DIIV surprised us with this one. For one thing, we aren’t used to such a quick turnaround from Z. Cole Smith and friends. They tend to take a fairly long time between albums, but the masterful Frog In Boiling Water came out just over two years ago, so the recent teasers for a forthcoming DIIV LP called ZIRP! were unexpected. …

Hey, here’s a random-ass combination! Right now, Guns N’ Roses are on one of their many global stadium tours. On Wednesday night, they hit Toronto’s Rogers Stadium. In the process, they crossed paths with big-voiced country star Chris Stapleton, who will headline a show at the very same venue tonight. Presumably, that’s why Stapleton put in a surprise appearance during …

Two Shell use AI. They admitted it. For a while, there have been rumors about the pranksterish London dance duo and their reliance on generative AI to make so much music, and they confirmed it earlier this summer. In a Resident Advisor interview, one of the duo’s two masked, anonymous members said that they’ve used AI “for a couple of …

Steve Earle and Los Lobos are both roots-music institutions who have been leaving their respective marks on the world since at least the ’80s, and they’ve got a lot of shared history. Over the years, Earle and Los Lobos have toured together, and they’ve shared god knows how many stages, but they’ve never collaborated until now. The post Steve Earle …

It’s been years since I first encountered the music of South London-born artist JGrrey. Her 2019 EP Ugh was a delightful mix of trip-hop, effortless satiny vocals, and stinging lyricism. JGrrey has continued steadily releasing singles and put out a project titled If Not Now? in 2023. But there hadn’t been any word of the London musician’s debut album until …

Colin Stetson is a busy man. Earlier this year, the master of tense drone-moan-squawk baritone sax teamed up with fellow avant-garde OGs Greg Fox and Trevor Dunn to release the album Nethering. Next month, Stetson and experimental bagpiper Brìghde Chaimbeul will release their new collaborative LP All The Light In The World. Now Stetson is also one third of 10¹⁷, …

You did it! You participated in the democratic process! Now that you’ve all cast your ballots and we’ve counted them, we at Stereogum are happy to reveal the results of our annual Song Of The Summer readers’ poll. Below, check out the top 10 vote-getters, revealed, quite suspensefully, from 10 to 1. Then stick around to stream these tracks in …

The brands are getting involved with underground music again. In this case, the brand in question is Stone Island, the Italian luxury sportswear company with the nautical-star logo. The underground music is four of the biggest and best bands involved in hardcore and its adjacent worlds: Angel Du$t, Haywire, High Vis, and Knocked Loose. Together, those four bands are the …

There is officially smoke between Aaron Rodgers and Dr. Anthony Fauci. The former top U.S. health official has been under the microscope lately after invoking the Fifth Amendment during testimony.… The post Dr. Fauci Shoots at Aaron Rodgers: ‘Stick to Football’ appeared first on .

Rihanna heard all that talk from Drake and she threw a little shade on Instagram. Rihanna and A$AP Rocky popped up in Barbados to party. While she threw a twerk… The post Rihanna Seemingly Shades Drake on Instagram as Video with A$AP Rocky Goes Viral appeared first on .