In 2021, two underground extreme-music drum specialists got together to form a duo with the hard-ass name Manslaughter 777. Lee Buford, from the Body and Sightless Pit, and Zac Jones, from MSC and Braveyoung, joined forces to make unpredictable beat music that draws on rave and hip-hop influences. They released a debut album called World Vision Perfect Harmony. Since then Jones has become the drummer for Nothing, but that hasn’t gotten in the way of another Manslaughter 777 record. Their sophomore LP arrives this summer.

High Moon Records has announced The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967, the earliest known live recording of the pioneering ’60s band Sly & The Family Stone. “I Gotta Go Now (Up On The Floor) / Funky Broadway” is out now as a single.

The metal-leaning label Magnetic Eye has a long-running series called Redux, in which tons of different underground artists pay homage to titans of the form. Yesterday, Magnetic Eye release two Ramones tribute albums, both of which were curated by the Italian-Swiss audio engineer Marc Urselli. One of the compilations is entirely dedicated to the Ramones’ classic 1976 self-titled debut, and the other includes a bunch of tracks from across the band’s career. The two albums contain tons of surprising one-off collaborations, and the most surprising of them might be the team of grindcore pioneers Napalm Death and Sonic Youth pioneer Thurston Moore.

Belinda Carlisle, the one-time punk who went from singing in the Go-Go’s to solo stardom in the 1980s, has spent the last few decades releasing music in languages besides her native English, such as French on 2007’s Voila and Sikh chants performed in Punjabi on 2017’s Wilder Shores. The Alvvays inspiration returned to English in short-form fashion on 2023’s Kismet EP, a collaboration with veteran songwriter Diane Warren. Now she’s got her first English-language full-length album since 1996’s A Woman & A Man on deck.

OpenWeb messed with their API without telling us again so sadly, I cannot pull your best comments this week. Let’s still have a comment party though? You might have seen that Stereogum is at Primavera Sound Barcelona, which is headlined by last year’s three main pop girlies Sabrina, Chappell, and Charli. Tom missed his original flight then cut his foot on the Airbnb bed and bled on all the towels, but otherwise we are doing excelente. Wish us luck for Turnstile’s 3 a.m. set.

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.)

The prop guys have finished adding giant, chunky lifts to the black dress shoes that I bought for my grandfather’s funeral. A crowd gathers around me as I try them on, and people literally gasp when I stand up. With these lifts on my shoes, I am something like eight feet tall. A crowd of upturned faces hovers around my waist level. I feel like Dorothy in Munchkinland, except I am terrified. I’m supposed to walk in these things? The assistant director tells me to get used to them, to walk around, so that’s what I do. I clomp all over that set, and I feel like an absolute freak, which is the entire idea. I’m here because I’m a freak. A freak is what the White Stripes need.

Just last week Mariah Carey unveiled the 20th anniversary edition of The Emancipation Of Mimi, which had remixes featuring rappers like Jay-Z, Jeezy, Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, and more. Now, the pop veteran is back with “Type Dangerous,” her first new song in years. Produced by Carey alongside N.W.I. and Daniel Moor, it features a prominent sample from Eric B. & Rakim’s classic 1986 debut single “Eric B. Is President.”

It’s been a year since Sabrina Carpenter established herself as a main pop girl with Short N’ Sweet singles like “Espresso” and “Please Please Please.” Her over-the-top tour elevated her even more, as did the deluxe version of the album which featured Dolly Parton. Now she’s back with the new song “Manchild.”

Joe Jonas just released his sophomore solo album Music For People Who Believe In Love, and now his brother Nick is gearing up to star as Paul Stanley in the upcoming KISS biopic Shout It Out Loud.