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Roger Daltrey Knighted

Life is crazy. One day, you sing a song where you’re like, “Hope I die before I’m knighted in the king’s birthday honours list,” and then bam, decades later, you’re knighted in the king’s birthday honours list. As of yesterday, the Who frontman Roger Daltrey is now the Who frontman Sir Roger Daltrey.

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Colleen Shares New Album Libres antes del final: Hear “Antídoto”

Any time you see the name “Colleen” on Stereogum, it’s probably going to be us gushing over the perpetually underrated fuzz-pop singer-songwriter Colleen Green. Not this time, though! (Well, maybe a little bit this time. Coleen Green rules. You should listen to her.) Colleen is also the stage name of Cécile Schott, a French producer…

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Hear Grove’s Galvanizing Three-Track EP Hydra

Things are fucking rotten, and Grove’s latest collection of three tracks is not holding back on what a hot, ragged mess everything is. It’s kinetic, clawing, ready-for-battle club music that at one point samples Irish PM Thomas Gould advocating for Benjamin Netanyahu to burn in hell and then also shouts out Luigi Mangione as a…

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Softcult – “Queen Of Nothing”

We’ve heard a lot of promising previews of the new Softcult album When A Flower Doesn’t Grow: “Naive,” “Pill To Swallow,” “16/25,” and “She Said, He Said.” Now the Montreal duo is back with a shoegazy gem called “Queen Of Nothing.” “This song is about the double standards, harsh judgements, and unrealistic expectations that patriarchal…

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M83 Shares Score For Sci-Fi Art Film Resurrection

M83 is back on his film score bullshit. For a long time now, Anthony Gonzalez has been balancing out work for visual media with his own mainline M83 records. Earlier this year, he released A Necessary Escape, his soundtrack album for the documentary Dakur Chronicles. Today, he shares another new score, this one for the…

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Hit Like A Girl Announce New Album Burning At Both Ends: Hear “Keepsake Theory”

In 2021, Hit Like A Girl released their latest record Heart Racer. Now, the band led by Nicolle Maroulis is announcing its followup, Burning At Both Ends, and sharing the lead single “Keepsake Theory.” On this album, which was produced by Matt Schimelfenig, Maroulis is joined by Mol White and Mike Davis. “It’s the first…

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The Mavericks’ Raul Malo Dead At 60

Raul Malo, frontman for much-loved long-running country band the Mavericks, has passed away. In an Instagram statement, the band says that Malo died on Monday: “Though his earthly body may have passed, Raul’s spirit will live on forever in heaven, and here on earth through the music, joy, and light he brought forth. His contributions to American and Latin music will be everlasting, as his songs and voice touched fans and fellow artists around the world.” As Rolling Stone reports, Malo had been battling colon cancer and leptomeningeal disease. Malo was 60.

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Draag Announce New EP Miracle Drug: Hear The Title Track

Last year, Draag released the memorable Actually, the quiet is nice EP. The dreamy LA band is back today to announce another EP, this time called Miracle Drug. The title track is out now, and it’s an awesome mix of shoegaze and screamo that’ll leave you speechless. About the track, vocalist Adrian Acosta explains: Living…

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