Last year, metal fans were spurned by the Capulet Fest, a three-day metal festival that was supposed to happen at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway on June 28-30, 2024. Over the course of a few days, the festival slowly deteriorated: capacity was lowered, then bands were axed, until finally the last day was fully cancelled. Now there is closure for those that …

Zach Bryan releases new music in irregular spurts, but lately the outpourings have been ramping up. Early this month the alt-country superstar dropped three new songs, and he hasn’t waited long to put out another one. “Madeline” is a stripped-down duet with Gabriella Rose. The two of them sound brilliant together — his voice rugged, hers sweet — over an …

At some point years after folks like Q-Tip, Pharrell, and André 3000 first embodied it, the term “genre-blending” became the most annoyingly vapid descriptor in my inbox. Gradually, a compound adjective that had once been reserved for people like Lauryn Hill or Kanye became lifeless boilerplate copy for any shitty artist who listened to Nirvana once and decided they were …

Oasis might have had an unbelievable reunion after 16 years, but that hasn’t stopped Wet Leg from swooping in to seize the #1 spot on the UK album chart with moisturizer. Last week, Oasis’ singles compilation Time Flies…1994-2009 returned to the chart at #1 for the first time since 2010, and it was close to holding on to that ranking. …

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 years ago, the prolific, consistently interesting Atlanta rapper Young Nudy scored his biggest-ever hit when he collaborated with his cousin 21 Savage on “Peaches & Eggplant,” a track from his album Gumbo. Last year, Nudy teamed up with his longtime producer Pi’erre Bourne for their Sli’merre 2 project. Now, Young Nudy has yet another album on the way. On …

A few months ago, Lauren Denitzio announced that they’re wrapping up their long-running indie-punk project Worriers: “With ever-changing goal posts, the economics of touring, and the diminishing returns of social media, I’m just not having fun anymore.” Denitzio, whose most recent Worriers album Trust Your Gut came out in 2023, says they wants to keep making music, but they want …

On “Asheville,” the newest single and first release of the year from Glaive, the hyperpop wunderkind returns home. The single is named after his North Carolina origins; Born Ash Blue Gutierrez, Glaive is from Hendersonville, North Carolina, which is a little south of Asheville. The track, which follows last year’s sophomore LP May It Never Falter, finds the young musician …