4+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1175+ words) They're so loose because they're so tight. When Geese take the stage, they don't re-create their recordings. It barely even feels like they're performing songs with a defined structure " more like summoning a familiar sequence of chords and lyrics from…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago  (322+ words) Stereogum FKA twigs & Lil Yachty " "On Your Mind" 8: 17 AM EDT on June 19, 2026 "Why won't you start dancing? Is there something on your mind?" Twigs sings over silver industrial claps and boinging percussion. It's an addictive listen, and it captures an…...

8+ hour, 30+ min ago  (618+ words) Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week's picks below and on Stereogum's Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which…...

13+ hour, 10+ min ago  (343+ words) Stereogum Albert Hammond Jr. Explains Strokes Album Delay, Joins Kennyhoopla On "NEW AMERICA//" 8: 09 AM EDT on June 19, 2026 The Strokes' rollout for new album Reality Awaits has not gone smoothly. Some fans have revolted against Julian Casablancas' use of Auto-Tune on…...

9+ hour, 44+ min ago  (298+ words) Stereogum Tierra Whack Raps Her Ass Off On New Mixtape Whack's Museum 11: 36 AM EDT on June 19, 2026 Tierra Whack can really, really rap. The Philadelphia artist is a super-inventive visual stylist with a ton of bright art-pop ideas, so it can…...

10+ hour, 52+ min ago  (318+ words) Stereogum Stream The Alchemist's New EP Liquid Form Feat. Kool G Rap, 2 Chainz, Conway The Machine, & Boldy James 10: 27 AM EDT on June 19, 2026 If you're under 30, then the Alchemist has been making heady deep-concentration rap beats for longer than you've been…...

12+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1293+ words) Last summer John Robinson and Leela Hoehn went to see the impressive young Chicago noise-rock trio Lifeguard at the Masquerade in Atlanta. It was an incredible show, but the bracing quality of the band's performance left Robinson feeling bummed. If…...

12+ hour, 58+ min ago  (253+ words) Syd's new album Beard, the follow-up to 2022's Broken Heart's Club, is coming out next month. We've already heard the lead single "Callin" featuring Blu June, and today we get another glimpse of the project via the album closer "2 Many…...

12+ hour, 55+ min ago  (211+ words) On her new single "Is It Love," Tyla asks a pressing question: "Is it love if you don't cry, cry, cry?" The latest offering from her forthcoming sophomore album A-Pop, which is out July 24, has the South African pop star…...

12+ hour, 13+ min ago  (494+ words) It's such a great feeling to hit play on a Bandcamp record from a band you've never heard of and to know, within 30 seconds, that you're hearing something good. This morning, I got that feeling right away from the new…...