So far, Morris Day And The Time, Young MC, Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, and the Commodores have all dropped off the lineup for Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 concert series called the Great American State Fair, which is (was?) slated for this summer at the National Mall. Now Trump has reacted to the controversy on his weird-ass Truth Social platform, complaining about the “third rate ‘artists'” who pulled out of the bill.

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Back in 2020, Cara Delevingne offered some vocals for the title track of Fiona Apple’s blockbuster album Fetch The Bolt Cutters, including a meow. Now, the reclusive singer-songwriter repaid the favor by co-writing a song on Delevingne’s debut album, which is coming this summer via Warner. Yesterday (May 29), the actress and model released “I…

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The ATX TV Festival is going down in Austin this weekend, and last night had a reunion of the fictitious Friday Night Lights band Crucifictorious for the show’s 20th anniversary. Jesse Plemons and Stephanie Hunt used the opportunity to cover Daniel Johnston.

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In April, Kanye West was denied entry to the UK due to his history of antisemitism and Nazism, causing the cancellation of London’s Wireless Festival. The rapper then canceled his shows in France and Poland after authorities expressed possible bans from their countries as well. Now, Italy has canceled his performance, as well as Travis Scott’s.

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Doug Shaw, a veteran of New York’s underground indie scene, has died. He passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday May 26 following a stroke. Shaw’s former Gang Gang Dance bandmate Lizzi Bougatsos paid tribute on social media today, as did many other friends and admirers. “Our music community will not be the same without you,” wrote Angel Deradoorian on Instagram. “No one could sing the blues, like Sleepy Doug Shaw,” Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor posted. Shaw was 43.

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Paul McCartney is 83 years old, and he is awfully active right now. Back in March, McCartney announced his new album The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, which includes his first-ever duet with his old bandmate Ringo Starr. Since then, McCartney has been on a promo-tour tear. He played the SNL season finale. He played the final episode of Colbert. He interviewed Paul Mescal, the guy who’s playing him in the upcoming Beatles biopics. Today, the album is here, and so is the most important part of McCartney’s promo tour.

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Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)

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The mysterious TikTok gods have smiled upon She & Him. Eighteen years ago, the indie film star Zooey Deschanel started making music with the indie music star M. Ward. They called themselves She & Him, and the first song that they recorded together was “I Thought I Saw Your Face Today,” a playfully mellow post-breakup song that Deschanel wrote. At the time, She & Him’s debut album Volume One was well-received, and the duo have had a nice run as an intermittently active musical unit. But now, they’re bigger than they’ve ever been. Somehow, the TikTok kids found “I Thought I Saw Your Face Today.”

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Pearly Drops are getting ready to play Lollapalooza this summer, after which they’ll be joining Slayyyter on the much-hyped WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA fall tour. The Finnish electronic duo unveiled their latest record The Voices Are Coming Back last year, and now they’re announcing an expanded edition called The Voices Became Louder. The lead single “Falling…

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California combo Credit Electric operate by a credo that doubles as instructions for the listener: “Help us help you become the air.” Last summer they released the brilliantly trippy album SALVATION, a low-key singer-songwriter album that doubled as bleary, blown-out psychedelia, like Lambchop for the Los Thuthanaka era. They’re following it up today with a…

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