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Operators –“True” Video
Synth-pop trio Operators have been hinting at a full length project for quite some time now. Since the outfit -- Dan Boeckner plus keyboardist Devojka and fellow Divine Fits member Sam Brown on drums...
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Raury –“Fly” (Feat. Malik Shakur) Video
Indigo ATLien Raury continues to impress. He's had a video, song, and mixtape honored here at Stereogum, and it seems he's out for more. Earlier this year he threw his fashionable hat into the racial...
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Wren Kitz –“Hall Of Lame” (Stereogum Premiere)
Wren Kitz is a guitarist from Burlington, VT psych-rock quartet Paper Castles. The band is known for their psychedelic roots with pop leanings. Kitz doesn't stray far from their mainstay sound, but he...
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Phantoms –“Voyeur” (Feat. Nicholas Braun) Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Phantoms have an uncanny knack for the provocative music video. Their last video for "Broken Halo" made our best of the week and best of the year lists. Today, the L.A. electro-pop duo drops another...
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Cayucas –“Moony Eyed Walrus” (Stereogum Premiere)
It's been a couple of years since we've heard new offerings from Cayucas and named them one of the best new bands of 2013 off the strength of their debut, Bigfoot. The indie pop duo of twin brothers...
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Vinyl Williams –“World Soul” (Stereogum Premiere)
For lack of a more all-encompassing term, let's call Lionel "Vinyl" Williams an L.A. indie-pop dude. That title is much too reductive because his sound employs elements of New Wave, shoegaze, electro,...
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Rich Homie Quan –“Get Better”
Rich Homie Quan continues his Grand Theft Auto: Vice City narrative after a speedboat getaway, bikini clad women, gold, and the pursuit of more money in his video for "Flex," and plenty more where that...
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Strange Names –“Neighborhood” (Stereogum Premiere)
Brooklyn via Minneapolis pop trio Strange Names are steadily ramping up to the release of Use Your Time Wisely. Lead single, "Ricochet" has already received the video treatment and a remix from...
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Moses Sumney –“Seeds”
L.A. singer-songwriter Moses Sumney is currently on tour supporting Sufjan Stevens, but today he found the time to offer the A-Side of his aptly-named "Seeds" 7" -- apt because it's a bare, earthy plea...
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Public Access T.V. –“All We Want”
Manhattan rockers Public Access T.V. thankfully avoided the dangerous explosion in their East Village building earlier this spring, and the roll-out for their self-titled debut EP continues steadily....
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Stealing Sheep –“Deadlock” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Liverpool experimental pop trio Stealing Sheep make a dense, topsy-turvy brand of bubblegum which belies their simplistic lyrics and uncanny ability to implant them in your mental. The band dropped...
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Arborist –“Twisted Arrow” (Feat. Kim Deal) Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Northern Ireland's Arborist is Mark McCambridge's country project. McCambridge is proud of his Irish roots but adores American countryside culture. In the Stephen Agnew-directed clip for the band's...
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Stream Pfarmers Gunnera (Stereogum Premiere)
Pfarmers are a hodgepodge band with some serious indie cred, comprising members of The National, Menomena, and contributors to Sufjan Stevens and St. Vincent. The band teased their upcoming LP,...
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Stream Ben Khan 1000 EP
London synth-smith Ben Khan makes some of the funkiest electro grooves out there right now. When his 1992 EP dropped almost exactly a year ago, his updated brand of funk was slightly ahead of the...
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Fraser A. Gorman –“Shiny Gun” Video (Feat. Courtney Barnett) (Stereogum...
Aussie singer-songwriter Fraser A. Gorman makes a deceptively American style of alternative country/folk. He even admits to being slightly out of sorts on his previous single "Broken Hands," singing,...
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Roses –“Quiet Time” (Stereogum Premiere)
It's tough to see a good band break up, and the uncertainty surrounding the next steps for its members and fans can lead to many different outcomes. In the case of Abe Vigoda's dissolution, there is an...
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The Silver Lake Chorus –“Hold Up For” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
City of Angels choral pop group the Silver Lake Chorus (TSLC) has been blessed with some skillful song writing by the Flaming Lips, Ben Gibbard, Sia, and Bon Iver. We've heard "Heavy Star Movin'"...
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Future Death –“Familiar Tremors” (Stereogum Premiere)
Austin quartet Future Death defies the notion that punks are lazy. Since 2013, they've released their self-titled debut EP, full-length Special Victim, and have gone on two tours. Now, they introduce...
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Thug Life: Rap Music And The Word “Thug”
Last week, Young Thug released a new song called "Power." The Atlanta rapper is ascendent -- as Tom Breihan noted in his Album Of The Week review, Young Thug's new Barter 6 makes a "full-on rap-star...
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DOPE: The Stereogum Review
Dope is a present-day black coming-of-age tale set in Inglewood, CA, but you could also consider it a millennial's updated version of 1999's The Wood. The two films have a few things in common: Both...
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