Roberto Carlos Lange is always up to something fascinating. Since releasing his The Last Sound On Earth EP last fall, the man otherwise known as Helado Negro has popped up on very different tracks from Irreversible Entanglements and Vines. Today he’s got a cover of Sly And The Family Stone’s 1967 psychedelic soul hit “Dance… The post Helado Negro – …

Five years after his critically acclaimed album The House Is Burning reintroduced Isaiah Rashad as one of music’s most respected voices, the Chattanooga native returns today with his fourth studio… The post Isaiah Rashad Returns with Highly Anticipated New Album ‘It’s Been Awful’ appeared first on .

Last year we named the LA alt-pop group Junior Varsity a Band To Watch. They’ve since pared down to a duo, with singer Brooke Danaher no longer listed as a band member and singer-songwriter-producers Greg Aram and Zach Michel remaining. Last month they released a single called “Radio,” and it turns out that song is… The post Junior Varsity’s New …

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, updated throughout the week.) …

Jacky Cadiou plays bass in the extremely sick French oi band Syndrome 81, and he’s also the man behind the solo project Prisonnier Du Temps. (It’s French of “Prisoner Of Time.”) With Prisonnier Du Temps, Cadiou messes around with the same oi tradition that Syndrome 81 uses as a starting point, adding in a stark,… The post Prisonnier Du Temps …

Floating Points made another long-ass song with another orchestra. Even if the late Pharoah Sanders isn’t involved, that”s something that you need to hear. The veteran UK producer Floating Points has done a lot of things in his career, but the one that stands above all others, at least to me, is Promises, his vast… The post Floating Points – …

Kelsey Lu is gearing up to release her long-awaited sophomore album So Help Me God on June 12. She’s already released some stunning singles including “Running To Pain” and “Portrait Of A Lady On Fire.” Yesterday, she shared another track “Better Than That,” which features Sampha. Their voices compliment each other in such sublime way… The post Kelsey Lu – …

Up until recently, the Swedish pop singer Zara Larsson was an also-ran, almost a punchline. Larsson scored a few breakout American hits in 2015, when she was 17. After that, she went a decade without making much impact over here, other than one 2018 single that scraped the bottom of the Hot 100. She kept… The post Zara Larsson Re-Teams …

“The song just spilled out of me in an afternoon; it’s for the ethers now.” So says Hannah Cohen regarding “Golden Chain,” her first new song since last year’s Earthstar Mountain. It’s a minimal, almost spectral song that blurs together folk and retro pop in a way that reminds me of Faye Webster or Lana… The post Hannah Cohen – …

A few days ago London-via-East Yorkshire producer ashnymph, whose real name is Will Wiffen, released his debut EP Childhood and announced the track “47” as a single. It’s very good and trippy and weird, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it, therefore I must blog it. Childhood has a playful makeshift feel… The post ashnymph – “47” …