Cayetana –“Scott Get The Van, I’m Moving” Video
There's few things I love more than watching girls make aggressive, no-holds-barred kind of music without the presence of a single man. All-girl trios like Cayetana channel a specific kind of feminine...
View ArticleShut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best And Worst Comments + Redesign FAQ
Stereogum launched a long overdue redesign last night and If You're Reading This You Probably Have Questions. Our goals were to make the site faster, more flexible, easier to navigate and read (larger...
View ArticleWatch Kanye West’s BET Honors Acceptance Speech
Last night, BET aired its annual BET Honors special, in which the network pays tribute to black visionaries in popular culture. This year's special included Usher, Phylicia Rashad, Microsoft chairman...
View ArticleThe Black Market: The Month In Metal – February 2015
At the very end of January, a few days after last month's Black Market was published, Tom interviewed Wes Borland -- the guitar player in Limp Bizkit who dresses like he accidentally went onstage with...
View ArticleGeorge Maple –“Where You End And I Begin” (Feat. Grande Marshall)
Let's clear up any confusion up front: (1) George Maple is a woman -- an Australian singer/songwriter/producer who specializes in woozy, futuristic R&B -- not a dude, and (2) "Where You End And I...
View ArticleGirlpool –“Ideal World” + Before The World Was Big Details
We got a small taste of Girlpool's debut full-length album when the duo released the gripping and profoundly sad first single, "Chinatown." The song suggested Before The World Was Big would perhaps be...
View ArticleStream Emprss Blue EP
Emprss are an electronic pop trio from Farnham, "a sleepy town in the south of England." Their Blue EP is out this week via Family Artists, a collective that also includes tour mates Hundred Waters....
View ArticlePassion Pit –“Until We Can’t (Let’s Go)”
Over a month after Passion Pit shared "Lifted Up (1985)" and "Where The Sky Hangs" in quick succession, the band has finally unveiled another single from their upcoming third full-length, Kindred....
View ArticleTribulation –“The Motherhood Of God”
In February's Black Market, I wrote about "In The Dreams Of The Dead," the first single released off The Children Of The Night, the forthcoming third LP from Swedish metal band Tribulation. As I said...
View ArticleAlbum Of The Week: Tribulation The Children Of The Night
Tom's off AOTW duties this week, so I'm here in his stead... There's a pretty fascinating debate going on right now about the classification "indie": what it is or what it isn't, whether its definition...
View ArticleMy Morning Jacket –“Believe (Nobody Knows)”
My Morning Jacket will release their seventh full-length record, The Waterfall, next month, and we've already heard the first single "Big Decisions." Today, the band presented another song from the...
View ArticleBandit –“The Drive Home” Video
Earlier this year, the Nashville band Bandit impressed the hell out of us with Of Life, a debut album of quietly majestic slowcore. They just shared their video for the lovely track "The Drive Home,"...
View ArticleWestkust –“Dishwasher”
Swedish indie rockers Westkust's latest song, "Dishwasher," rushes by on lightning-bolt quickness and a jagged dream-pop charge. If the band reminds you of fellow Swedes Makthaverskan that's probably...
View ArticleNo Joy –“Everything New” Video
Tomorrow, Montreal shoegazers No Joy will drop their new album More Faithful upon the world. First single "Everything New" is a glimmering rush of guitars, and now the multidisciplinary artist Jason...
View ArticleRyn Weaver –“Traveling Song” Video
The beginning of the video for Ryn Weaver's "Traveling Song" is a clip of her at a live show dedicating the track to her grandpa Max. She says he had a really hard year but made it out to the show that...
View ArticleWatch The Weeknd & Alicia Keys, Janelle Monáe Play The BET Awards
Last night, BET held its big annual awards show, and we've already posted the video of Kendrick Lamar opening the show by performing "Alright." But that wasn't the only notable performance of the...
View ArticleSigur Rós Members Releasing 72-Minute Instrumental Inspired By Vaudeville,...
Sigur Rós bassist Georg Holm, drummer Orri Páll Dýrason, and touring guitarist Kjartan Holm have partnered up with Icelandic composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson for a 72-minute instrumental album that was...
View ArticleStream Sigur Rós Members’ Circus-Themed Documentary Soundtrack Circe
Last month, we learned that Sigur Rós bassist Georg Holm, drummer Orri Páll Dýrason, and touring guitarist Kjartan Holm teamed up with Icelandic composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson to write the score for...
View ArticleStream Panda Bear’s Surprise Crosswords EP
Panda Bear has just released a surprise five-track EP called Crosswords, an accompaniment to his full-length Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper that was released back in January. The release was...
View ArticleShut Up, Dude: This Week’s Best And Worst Comments
I considered boycotting the MTV VMAs because Carly Rae Jepsen isn't performing, but who am I kidding … I love the VMAs. The first one I saw was in '92, the year I began wasting spending hours a day...
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