Everyone’s talking about The Odyssey these days, but more people should be talking about the Odyssey Cult. The band is headed up by Ethan Miller (Comets On Fire, Howlin Rain, Heron Oblivion, etc.), who has assembled some serious firepower from the underground rock ranks to bring his expansive, fuzzed-out visions to life. The first two Odyssey Cult LPs, Vol. 1 …

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to subscribers on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.) …

Prayers up for Pierre “P” Thomas, the co-founder of Quality Control Music who reportedly is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. According to TMZ, P is currently under expert care… The post Pierre “P” Thomas Reportedly Hospitalized After Heart Attack appeared first on .

For a long time, the producers of Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic that came out earlier this year, reportedly planned to include a story arc about one of the many children who accused Jackson of sexual abuse. After filming an entire third arc about Jackson’s decision to settle out of court with the family of Jordan Chandler, the 13-year-old boy …

The prolific Los Angeles underground rap staple Rhys Langston was a Stereogum Artist To Watch in 2022, and he has made a whole lot of playful, verbose, layered music since then. Langston released the album Pale Black Negative last year, and he teamed up with R.A.P. Ferreira and nahhphet on “Sound Of Horns” earlier this summer. Now, he’s preparing to …

Huge news out of Tennessee: There will be no Bonnaroo in 2027. The longstanding music festival announced today that it will be taking “a much-needed year off,” with plans to return in 2028. The post Bonnaroo Taking “A Much-Needed Year Off” In 2027 appeared first on Stereogum.

Montreal musician Ruby McKinnon makes gauzy, dreamy music under the name Flower Face, and she became a Stereogum Artist To Watch on the strength of her 2024 album Girl Prometheus. Now, she’s back with a hazy, glamorous, awfully pretty new song called “Bad Dream.” If Mazzy Star recorded a song specifically for the Drive soundtrack, it might sound a bit …

Last weekend was Sound And Fury weekend, the moment for the gigantic Los Angeles festival that remains the biggest annual item on the hardcore calendar. We’re deep in the afterglow. Haywire and God’s Hate have both dropped new music since playing Sound And Fury, and now that list also includes the fiery Tampa straight-edge crew Contention. The post Contention Share …

Courtney Love is now employed by Slayyyter. Well, only metaphorically. For Triple J’s Like A Version, the Midwestern pop artist covered “Violet” from Hole’s 1994 opus Live Through This. Love responded on social media with praise: The post Slayyyter Nails Hole Cover, To Courtney Love’s Delight appeared first on Stereogum.

Knapsack were ’90s emo pioneers who reunited last year. This post is not about them. It’s about Napsack, the countrified indie rockers from Cleveland. The post Napsack Announce New Album <em>More Mountains</em>: Hear “If I Could Write” appeared first on Stereogum.