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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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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