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Michael Stipe Sings R.E.M.’s “These Days” & “The Great Beyond” For The First Time In 18 Years

Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy’s R.E.M. covers show returned to New York City’s Brooklyn Steel tonight and Michael Stipe joined them on two songs he hadn’t performed in 18 years: “These Days” (from 1986’s Lifes Rich Pageant) and “The Great Beyond” (from 1999’s Man On The Moon soundtrack).

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Machine Gun Kelly Fan Falls Through Opening In Stage

Being an MGK fan is one long humiliation ritual. On Thursday (March 5), the rapper-turned-rocker performed at London’s O2 Arena and invited a bunch of audience members onstage during his song “bloody valentine.” An especially unfortunate one fell right through an opening in the uniquely (dangerously!) designed stage.

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Harry Styles Takes Kiss All The Time To Manchester For First Concert In Three Years

Yesterday Harry Styles unveiled his highly anticipated and severely underwhelming new album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. Last night the pop star celebrated with a special one-off at Manchester’s Co-op Live to perform the record in full for the first time.

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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

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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Slow Down, Breathe, And Listen To Arima Ederra’s Essential New Album A Rush To Nowhere

I implore you to listen to Arima Ederra’s sophomore album A Rush To Nowhere. The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter’s follow-up to 2022’s An Orange Colored Day captures that feeling when your lungs make room for extra oxygen and life slows down. Things begin to feel more tangible, clearer. A Rush To Nowhere has an urgent ’80s rock…

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DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ – “HeartsDesires”

We’re spoiled. The mysterious sample wizard known as DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ releases so much warm, nostalgia-drenched music that you can just immerse yourself in her sound and lose all touch with reality. That’s a fun thing to do. I recommend it. In December, DJ Sabrina released her fantastical album Fantasy, which is 40…

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Cindy Announce New Album Another Country: Hear “Procession”

San Francisco’s Cindy have been making gorgeous, delicate slowcore for years, and they’re extremely good at it. We last heard from them when they released the 2024 EP Swan Lake, and now they’ve announced plans to follow it with a new LP called Another Country. This is the first time that frontwoman Karina Gill has…

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Girl Scout – “Crumbs”

Next month Sweden’s Girl Scout are releasing their debut album Brink. They’ve given us glimpses with “Same Kids,” “Operator,” and “Keeper.” Today they’ve shared their final single before the project comes out. “Crumbs” is a glistening power pop indictment of posers and users in the music industry. “You bleed me dry and leave me with…

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