Back in March, Selena Quintanilla’s family sued fast-fashion marketplace Shein over allegedly unauthorized merchandise featuring the late Tex-Mex icon. Now, Shein is trying to get the case thrown out—arguing the lawsuit has fundamental legal flaws. Selena’s estate—led by Suzette Quintanilla-Arriaga and Q Productions—alleges that Selena’s trademarks and publicity rights were violated through Selena-themed items sold The post Can Selena Quintanilla’s …

FLVCKKA is one of YouTube’s Foundry Class of 2026—and a signal of where regional mexicano is headed next. The post YouTube’s Foundry Class of 2026 Has a Standout: FLVCKKA appeared first on Remezcla.

Σtella!!!! The Greek indie/pop artist Σtella returned this week with a new single for Sub Pop, co-produced by the tasteful and well-traveled Rodaidh McDonald. “Belinda” is a beautiful piece of work, carefully crafted but heartfelt, with lots of smart production choices to accentuate the music’s power. Rafael Cohen of !!!, who worked on Σtella’s 2025 album Adagio, also contributes here. …

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.) …

In July, 2hollis leaned into darkness with “Hurt,” a cinematic track that flirted with industrial techno. Now, the unpredictable rapper/singer is back to EDM-infused pop bombast with his new song “Sex.” The post 2hollis – “Sex” appeared first on Stereogum.

Don’t worry, we’re not going to try to make you pay attention every time one of the BlackPink girls releases a solo track. But if one of them happens to make a banger, you might want to know about that. Rosé, the New Zealand-born BlackPink member, has made at least one banger outside the context of the huge K-pop group. …

The purpose of this blog post its to get you to listen to Yaphet, the new album from Philadelphia indie rapper Curly Castro. In most cases, the headline of the post would just be something about how that album exists. But a prospective reader might be more likely to click after seeing lots and lots of other underground rap names …

Last year, multi-city punk-rock festival series Punk In The Park caught heat after it was discovered that Cameron Collins, the owner of Brew Ha Ha Productions, had donated to Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. The Dropkick Murphys said they wouldn’t play the festival again, and Collins made a statement clarifying his political stance. Earlier this year, the Dead Kennedys were …

These days, the four members of Animal Collective are spread out across the world, and it’s rare to get all of them back together. But the band’s much-loved album Feels turned 20 last year, and they released a deluxe reissue and a live album MiniDisc to celebrate. Last week, the band announced plans to celebrate Feels a little further, playing …

The Providence-based musician Ted Bradley plays in former Cymbals Eat Guitars frontman Joseph D’Agostino’s band Empty Country, and he also makes his own music as Strange Pains. D’Agostino produced, engineered, and mixed Strange Pains’ upcoming LP The Diamond District, Volume 1, the first part of a planned two-LP set, which was originally supposed to come out today. It’ll instead arrive …