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.) …

Bob Vylan, the London punk-rap duo whose members go by Bobby Vylan and Bobbie Vylan, were at the center of controversy last summer after leading a “Death to the IDF!” chant at the UK’s premier music festival, Glastonbury, in protest of Israel’s genocidal war crimes in Palestine. At the time, the BBC, which livestreamed the festival, described the chant as …

Conventional wisdom suggests the last great Madonna album was 2005’s Confessions On A Dance Floor, a disco-opera of sorts created with producer Stuart Price to function like a full DJ set. That’s the album that gave us the all-timer Madge single “Hung Up,” which our own Scott Lapatine concisely blogged about way back when it was only available as a …

Earlier this month, Rico Nasty and Kenneth Bloom, who will always be Kenny Beats in our hearts, teamed up for the brisk single “Rituals.” It’s so great, we named it one of the best tracks from that week. It feels me with great joy that, officially, Rico Nasty and Bloom have another album on the way, titled RX, out in …

My fellow elder millennial Charley Crockett has been a prolific force in country music over the past decade or so. Since 2015, Crockett has released 17 studio albums, including Clovis, an album re-released today, concluding a months-long saga. The post Charley Crockett’s Pulled Album <em>Clovis</em> Just Got An Official Release appeared first on Stereogum.

A comedic impersonation of Jay-Z by internet star Druski during the BET Awards has reportedly sparked legal action, with multiple reports claiming the rapper’s camp is working to remove clips… The post Jay-Z Targets Druski Skit On BET Awards With Copyright Takedowns Across Social Media appeared first on .

On July 3, 1996, De La Soul released their fourth studio album, Stakes Is High, a critical moment in the trio’s legacy that marked both a creative shift and a… The post Today In Hip Hop History: De La Soul’s Fourth Album ‘Stakes Is High’ Turns 30 Years Old! appeared first on .

Few debut albums have shifted the direction of an entire genre the way Brown Sugar did. Thirty-one years ago today, D’Angelo introduced the world to a sound that blended classic soul, funk,… The post Today In Hip Hop History: D’Angelo Dropped His Debut LP ‘Brown Sugar’ 31 Years Ago appeared first on .

Can we see Drake and LeBron James as friends again? Who knows, but Tristan Thompson is definitely going to try. Speaking on Club Shay Shay with Shannon Sharpe, Thompson revealed… The post Tristan Thompson Wants to Fix Drake and LeBron’s Friendship: ‘I’m Trying’ appeared first on .

Family, friends, collaborators, and members of the music industry gathered in Memphis on June 30 to celebrate the life of acclaimed producer BryTavious “Tay Keith” Chambers during a memorial service… The post Music Community Honors BryTavious “Tay Keith” Chambers at Memorial Service in Memphis appeared first on .