Last year, FKA twigs and Shia LaBeouf settled the sexual battery lawsuit that had been going on since 2020. The settlement included a non-disclosure agreement, and months later the singer received an arbitration demand from the actor’s legal team, claiming breach of contract for saying in an interview that she didn’t feel safe. The arbitration was dismissed, and now her team …

Magic Tuber Stringband introduced their new album Heavy Water with “Tribute To The Angels,” a traditional folk mirage that bled over into discordant new music without changing costumes. Today the Thrill Jockey signees have more pastoral beauty lined up for us. “Where The Place Becomes Forgetting” forgoes the waves of fiddles in favor of a… The post Magic Tuber Stringband …

Every Single Muscle is the latest dispatch from the prolific and energetic Welsh duo the Bug Club. We heard about it last month when they released lead single “Watching The Omnibus,” and we’re hearing about it again today. There’s another Bug Club single, you see, one that finds them raucously rocking out and harmonizing like… The post The Bug Club …

As a wise advertising creative once put it, life comes at you fast. For instance: Ever since I heard about this new Red Xerox compilation, I had plannied to post it on Stereogum on its release date. That day came and went a week ago, and somehow it completely slipped past me. But I get… The post The New <em>Red …

Andrés Cepeda is going to tour the U.S. The Colombian singer-songwriter announced his upcoming tour following the release of his 2025 album, Bogotá. The highly anticipated tour will kick off at The Riviera Theatre in Chicago, IL, on May 10, and wrap up at the Paramount Theatre in Denver, CO, on May 31.  “#Bogotá is The post Andrés Cepeda Announces …

Apparently last year some podcaster called Cheekface “the most irritating band in indie rock right now.” The LA trio is owning that description as they barrel into their latest era. A few weeks ago they dropped new single “Hostile Street,” a bass-popping, synth-streaked iteration of their talky, neurotic-comedic party-time rock. It turns out that was… The post Cheekface Announce New …

Ella Williams, the Chicago singer-songwriter who makes emphatic indie rock as Squirrel Flower, is back today with a new one-off single. “Wheels” harks back to classic Americana ballads — or as Williams describes it, “the voices and sounds of my childhood” — and it was heavily inspired by Trio, the 1987 collaborative album between Dolly… The post Squirrel Flower, Babehoven, …

The fiercely beloved and endlessly energetic hardcore elders Terror are about to have a big year. They deserve one. Terror are nearly a quarter-century into their run, and they somehow manage to consistently kick ass. Next month, they’ll release their new album Still Suffer. Nails frontman and former Terror guitarist Todd Jones produced the record,… The post Terror – “Destruction …

Every time I see someone posting about Gelli Haha, they seem smitten. The electronic pop singer’s personality (smartly promoted as “somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51”) glows just as brightly as her music’s neon new wave artifice, so debut album Switcheroo made her a lot of fans last year. With the release of a… The post Gelli Haha – …

Next month, underground rap giants Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE will join forces to release the new double album POMPEII / UTILITY. It’s not a collaborative record, exactly. It’s two albums packaged together — one from MIKE and one from Earl, with the adventurous SURF GANG collective producing the entire thing. We already posted the first… The post Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, …