There’s a guy in Spiritual Cramp who just plays tambourine, and his presence is weirdly crucial. That’s not because there’s so much tambourine in Spiritual Cramp’s music; most of the time, you can’t hear it at all. It’s not because tambourine player Jose Luna is the secret musical genius behind the band, either; singer Michael […]
Happy Halloween: Here Are This Year’s New Christmas Albums
Today is Halloween, which means only one thing: It’s time for Stereogum to once more confront the terrifying spectacle of holiday music already being out, in some cases for several weeks. If you think it’s terrifying to listen to Christmas music during an October month that’s actually been rather sweltering at times, imagine how the […]
Marnie Stern – “Til It’s Over”
Marnie Stern’s triumphant return is upon us. For years now, the idiosyncratic indie rock guitar hero has been playing in the 8G Band, the Late Night With Seth Meyers in-house band, and she hasn’t been releasing her own music. This week, however, Stern will follow up 2013’s The Chronicles Of Marnia with The Comeback Kid, […]
JasonMartin, DJ Quick Ft. Childish Gambino “More Dollars More Sense 1994”
JasonMartin, formerly known as Problem, and DJ Quik revisit a classic with “More Dollars More Sense 1994” featuring Childish Gambino. Over a revamped version of Quik’s 1995 “Dolla + Sense“, Martin and Gambino trade witty raps over Quik’s vintage and funky West Coast production. “More Dollars More Sense 1994” is off the soundtrack to JasonMartin’s […]
Mixtape: Lloyd Banks ‘Halloween Havoc IV: The 72nd Hour’
The havoc is back. After seven years, Lloyd Banks brings back his Halloween Havoc mixtape series with its long-awaited fourth installment. For his Halloween Havoc IV: The 72nd Hour., the Southside Jamaica Queens rapper releases 15 new tracks including “Above The Law”, “Familiar Scars, “Dangerous Minds”, “Trap Dice”, “Take Me Under”, “You Shouldn’t Be Here, […]
Video: Joyner Lucas “24 Hours To Live”
Time starts…yesterday. The clock is ticking and Joyner Lucas is wasting no time on his new single, “24 Hours To Live” which arrives alongside its music video. In the cinematic clip, which depicts the rapper robbing a bank, blowing up a prison, and holding his enemies hostage, Lucas raps how he would savagely spend his […]
Daneshevskaya – “ROY G BIV”
Next week, the New York City musician and pre-school social worker Anna Daneshevskaya Beckerman is releasing her debut full-length album under the name Daneshevskaya, Long Is The Tunnel. We’ve heard a handful of songs from it already — “Challenger Deep,” “Big Bird,” and “Somewhere In The Middle” — and today she’s sharing one last single, […]
Why Did The NFL Try To Turn Post Malone Into Rod Serling?
Post Malone might not be the dominant pop star that he was a few years ago, but he’s still famous enough to pop up randomly before a nationally televised NFL game to give a dramatic introduction. Yesterday, Posty appeared on Fox to introduce a Cowboys/Rams game, and for some reason, he was shot and styled […]
Old Fire – “Mephisto” (Feat. Bill Callahan)
Composer and producer John Mark Lapham shares solo music under the moniker Old Fire, and he often indulges in collaborations. He’s joined forces with Bill Callahan before for the song “Corpus” as well as for a cover of John Martyn’s “Don’t You Go.” Today, they teamed up again for “Mephisto” from Old Fire’s forthcoming EP […]
Watch Charlie Puth Cover Friends Theme In Tribute To Matthew Perry
On Saturday, the former Friends star Matthew Perry was found dead in a hot tub in his Los Angeles home. Perry was 54, and his passing landed hard for the many people who grew up watching him play Chandler Bing on Friends. One such fan is Charlie Puth, who paid tribute to Perry during from […]