One of my favorite musical memories from this year is the moment that almost the entire Stereogum staff, all slaphappy and exhausted, got together to dance like goofballs to an extremely late-night Floating Points set at Primavera. That was some fun shit. Floating Points, the adventurous UK dance producer, released his club-centric album Cascade last… The post Floating Points – …

Amanda Seyfried can sing. That’s not her main occupation. She’s a movie star. But Seyfried’s movie stardom has offered her a few opportunities to show what she can do musically. She was in Mamma Mia, so that’s a big one. As a guest on The Tonight Show earlier this year, she brought out a dulcimer… The post Amanda Seyfried & …

New York electronic producer Vitesse X shared her sophomore album This Infinite in October 2024; a few months later, one of her creative heroes, David Lynch, died. That fragile line between life and death is one of the inspirations behind “Memori,” Vitesse X’s very good new single out today. “Memori” is mostly about death, but… The post Vitesse X – …

Chicago-based Vivian McConnell plays music under the name V.V. Lightbody. Today she’s released “Best Problem,” a lovely new single steeped in an easygoing melancholia. Over top of the track’s midtempo soft-rock groove, McConnell addresses an unnamed character: “Is it not the best problem to have? Everyone wants to be with you.” It’s sort of a… The post V.V. Lightbody – …

The first few lines of New York indie-pop duo TOLEDO’s new song “Nothing Yet” are like the final scene of an indie film: “Driving in your car with a busted lip/ Two cracked knees and my left hand bit/ I cant tell if this is it.” We never get the record-scratch “I bet you’re wondering how I got here” moment, …

Charlotte Day Wilson appears to be inching toward a new album. Last month the Toronto R&B singer dropped the svelte single “Selfish” upon us. She’s followed up that electronically infused jam today with another new song. “High Road” trades out the uptempo effervescence of the prior track in favor of lush, jazzy midtempo splendor, but… The post Charlotte Day Wilson …

The Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster: a pretty good ride! Located within the Hollywood Studios theme park, the coaster is one of the more exciting experiences one can have at Disney World in Orlando, shooting you off at high speed right away and sending you careening upside down. Until recently, that experience involved Aerosmith. Not anymore. The post Aerosmith Branding Unceremoniously …

We’ve got a lot of highly anticipated indie rock albums on the horizon for 2026, including Ratboys’ Singin’ To An Empty Chair. So far the the Chicago band has shared “Light Night Mountains All That” and “Anywhere,” and today they’re back with “What’s Right?” Vocalist Julia Steiner explains: We approached this song like an experiment… The post Ratboys – “What’s …

What makes a song great? Is it craftsmanship or passion? Defying expectations or masterfully executing a time-tested formula? The intense personal connection we forge with music tailored directly to us, or the way some tunes become so ubiquitous that they loom large over culture as part of some grand communal language? The answer, obviously, is yes.  The post The 50 …

Blues Traveler frontman Jon Popper has a longstanding grudge against his ’90s alt-rock radio peer Alanis Morissette — specifically against her hit “Hand In My Pocket,” which recently appeared in our Alternative Number Ones column. It’s not that Popper thinks Morissette is a bad person or that he believes the song sucks or she ripped it off from Blues Traveler …