Every year, the bounty of pop music grows more and more (my apologies to the 2,637 songs in my inbox as of time of writing that I haven’t gotten to yet, out of you don’t want to know how many). Singling out the top 40 pop thrills of the year only gets harder; maybe that’s why the actual Top 40 doesn’t even bother to be comprehensive.
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Carl Carlton, the R&B singer best known for 1974’s top 10 single “Everlasting Love” and the Grammy-winning 1981 hit “She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked),” has died. His son, Carlton Hudgens II, announced his death in a Facebook post Sunday: “RIP Dad, Legend Carl Carlton singer of She’s a Bad Mama Jama. Long hard fight in life and you will be missed.” Carlton was 72.
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“The Orchids” first appeared on post-punk greats Psychic TV’s 1983 album Dreams Less Sweet as a sparse, elegant ballad with a scrappy punk sensibility. It came to me via Califone’s dreamier experimental folk-rock cover from 2005’s Roots And Crowns, and revisiting that cover now, I’m reminded that we as a society simply don’t talk about…
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The votes are in. We’ve counted up your ballots and are happy to present the top 10 albums and songs of 2025 according to Stereogum readers. As usual, your choices align with our staff picks somewhat while diverging in fun and interesting ways. Check it out below, and congratulate yourselves on another year of great taste.
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My Days Of 58, the new Bill Callahan album, will be out a couple months into the new year. The elder-statesman indie singer-songwriter introduced this LP with “The Man I’m Supposed To Be,” and he’s got an even better song for us today. Like so many Callahan tracks, “Lonely City” is carefully constructed but seems…
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Last week Cameron Winter, whose band Geese made our favorite album of the year, played a spectacular-looking solo set at Carnegie Hall that Paul Thomas Anderson and Benny Safdie just so happened to be filming. It’s safe to say Winter is a full-fledged star now, and I imagine that Nate Amos — the Water From Your Eyes member who also makes playful indie pop as This Is Lorelei — will also earn that title soon enough. Last night during his first of two solo sets at LA’s Palace Theatre, Winter proved himself to be This Is Lorelei-pilled by covering “Where’s Your Love Now” from Amos’ excellent 2024 album Box For Buddy, Box For Star.
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Over the past few years Lily Allen has made appearances onstage with Olivia Rodrigo (twice) and with British drum ‘n’ bass DJ Shy FX, but before this weekend, she hadn’t done a solo performance in six years. That changed on last night’s Josh O’Connor-hosted episode of SNL, promoting her new LP West End Girl with performances of album highlights “Sleepwalking” and “Madeline.”
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Earlier this year MJ Lenderman covered Songs: Ohia’s “Just Be Simple” for I Will Swim To You: A Tribute To Jason Molina. Last night, he joined Magnolia & Johnson Electric Co. at their Asheville show for a performance of “Dark Don’t Hide It.”
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Do you want Jello Biafra’s 1989 Toyota Celica GT Convertible? I have good news for you. The Dead Kennedys legend is auctioning off the vehicle, and he’ll drive the winning bidder around in it. And ride, ride, how we ride.
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