Things are looking different around here these days. Not long ago, Stereogum moved to a new platform and a revamped membership system – changes that had to be made in a landscape where Google AI is choking the revenue out of small, independent websites like ours. The music world is also looking different. AI is threatening to replace everything over there, too. Artists from abroad are having a harder time touring the US. The mere act of using Spotify requires a certain level of moral calculus. Things are bleak, except where they are not. It’s pretty hard to stay pessimistic when you hear some of the actual music that came out in 2025.
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