More CKY drama. In November last year, a British nu-metal group called BLACKGOLD pulled out of their tour with the Pennsylvania rock band due to frontman Chad I Ginsburg’s “disrespect” and “narcissism.” Yesterday, CKY’s bassist Mike Leon, formerly of Soulfly, posted a statement that he quit the band due to Ginsburg’s “toxicity” and “unprofessionalism.” Ginsburg then responded with a video saying Leon was actually fired for hating dogs.

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Last year, we named Phoenix’s Glixen a Band To Watch and put Quiet Pleasures on our list of the best shoegaze albums of 2025. Now, the band is back with an ultra-hazy new track called “Unwind.” “‘Unwind’ is about that feeling of relief when someone comes back to you after they’ve left,” bandleader Aislinn Ritchie…

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Last year, LAKE released their 10th album Bucolic Gone. Now the indie pop band’s Eli Moore is announcing his debut solo LP The Power Line and sharing the title track. About the single, Moore says: The album was recorded and mixed at the Anacortes Unknown Recording Studio with Nicholas Wilbur and features Mark Buzard (The Format),…

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Earlier this week, Foo Fighters announced their new album Your Favorite Toy and shared the title track. Last night the band went on The Graham Norton Show to play it live for the first time, as well as to chat with Charli XCX.

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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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Detroit underground rap fabulist Bruiser Wolf has been on a serious run ever since he came to prominence as part of Danny Brown’s Bruiser Brigade a few years ago. Last year, Bruiser Wolf released two albums, Potluck and the Harry Fraud collab Made By Dope, and Kevin Durant anointed him as his “favorite new artist…

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Last year, we lost Tomas Lindberg at the age of 52. It fucking sucked, and it continues to suck. Lindberg was the frontman of At The Gates, the Swedish legends who pioneered the melodic death metal sound and did it better than anyone else who ever tried it. He also led great bands like Disfear…

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A few weeks ago, SZA won the freakin’ Grammy for freakin’ Record Of The Year. Now, she’s got a new song in a Pixar movie. She’s come a long way! SZA’s latest single is called “Save The Day,” and it appears on the soundtrack to Hoppers, the new animated film where a scientist inhabits a…

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Grace Ives back! It’s been too long. Ives, then a Brooklyn-based DIY pop artist, released a very cool debut album called Janky Star in 2022, and then she went quiet for a few years. Last November, Ives released three excellent songs — “Avalanche,” “Dance With Me,” and “My Mans” — that she recorded with producers…

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In 2023, Foo Fighters brought in rock veteran Josh Freese as their new drummer, replacing the late Taylor Hawkins. Two years later, the band fired Freese and hired Ilan Rubin away from the mid-tour Nine Inch Nails. NIN simply responded by bringing in Freese, who’d previously been in the band for a stint, thus completing the great 2025 drummer swap. Since then, Freese has expressed confusion over the firing while admitting that Foo Fighters’ music “wasn’t music that I really resonated with.” Now, Dave Grohl has finally addressed the firing for the first time.

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