Way back in fall 2024, most of the Stereogum staff convened in Las Vegas for the first Best Friends Forever festival, where some of the best emo bands of the late ’90s shared stages with the newer bands who carry that spirit forward. Before that fest, I’d never heard of vs self, a California DIY…
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Since 2024, R.E.M. have reunited a couple of times, and Peter Buck has launched supergroups like the Silverlites and Drink The Sea. Now, he’s joining the Icicle Works’ Ian McNabb for a cover of R.E.M.’s Reckoning track “So. Central Rain.” “In the year just passed, I recorded some guitars on a version of ‘So. Central…
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Peter Gabriel, whose 1982 single “I Have The Touch” just got a needle drop in Marty Supreme, has begun rolling out a new album. The 12-track oi comes after 2023’s i/o, which was the art-rock legend’s first collection of new songs in over 21 years. oi follows the pattern of two-letter PG album titles beginning…
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We didn’t hear much from IAN SWEET last year, and it looks like it’s because Jillian Medford was on some interesting side quests. The indie rocker co-wrote and co-starred with Kareem Rahma, aka the Subway Takes guy, in a MUBI feature film called Or Something. For it, IAN SWEET transformed Third Eye Blind’s 1997 hit…
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San Francisco’s beloved independent music venue Club Bottom Of The Hill has been around for 35 years, but it’ll be closing at the end of 2026. The longtime owners Ramona Downey, Kathleen Owen, and Lynn Schwarz made the announcement yesterday.
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Morrissey loves to cancel shows. This has always been true, but it’s especially true as of late. In September he canceled an Ottawa concert over a Bluesky threat, in October he axed a Turkey gig due to backlash over his support for Israel, in November he called off his South American tour because of “extreme exhaustion,” and in December he inexplicably canceled his first-ever Dominican Republic concert. Now, the former Smiths frontman is canceling two California shows.
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In May of last year, Billy Joel canceled all of his shows due to normal pressure hydrocephalus, which is when cerebrospinal fluid builds up in your skull and presses on your brain. He later clarified that he was not dying, but he said his “balance sucks.” Last night, the Piano Man performed for the first time since that diagnosis.
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Professional violinist Brian King Joseph is suing Will Smith and his management team for sexual harassment, wrongful termination and retaliation. The suit was filed on December 30 at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. According to Variety, Smith and Treyball Studios Management are accused of “deliberately grooming and priming Mr. Joseph for further sexual exploitation” and “predatory behavior.”
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The Chainsmokers are back, wreaking remix havoc. The duo has been reworking some of music’s biggest hits, including Charli XCX’s “party 4 u,” Chappell Roan’s “Pink Pony Club,” and Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True.” Last month, they shared a rework of Taylor Swift’s “The Fate Of Ophelia,” and to close out 2025, they dropped a remix of sombr’s “back to friends.” All of these are unsolicited remixes, except for Swift’s, which is available on DSPs. Most recently, they released a remix of scouse rapper EsDeeKid’s “4 Raws” yesterday afternoon, and it has not been received well.
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