Dave Stimson, co-founder of the pioneering ’80s hardcore punk zine, record label, and distribution company Touch & Go, has died. Stimson reportedly passed away Wednesday. Touch & Go’s Corey Rusk posted the news to the label’s Instagram account today along with a tribute to Stimson: The post Touch & Go Co-Founder Dave Stimson Has Died appeared first on Stereogum.

When Julian Casablancas appeared on SubwayTakes back in April, host Kareem Rahma asked the Strokes singer for his most controversial take. Casablancas replied, “American Zionists get the benefits of white privileged people but talk like they are Black people during slavery.” He continued: The post Julian Casablancas Expands On Zionism Comments In Oxford Union Speech appeared first on Stereogum.

There’s always some kind of drama when Damon Albarn plays Roskilde. In 2015, the Blur and Gorillaz leader was forcibly removed from the stage at the Danish music festival after refusing to end his set with the Africa Express collective. (They even covered “Should I Stay Or Should I Go” for the occasion.) Then, in 2018, Gorillaz’s set was cut …

San Francisco-based Hana Freed records electronic indie pop (sorry, make that “emotional computer core”) as Tricky FM. She’ll be dropping her new album Twin Star Fantasy this fall, and as today’s single “Sugar In My Drink” demonstrates, you’d be wise to pay attention. The song’s blend of misty synths, kinetic breakbeats, and breathy, holographic vocals is a bit like ear …

One week ago today, when Megadeth’s farewell tour rolled into Helsinki, Dave Mustaine took the stage with a bone to pick. Mustaine told the crowd at Suvilahti that he had been speaking to a reporter from the local newspaper before the show and was unimpressed. The post Dave Mustaine Calls Out “Dickhead” Journalist Onstage In Helsinki appeared first on Stereogum.

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.) …

Bob Vylan, the London punk-rap duo whose members go by Bobby Vylan and Bobbie Vylan, were at the center of controversy last summer after leading a “Death to the IDF!” chant at the UK’s premier music festival, Glastonbury, in protest of Israel’s genocidal war crimes in Palestine. At the time, the BBC, which livestreamed the festival, described the chant as …

Conventional wisdom suggests the last great Madonna album was 2005’s Confessions On A Dance Floor, a disco-opera of sorts created with producer Stuart Price to function like a full DJ set. That’s the album that gave us the all-timer Madge single “Hung Up,” which our own Scott Lapatine concisely blogged about way back when it was only available as a …

Earlier this month, Rico Nasty and Kenneth Bloom, who will always be Kenny Beats in our hearts, teamed up for the brisk single “Rituals.” It’s so great, we named it one of the best tracks from that week. It feels me with great joy that, officially, Rico Nasty and Bloom have another album on the way, titled RX, out in …

My fellow elder millennial Charley Crockett has been a prolific force in country music over the past decade or so. Since 2015, Crockett has released 17 studio albums, including Clovis, an album re-released today, concluding a months-long saga. The post Charley Crockett’s Pulled Album <em>Clovis</em> Just Got An Official Release appeared first on Stereogum.