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 …

The LA band Host Family makes a noisy version of indie pop that sounds like every cool underground band from the ’80s put together. Their music probably made a lot of sense to audiences when they performed around town with acts like bar italia, Feeble Little Horse, and Mo Dotti. Host Family released their debut… The post Host Family – …

“When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die” dates all the way back to before Moby became a TRL-grade household name with Play. The ballad, from the producer’s 1995 album Everything Is Wrong, has experienced a renaissance over the past decade due to its inclusion in multiple scenes from Stranger Things. “It’s reaching hundreds of millions… The post Moby Announces New …

Meet Organ Tapes, the enticing project of London’s Timothy Zha. He’s been putting out music since 2013, and the accompanying visuals are as captivating as the sounds. This is true of “Gun To The World,” his new single out today. It comes with a music video that feels like an evocative short film at only a… The post Organ Tapes Announces …