Will Butler has scored a new play about a band clashing in the studio. The former Arcade Fire member wrote original music for Stereophonic, a play written by David Adjmi and directed by Daniel Aukin that will premiere in October as part of Playwrights Horizons next season. Here’s the official description: David Adjmi’s Stereophonic zooms […]
The Pretenders – “Let The Sun Come In”
Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Chrissie Hynde has been in the news lately for slagging off the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame; she’s as real as it gets. Hynde founded the Pretenders in 1978, and she’s continued to lead her band through tragic deaths and lineup changes and shifting tides for the past […]
Band To Watch: Pupil Slicer
Pupil Slicer’s Mirrors was one of 2021’s finest (and most chaotic) metal albums. The London trio’s debut leapt from idea to idea with casual abandon, sweeping up frenzied mathcore, menacing grind, swelling emotive hardcore, bludgeoning death metal, and twinkling post-metal in its wake. The album housed both the bloodcurdling 47-second paroxysm “Stabbing Spiders” and the […]
Dolly Parton – “World On Fire”
Earlier this week, Dolly Parton announced her rock album ROCKSTAR, which has dozens of legendary rockers as featured guests (and Kid Rock…). The 30-track album is mostly covers, but there are nine original songs, and today Parton is sharing one of those called “World On Fire.” “This is a song I felt very inspired to […]
Mandy, Indiana – “Drag [Crashed]”
Mandy, Indiana’s debut album i’ve seen a way is just eight days out, and they’ve got a hell of a final teaser for us today. New single “Drag [Crashed]” — which follows “Injury Detail,” “Pinking Shears,” and “Peach Fuzz” — is dark and hard and nasty, a haunted house with a relentless techno pulse. It’s […]
The Masked Singer’s Sushi People Released Their Cover Of Radiohead’s “Creep”
Perhaps it’s time for us, as a culture, to let go of our attachment to Radiohead’s hit 1993 single “Creep.” Radiohead walked away from that song decades ago, but the song has never gone away, and now it’s entering Leonard Cohen “Hallelujah” territory. “Creep” apparently gets prominent placement on the soundtrack to the new Guardians […]
Watch David Byrne & St. Vincent Cover Stevie Wonder In Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted a gala in honor of Spike Lee, Claire Wood, and David Byrne last night, hosted by award-winning author, poet, and once-upon-a-time Stereogum contributor Hanif Abdurraqib. As SPIN points out, the event included a short set by St. Vincent, who performed “New York,” “Los Ageless,” and “Dancing With a Ghost” […]
Video: Killer Mike Ft. Eryn Allen Kane “Motherless”
Part 2. Following the release of his “Don’t Let The Devil” video, Killer Mike continues the short-film dedicated to his mother, “Motherless” featuring Eryn Allen Kane. In the heartfelt clip, Killer Mike reflects on the good and tragic times from their earlier times together to untimely demise. “You won’t believe it, momma / I achieved […]
Video: Killer Mike Ft. El-P, Thank You Good Sir “Don’t Let The Devil”
Part 1. Killer Mike pays tribute to his late mother in the newly released video for his previous single, “Don’t Let The Devil” featuring El-P and Thank You Good Sir”. Directed by Davi Pena, Mike Bigga and his Run The Jewels other half El-P trade top-notched bars at a gathering with with friends. “Tell the […]
Video: NBA YoungBoy, Bailey Zimmerman, Dermot Kennedy “Won’t Back Down”
For the fam. NBA YoungBoy fulfills his destiny alongside Bailey Zimmerman and Dermot Kennedy on “Won’t Back Down”, the latest single off the motion picture soundtrack to Fast X. Backed by Zimmerman and Kennedy’s uplifting hook, YoungBoy Never Broke Again preaches loyalty and never turning his back on family. “Like somebody out there after me […]