The winner of the season 11 finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars just made history. Crystal Methyd has become the first drag queen of Mexican descent to take the crown on the U.S. franchise of the show.  Crystal Methyd originally competed on season twelve of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars in 2020. The Mexican-American The post Crystal Methyd is …

Every September, the Hopscotch Music Festival brings an eclectic, idiosyncratic lineup to venues all around Raleigh. It’s a great time. The whole Stereogum staff went down to the fest in 2019, and we saw a ton of cool stuff. Last year’s fest looked sick, with a bill that include Earl Sweatshirt, Sparks, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Geese, and Unwound. Today, …

Argentina’s run at the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been accompanied by more than dramatic results on the pitch. A series of racist incidents involving supporters has reignited an international… The post Argentina’s World Cup Run Hit With Racism Allegations Amid FIFA Investigation appeared first on .

New York folk-rock ramblers the Felice Brothers started out busking in subway stations more than two decades ago, and now they’re getting their own tribute album. Brandy Schultz, Felice Brothers supporter and wife of Lumineers frontman Wesley Schultz, put the tribute LP together Felice County Fair, and it’s got Felice Brothers covers from people like Brandon Flowers, Dawes, Old Crow …

The idea of a new Olivia Tremor Control was basically unthinkable, but it’s happening anyway. The lo-fi psychedelic pop band was a key driving force in Athens, Georgia’s Elephant 6 collective in the ’90s, but they only released two cult-beloved albums, 1996’s Dusk At Cubist Castle and 1999’s Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One, before breaking up. Years later, the …

“We’re here to depress the punks, I guess.” That was Tony Abarca, frontman of the LA band Generacion Suicida, talking to a restaurant patio full of punks in Richmond on Wednesday night. During one of his infrequent moments of between-songs patter, Abarca admitted to being “not much of a talker,” but “depress the punks, I guess” is a pretty accurate …

Spacey-gauzy alt-rock band Blackberry Crush started off as a duo in Wyoming before moving to Denver and expanding into a four-piece. They make woozy, riffy music that’s at least shoegaze-adjacent. But they’re more direct than most shoegaze bands, and their sighing harmony vocals set them apart. The post Blackberry Crush – “Patterns” appeared first on Stereogum.

Publicly, Matt Berninger’s been in solo mode for well over a year now between the rollout and the touring for his album Get Sunk. It seems he is not ready to shift out of that gear yet. The National frontman has a new solo single out today with an extremely memorable title. The post Matt Berninger – “Martini Me Fatso” …

Boosie Badazz isn’t letting an alleged pardon scam slide. The Baton Rouge rapper has reportedly filed a $10 million federal lawsuit against political operatives Jack Burkmanand Jacob Wohl, claiming they took hundreds of thousands… The post Boosie Badazz Suing Jack Burkman And Jacob Wohl For $10M Over Fake Trump Pardon appeared first on .

I’ll admit: The song title had me worried. As in, what would we do if we found out that either of the surviving Beastie Boys was really into crypto? Or if they owned companies that built AI data centers or some shit like that? Doesn’t that at least seem plausible? Mike D is obviously a cool guy, but he’s also …