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, …

Opinions like this are always subjective, but I think most of us can agree that Modern Life Is War are the greatest hardcore punk band ever to come out of Iowa. MLIW emerged from the small city of Marshalltown in the early ’00s, and their impassioned, electrifying, frantically melodic style took the underground by storm. They released three albums before …

Johann Vera is making his coming out anthem an even bigger moment for LGBTQ+ Pride Month. The Ecuadorian pop star joined forces with RBD icon Christian Chávez for a new version of “Closet.” In an exclusive for Remezcla, Vera talked about collaborating with Chávez and fostering solidarity among the queer Latine community during these challenging The post WATCH: RBD’s Christian …

Butterfly, the powerful debut feature from NYC-based director Dante Hillmedo, has been awarded Best Feature Film at the 2025 Big Apple Film Festival, an impressive breakthrough for a first-time filmmaker… The post ‘Butterfly’ Wins Best Feature Film At Big Apple Film Festival appeared first on .

We’ve got a new experimental supergroup on our hands, and it’s an especially weird one. Brian Weitz is the most famous member of this trio; you probably know him as Geologist, from Animal Collective. Jim Thomson was once known as Hans Orifice, the founding drummer of Gwar. He left Gwar in the ’80s and went on to play for bands …

The history of Latin American dancing culture is getting explored at a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. The post This New York Museum is Highlighting Latin American Dance Culture  appeared first on Remezcla.

Louis Barby’s project as Slow Cooked is all about warping expectations. For four years, the musician has pushed the boundaries of what to expect from the cello, crafting unexpected, sensual, satirical, and suspenseful compositions about wading through a corporate existence. Last year, he released his debut EP Plastic Values, which foreshadowed the brilliant things to expect from the fixture in …

Last year, the Glasgow post-punkers Nighshift released their album Homosapien. Right now, Nighshift are touring Europe with Horsegirl, and they’ve just shared two new tracks as a double A-side single. “Dice” is a playfully skronky lark, while “Firefly” is more of a beatific groove, though it’s just as playfully skronky in its own way. It’s important to note that Nightshift …

Kendrick Lamar is in Toronto right now. On Thursday night, Kendrick and SZA played the first of their two shows at Toronto’s Rogers Centre — Kendrick’s first visit to Drake’s hometown since all of last year’s high-profile drama. Kendrick reportedly got a huge ovation when he performed “Not Like Us” last night, so that’s not ideal for Drake. But reports …