The band, featuring members of Vein.fm, impressed a lot of people with their late 2022 debut album We’re Not Here To Be Loved — including us — and their nu-gaze sound, combining elements of nu-metal and shoegaze, is in tune with the zeitgeist. Sounds Of […]
Lil Uzi Vert Releases New Single & Video ‘Red Moon’: Watch
Lil Uzi Vert had a surprise for the fans on Christmas day as he dropped a new song called ‘Red Moon’. The intimate video has the rapper being by himself and taking a long walk through the city and the beach. At the end of the video directed by Bel El Be, a message appears […]
Lil Uzi Vert Shares New Single “Red Moon,” Says They’ll Retire From Music After Next Album
Lil Uzi Vert has joined the list of artists releasing new music on Christmas without actually putting it on DSPs, which puts them in the company of the Killers, M.I.A., La Dispute, kind of Father John Misty, and sort of Jack Antonoff. Uzi’s contribution to the holiday avalanche is “Red Moon,” a new single and […]
Sad13 – “Boycott Scream 7”
Under her Sad13 alias, Speedy Ortiz leader Sadie Dupuis has a SoundCloud playlist of “Christmas” songs, updated with a new track each holiday season. This year’s release went live today, and it’s a doozy. The dreamy noise-pop tune “Boycott Scream 7” is a condemnation of people who’ve supported Israel’s offensive against Gaza, including John Fetterman, […]
Sondre Lerche – “Flowers” (Miley Cyrus Cover)
For more than a decade, the tradition has been going strong: Every year around Christmas time, Norwegian indie singer-songwriter extraordinaire Sondre Lerche sends Stereogum a new recording of a well-known pop song. It started way back in 2012 with a cover of Beyoncé’s “Countdown” and has continued with tracks by Sia, Drake, Ariana Grande, Britney […]
Moor Mother Shares Animal Collective Remix, New Song “One For Archie”
Earlier this year, Animal Collective released the album Isn’t It Now?, which contained the 22-minute song “Defeat.” Today, Philly musician Moor Mother shared a psychedelic remix of the LP, collaging it all into a little less than four immersive minutes. Along with the remix, she unveiled a new track called “One For Archie” featuring jazz […]
Geese Part Ways With Guitarist Foster Hudson
Earlier this year, our 2021 Band To Watch Geese shared their latest album 3D Country. Today, the Brooklyn rock crew announced the departure of guitarist Foster Hudson. In a statement, Geese explained that Hudson is stepping away to focus on academic endeavors. Read what they wrote below. Over the past few months, we have received […]
Watch The Regrettes Cover Talking Heads And Wham! At LA Farewell Show
Last month, The Regrettes announced their breakup, making it onto our In Memoriam tribute. They played three farewell shows in their hometown of Los Angeles at the Fonda on Dec. 19, 20, and 21. At all three gigs, they covered Wham!’s “Last Christmas” for the first time in five years. The first night also included […]