Wes Period –“Lilac Rose” (Feat. Fat Tony) (Stereogum Premiere)
LA hip-hop is in a rebuilding period much like the city's beloved, but beleagured Lakers. Although DJ Mustard's beats have ruled the radio for well over a year, it is hard to find Angeleno voices that...
View ArticleHSY –“Goin’ Out West” (Tom Waits Cover) (Stereogum Premiere)
Canadian hardcore band HSY smacked us with the A-Side to their 7" "Sally" last month, teasing a Tom Waits cover as the B-Side. Today, the band reveal a reworking of Waits' "Goin' Out West" in...
View ArticlePeach Kelli Pop –“Plastic Love” (Stereogum Premiere)
LA garage-pop project Peach Kelli Pop has an insanely catchy, lo-fi sound with an edge just below its surface. On their forthcoming third album, III, the band continues to offer their version of the...
View ArticlePfarmers –“The Ol’ River Gang”
Pfarmers are an amalgamation of a few bands and sounds. Danny Seim (Menomena, Lackthereof), Bryan Devendorf (the National), and horn player Dave Nelson (David Byrne & St. Vincent, Sufjan Stevens)...
View ArticleGirls Names –“Zero Triptych”
Irish post-punk quartet Girls Names have been in "a zone of silence and of pure possibilities for a new beginning" for about a year and half, but it seems they've been anything but idle. After...
View ArticleOutfit –“New Air” Video
Liverpool quintet Outfit announced their sophomore album Slowness and shared the lead single "Genderless" three weeks ago. The follow-up, "New Air," is a capacious beauty, slowly unfurling like a...
View ArticleMew –“Water Slides” Video
Danish psych-rock four-piece Mew are set to drop their new album +/- later this spring, and we've heard and seen visuals for the lead single "Satellites." The band shared the follow-up "Waterslides" a...
View ArticleCheatahs –“Murasaki”
London shoegaze quartet Cheatahs are back like they never left after releasing February's fierce Sunne EP. The band hits us with the title track off their new four-song EP, Murasaki, and if this...
View ArticleDeJ Loaf –“On MY Own”& Kid Ink –“Be Real” (Feat. DeJ Loaf) Videos
The predisposition toward immediacy over longevity has doomed many an artist in today's popular music landscape, regardless of genre, but especially in hip-hop. After the success of DeJ Loaf's breakout...
View ArticlePalma Violets –“English Tongue”
British rockers Palma Violets have given us their upcoming album's title track/lead single, "Danger In The Club," and a video for that song, too. Today, they share the second single, "English Tongue,"...
View ArticleMNDR –“Lock & Load” (Feat. Killer Mike)
Nas' Mass Appeal imprint is quietly assembling an army of a roster with artists who can simply spit their asses off. As the label is steadily expanding its portfolio, its introduction to the video-game...
View ArticlePallbearer –“Watcher In The Dark” Video
Arkansas doom four-piece Pallbearer are nearing the end of their second tour for last year's incredible Foundations Of Burden. They've rightly gotten a huge amount of mileage out of that behemoth, and...
View ArticleStream Holy Ghost!’s Remix Collection WORK FOR HIRE
Brooklyn disco duo Holy Ghost! haven't shared any original music since 2013's insanely groovy Dynamics, but they've been busy remixing cuts from Blood Orange, Katy Perry, MGMT, LCD Soundsystem, and the...
View ArticleCollapsing Scenery –“Metaphysical Cops (Can Break Physical Bones)” (Stereogum...
Collapsing Scenery is the new electro project from Don De Vore of Sick Feeling. De Vore seems to constantly shift and evolve his sounds as Collapsing Scenery is at least the 10th band of his career....
View ArticleHarriet –“Irish Margaritas (RAC Mix)”
Harriet is a four-piece from Los Angeles that combines indie pop tendencies with electronic sweeps and grooves topped off with surprisingly penetrating lyrics. The band dropped their four-track...
View ArticleSilicon –“God Emoji”
New Zealand's Silicon is the new self-described "pop aspersion" project from multi-instrumentalist Kody Nielson. If the debut single, "God Emoji," is any indication, pop aspersion means super-funky...
View ArticleThe Lees Of Memory –“Soft Places” + “Within A Dream II” (Stereogum Premiere)
Tennessee trio the Lees Of Memory -- the current project of Superdrag's John Davis and Brandon Fisher -- are back with their signature brand of awesome shoegaze. In honor of Record Store Day, the band...
View ArticlePaul De Jong –“Hollywald” (Stereogum Premiere)
It's always sweet when either of the former Books boys drops a piece of solo ear candy. Nick Zammuto had his turn with 2014's Anchor, and 2015 belongs to Paul De Jong with IF due in two short weeks....
View ArticleGacha –“Send Two Sunsets” (Stereogum Premiere)
Berlin electro-pop beatsmith Gacha is set to release his debut album, Send Two Sunsets, in less than a month. He had this to say about the project: "The album is a collection of tunes built over the...
View ArticleAndreya Triana –“That’s Alright With Me”
British singer-songwriter Andreya Triana has been quiet since her 2010 debut, Lost Where I Belong. With only a few sporadic one-off tracks, features, and remixes floating in the infinite space of the...
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