We love Finnish screamo here at Stereogum. OK, that’s a little broad. More specifically, I’ve enjoyed everything I’ve heard from the Jyväskylä-based band Alas. That includes “Hän pukeutui aurinkoon,” a new track that hit their Bandcamp today. Alas say “Hän pukeutui aurinkoon” is a preview from an upcoming album, and as a sonic promo campaign… The post Alas – “Hän …

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, updated throughout the week.) …

Last September Ava Gore and Ethan P. Flynn, aka Silver Gore, shared their great debut EP Dogs In Heaven. Earlier this week they returned with their first new music of 2026, a single called “Black Cherry Liqueur.” It’s got buzzy synths and a killer chorus; it makes existential uncertainty feel like drinking a fruity spritz.… The post Silver Gore – …

James Gadson, a session drummer whose work appeared on untold numbers of records over the decades, has passed away. Fellow musicians have been sharing tributes to Gadson for the past day, and now Gadson’s wife, Barbara, has confirmed the news to Rolling Stone, citing recent health challenges including surgery and a bad fall that hurt his back. “He was a …

When Bruce Hornsby announced his new album Indigo Park, part of the draw was collaborations with Bonnie Raitt, Ezra Koenig, Blake Mills, and the late Bob Weir. He’s since shared “Ecstatic,” his reunion with Raitt. Now that the album is out, we can hear the rest. The post Hear New Bruce Hornsby Songs With Ezra Koenig, Blake Mills, The Late …

It doesn’t have to be Women’s History Month for these Latina trailblazers to get their flowers. We remain some of the most underrepresented when the time comes to recognize women’s historic impacts. And writers Ashley K. Stoyanov Ojeda and Mirtle Peña-Calderón are on a mission to change that. In The Book of Awesome Latinas, which The post Meet the Latinas …

she’s green, from Minneapolis, have a gauzy, dreamy sound that they call “moss music.” I think that’s cool. More bands should invent their own fake genres. If she’s green hadn’t done that, we’d just be calling them a shoegaze band, and that description would be reductive and a little inaccurate. They’re definitely in the shoegaze zone, but there’s some Cocteau …

They’re called Yambag. That really tells you everything to know. If you need more than that, you should’ve already gotten it from the headline. A band called Yambag has a new EP, and it’s eight songs in eight minutes. You probably already have a pretty good idea whether this appeals to you or not. If… The post Yambag Release Fast, …

Vocalist Kyle Thornton, bassist Ryan Mortell, guitarist Eoin Keigher, and drummer Adam Nealon are Nerves, a Dublin-based post-hardcore group. This week they returned with their first music of the year, a single titled “N26.” It was produced by Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox, who’s worked with the band on previous releases. “N26” is relentless distortion. The… The post Nerves – “N26” …

If you care at all about hardcore music and the people who make it, yesterday was a terrible fucking day. Bo Lueders died. Brady Ebert (allegedly) tried to kill Brendan Yates’ father. Shit is fucked up. I was wandering around in a fog all day. I needed a pick-me-up, and Division Of Mind’s new album… The post You Need Division …