On her new single “Nothing Comes Easy,” folk artist Joy Oladokun is here to remind us that we are human and getting hurt is a integral part of that. It’s normal. It will pass. We have time, and time heals all. “Don’t take it on you/ It’s just the cold truth,” she sings, embodying a… The post Joy Oladokun – …

Last year, Paramore star Hayley Williams helped her grandfather Rusty release Grand Man, the previously unreleased LP that he recorded back in the ’70s. Hayley also recorded a cover of Rusty’s song “Friends Or Lovers,” and it came out on vinyl back in November. Now, the deluxe edition of Grand Man is out, and that… The post Hayley Williams Covers …

We’re less than a month away from the apple tree under the sea, the debut album from alt-pop upstart hemlocke springs, one of last year’s Best New Artists. Early singles “the beginning of the end” and “head, shoulders, knees and ankles” were mighty promising, and the new “w-w-w-w-w” is just as wildly infectious, on a… The post hemlocke springs – …

Posición Unida are a bunch of kids from Washington, DC in their teens and early twenties. They make fast, simple, committed old-school hardcore, singing in Spanish and English and bringing the mosh with no pretension whatsover. Posición Unida’s demo came out a year and a half ago, and now they’ve followed it with the new… The post Young DC Hardcore …

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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 members on Spotify and Apple Music, …

Two icons have joined forces on the same song. Last night (Jan. 15), Arcángel released the beachy music video for his new single “Lluvia” featuring none other than Ricky Martin. In an exclusive for Remezcla, Arcángel also opened up about the experience of teaming up with the Latine pop legend. “I always saw [collaborating with The post WATCH: Arcángel & …

For the past two years, the people behind Utah’s great Kilby Block Party have been putting on an excellent festival in Las Vegas called Best Friends Forever, centered on an array of gritty underground rock bands from the pre-MySpace moment in the late ’90s and early 2000s when there was a large overlap between emo and indie rock. The Stereogum …

Ludacris will no longer be rocking the country. When the lineup for the country-focused Rock The Country tour was revealed this week, the veteran Atlanta rap hitmaker’s name was included. Given that the list is topped by vocal Donald Trump allies Kid Rock and Jason Aldean, some people viewed Rock The Country as a MAGA-adjacent event, which led to swift …

Have Heart and Fiddlehead howler Pat Flynn surprised the punk world by launching yet another new band, How Much Art, last summer. The band also features Flynn’s Have Heart/Fiddlehead bandmate Shawn Costa plus Maddi Nave (GEL), Darrin Thompson and Justin Mantell (Qualms), and original Fiddlehead bassist Adam Gonsalves (So Automatic). Today they’re following up debut… The post How Much Art …