Among the many events in Los Angeles this week leading up to Sunday’s Grammys ceremony was an event honoring Pharrell Williams. Pharrell, who was just knighted in France last week, was the guest of honor at the Recording Academy Honors, presented by the academy’s Black Music Collective at the Fairmont Century Plaza. Brandy and Kirk Franklin were also honored at the event, which featured Justin Timberlake’s first public performance since revealing his Lyme disease diagnosis in July.

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Once a year, the Nelsonville Music Festival brings a thoughtfully curated collection of artists to Nelsonville, Ohio. Our own Chris DeVille was there last year, and he proclaimed that the festival “rules.” Allow him to elaborate: “The way forward, as has been obvious for a while now, is smaller, more carefully curated fests — sustainable events with real personality. Nelsonville Music Festival is one of the best of them.” We don’t even have the full lineup for this year’s edition of Nelsonville, but its lineup already includes the bands. who made Stereogum’s two favorite albums of 2025.

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In 2024, the Messthetics, the adventurous instrumental DC trio that includes Fugazi’s former rhythm section, teamed up with jazz saxophonist James Brandon Lewis for the imaginatively titled collaborative album The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis. It was awesome. Now, they’re doing it again. Next month, Lewis and the Messthetics will release their new LP Deface…

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In the past year or so, the Denver punk and hardcore label Convulse Records has put out music from MSPAINT, Destiny Bond, Gumm, Big Laugh, Eliminators, and Pat Flynn’s new project How Much Art, among many others. Anytime I get an alert from the Convulse Bandcamp, I give that record a shot, and I’m never…

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Auckland’s Georgia Nott is part of the indie electro-pop duo BROODS, but lately she’s been releasing solo music under the name Georgia Gets By. We posted her single “Madeline” two summers ago, which was part of an EP for Gorilla vs. Bear’s record label Luminelle. This week Nott revealed her debut album Heavy Meadow is…

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Last year, Rosalía responded to an accusation that she’s been silent on Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinian people. After Spanish fashion designer Miguel Adrover posted about refusing to work with her because of her reticence to speak on the issue, Rosalía wrote, “The fact that I have not used my platform in line with other people’s style or expectations does not mean that I do not condemn what is happening in Palestine… I do not see how shaming each other is the best way to move forward in the fight for Palestinian freedom.” On Thursday night, she put in a surprise performance at a big Palestine benefit in her Barcelona hometown.

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Rahim Redcar’s creative prowess is not only awe-inspiring in its prolificacy, but its shape-shifting vastness. Today, the French musician has released a new song under his Christine And The Queens moniker called “Ah Ya” featuring longtime friend and collaborator Thee Diane. You might recognize Thee Diane, a classically trained musician who combines afrobeats and alt-pop,…

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Back in 2022, the Oslo hardcore band Draümar stormed out of the gate with their D’KRIG EP. It’s been a minute, but they’re ready to unveil their debut LP. The self-titled album will drop next month on Static Shock, and a pair of connected tracks are out today as a teaser. Draümar begins and ends…

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For a little while now Lykke Li has been hinting that she’s working on a new album. Her most recent album EYEYE arrived in 2022, and since then the Swedish singer-songwriter released the single “Midnight Shining,” and got a Golden Globe nomination for co-writing Miley Cyrus’ “Beautiful That Way,” and released a three-song covers EP. That new album is still coming soon, but it might be Lykke Li’s last one.

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We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.

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