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Olivia Rodrigo's new album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is out today. And so is Stereogum's Premature Evaluation.
The Cure's Robert Smith is on the Olivia Rodrigo album, and he joined her surprise Primavera Sound set to debut the collab. Their mutual admiration is apparent! O-Rod also did a ton of LA promo this week including two nights on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Cure played their own Primavera set with songs they hadn't performed in a long time. And the live rarities continued at their next show. The band has two albums on the way: one that's "dark" and one "really poppy."
A banana-suited concertgoer has split the hardcore community!
"Knicks in 5," said Method Man after Wu-Tang Clan sparked the team's historic NBA finals comeback on Wednesday.
Taylor Swift was there with two Haims during her busy week in NYC. On Tuesday, she sang with Randy Newman at the Toy Story 5 premiere and last night she became the youngest woman inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame. In her speech she said "Sombr is the future" and quoted Yellowstone.
I actually went to the SHOF red carpet with Stereogum VJ Winter to get some content for you! Sombr didn’t stop for us (rude) but we talked to Billy Corgan, Kenny Loggins, Brandi Carlile, and some of the night’s other stars.
Wait, more STEREOGUM VERTICAL VIDEO? We asked a bunch of indie artists — including Lucy Dacus, Show Me The Body, and the Last Dinner Party — to pick the best album of 2026 so far.
‘GUM EXCLUSIVE: No, there’s not a fake Angine de Poitrine touring Russia.
Khn and Klek sure are getting popular, though. This week the world’s biggest anonymous Québécois math rock duo made a surprise (and silent) appearance to accept an industry award.
Rush kicked off their reunion tour with surprise guest Aimee Mann and songs they hadn't played in decades.
Jack White announced — well, didn't announce — his new album Frozen Charlotte in typical Jack White fashion. Check out lead single "Dollar Bill."
A$AP Rocky’s chaotic arena spectacle was mostly worth the wait, Tom writes in his review of the rap star's Baltimore show.
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The Strokes pushed back their new album and announced a stacked hometown show.
Dave Matthews gave a concert speech about his Palestine activism getting “twisted” into antisemitism.
Wiki's beautiful, inward-looking New York indie-rap odyssey Ancient History is Stereogum's Album Of The Week. Check out our review and a list of every new album out today.
Our column The Number Ones reviewed the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber's airy, efficient post-SoundCloud rap duet "Stay."
Morgan Wallen's Pittsburgh tour stop was marred by a viral phone incident, a suspiciously canceled show, and 15,000 bees.
It sure looks like Salomon and the Broken Arm ripped off a TWIABP album cover.
In other slop news, Bonnaroo’s 2026 merch looks AI-generated too.
Neither Salomon nor Bonnaroo addressed the accusations, but Fenix Flexin officially denied that his viral song “Rubberz” is AI-generated.
In between publishing Patreon slop, Bob Dylan played “I Shall Be Released” for the first time in 18 years.
In the latest twist for Napster, the DOJ says the company’s recent $3 billion investor was fake.
Tupac Shakur has been cast in the new Yakuza game?
Attention Hunter Biden and Paul Rudd: Johnny Blue Skies (Sturgill Simpson) finally put Mutiny After Midnight on streaming (with a bonus cover).
Morrissey says political activists have been posing as him online, including one linked to a former Smiths bandmate.
At Gov Ball, Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner debuted her new baby bump and Dominic Fike challenged fans to knock him out if they run into him.
A “devastated” Conor Oberst addressed Bright Eyes' Forest Hills show evacuation.
Pitfest was cut short after a fan died.
Rising hyperpop star underscores called out a "misogynistic” Houston venue and had to cancel some headline shows in order to join Charli XCX on tour.
Bruce Springsteen covered American classics with Public Enemy, Sheryl Crow, Jon Bon Jovi, and Dropkick Murphys at a couple of Songs That Shaped Us concerts.
The Green Day road trip comedy Nimrods unveiled its trailer.
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