Chicago musician Joe Glass is part of Sharp Pins, and he just released his own lo-fi power-pop album on the Lifeguard member’s label Hallogallo Tapes. The album boasts the excellent title Snakewards, and it’s seeing physical release on cassette, which feels like the right format for this kind of music. On Instagram, Glass describes Snakewards…
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In 2023, Final Gasp released their debut full-length Mourning Moon. The Boston rockers are back today with the announcement of its followup, New Day Symptoms. The electrifying lead single “The Apparition” is out now. About “The Apparition,” frontman Jake Murphy explains: A story of reality being much more horrifying than fiction. It’s about a captain…
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It’s a new year, and it’s time for some new power pop. Portland’s Bory is supplying us today with the announcement of his sophomore effort, Never Turns To Night, to follow his beloved 2023 debut Who’s A Good Boy. “By The Lake” is the second single out now, preceded by last month’s “We’ll Burn That…
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Along with their preceding group Talulah Gosh and their stateside collaborator Calvin Johnson, Heavenly were among the key players in the early-’90s twee pop movement. Their run abruptly ended in 1996 upon the death of founding drummer Mathew Fletcher, after which his bandmates announced they’d be retiring the Heavenly name. But over the past couple…
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Dry Cleaning’s new song sounds like it’s about halfway between Sonic Youth and Stereolab. There. That oughta do it, right? If you’re sitting here and reading Stereogum, that was probably enough to make you click play already. My work is done here. You shouldn’t need more context than that, but if you do: On Friday,…
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New York-based indie Rocker Scarlet Rae, formerly of Rose Dorn and bar italia’s live lineup, released her solo EP No Heavy Goodbyes last year. She also contributed to the benefit comp Big Hug Volume Three and played a Stereogum/Weird Fucks event. Today, she’s got a new track called “Best Waitress (v1).” As far as I…
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There were a couple of unique Local H shows in the Midwest last week. On Dec. 30 the band played Kenosha, WI’s Brat Stop and no one caught a concertgoer who dove from the stage. It happened during, appropriately enough, “Bound For The Floor,” the alt-rock band’s hit that’ll turn 30 years old this year. Frontman Scott Lucas’ reaction to the pathetic sight: “That’s right, dipshit.” Maybe the fan should’ve tried it during “All The Kids Are Right.” Watch below.
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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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