Watch Warren G’s ‘Take Me Out To The Ball Game” Get Booed At Today’s Cubs Game
Warren G was invited to Wrigley Field to lead Chicago Cubs fans through "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." It's an easy enough task, and you'd think a professional rapper would be able to handle the lyrics...
View ArticleStream Little Scream Cult Following (Stereogum Premiere)
Montreal pop experimenter Little Scream is set to drop her latest full-length offering, Cult Following, this week. Wandering with her through different soundscapes, moods, and energy levels is an...
View ArticleWeaves –“One More” Video
Toronto rock outfit and Band To Watch Weaves are set to drop their self-titled debut this summer. They shared the frenzied lead single "One More" before killing their set at our unofficial SXSW party,...
View ArticlePrince Apparently Wanted To Mentor Chris Brown
Does anyone else get absolute pleasure from the image of Prince purifying Chris Brown in the waters of Lake Minnetonka? Anyway, it's pretty clear that Chris Brown is a deplorable dude, but the Purple...
View ArticleRJD2 –“The Sheboygan Left” Video
Soulful producer RJD2 recently dropped his excellent album Dame Fortune, and it's full of instrumental wandering from an eclectic melding of genres. One of the standout tracks was the single "The...
View ArticleFAWNN –“Galaxies” (Stereogum Premiere)
Michigan dream rock quartet FAWNN are somewhat of a Great Lake State supergroup, comprising members from Kiddo, Child Bite, the Nice Device, the Von Bondies, Javelins, Thunderbirds Are Now!, and Those...
View ArticleSam Fischer –“Lean” (Stereogum Premiere)
Sydney-raised, LA-based pop singer-songwriter Sam Fischer is ready to make some noise all his own after graduating from the Berklee College of Music, singing background for HOLYCHILD, and writing for...
View ArticleJoy Atlas –“Drop Your Sword” (Stereogum Premiere)
UK geometric pop quartet Joy Atlas only have a couple songs to their name, but their nimble blend of musicality, danceability, and feathery but deceptively piercing vocals belies their newness. Though...
View ArticleBeth Orton –“1973” Video
Before she rose to prominence as a solo artist, Beth Orton got started 20 years ago singing on Chemical Brothers tracks. She's returning to her electronic roots on her seventh studio album Kidsticks,...
View ArticleAmber Arcades –“Fading Lines” Video
Amber Arcades is the moniker of Dutch musician Annelotte de Graaf. De Graaf has been blazing since the beginning of the year. Before announcing her new album Fading Lines, she gave us one of the best...
View ArticleTitus Andronicus Announce Live Album ‘S+@dium Rock : Five Nights At The Opera
New Jersey DIY punks Titus Andronicus had one of last year's best albums in their behemoth rock opera opus The Most Lamentable Tragedy. For the release of the triple LP, the Jersey five-piece sold out...
View ArticleLone –“Vapour Trail”
Lone is the psuedonym of producer Matt Cutler. He's announced his sixth album, Levitate, and the first peak at the 34-minute album finds it worlds away from any of his other work. "Vapour Trail" is a...
View Article50 Cent In Hot Water For Mocking Autistic Airport Janitor On Video
50 Cent has been an instigator and bully extraordinaire since his breakout debut single "How To Rob" in 1999. Dude effectively deaded Ja Rule and all of Murder Inc, has been in numerous beefs (of the...
View ArticleAerial East –“Crazy Now” Video (Stereogum Premiere)
Aerial East's explanation of her name is characteristic of her music: pure, vulnerable, and honest. She says, "Aerial East isn't a stagename. My Mom wanted to name me Ariel but didn't know how to...
View ArticleFew Bits –“Summer Sun” (Stereogum Premiere)
Belgian dreampop group Few Bits is essentially vocalist/guitarist Karolien Van Ransbeeck with help from friends. I happened to catch a bit of their US debut at SXSW randomly, and it stuck with me....
View ArticleKanye West Wins Artist Of The Year Webby Award
Before jumping to conclusions, keep in mind that the Webbys are about influencing internet culture, not musical merit. Judging from that lens, The Life of Pablo was pretty damn successful. TLOP was...
View ArticleAraabMusik –“Chasing Pirates” (Feat. Raiche) Video
Nimble-fingered MPC master AraabMusik seems to have fully recovered after being shot in a robbery a couple months ago. He's keeping it moving with the announcement of his oft-delayed debut album, Dream...
View ArticleWatch Weird Al, Scott Aukerman, & Rachael Harris Make Radiohead LP9 Jokes On...
Unless you've been in a coma for the last 36 hours or so, you know Radiohead's "Burn The Witch" is out and LP9 is imminent. Now that the rollout has begun, Radiohead almost completely erased their...
View ArticleMessage To Bears –“I’ll Lead You There” (Stereogum Premiere)
Message To Bears is the musical moniker of Jerome Alexander. Alexander melds ambient, electro, and more traditional instrumentation for a concoction all his own. He's set to release his fourth LP,...
View ArticleFrench Montana –“Figure It Out” (Feat. Kanye West & Nas) Video
Well, the powers that be are still trying to make French Montana happen. He's not the best. He's not the worst. But every now and then he gets help from a big label budget that lifts him to memorable...
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